dacadoo expands to South Africa
dacadoo signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Kenji Development for South Africa
18 NOVEMBER 2015, JOHANNESBURG/SOUTH AFRICA AND ZURICH, SWITZERLAND
Summary
Johannesburg/South Africa and Zurich, Switzerland – dacadoo, an innovator in digital and mobile health technology and health scoring, announced today that it has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Kenji Development for South Africa.The Swiss company dacadoo ag develops and operates a digital, mobile health engagement solution including the world-wide patented Health Score to enable people to actively manage their health in an easy and fun way. The company applies motivational techniques from online games, collaborative features from social networks and personalized feedback to engage people to remain active.
dacadoo announced today that it has signed a strategic cooperation agreement for the South African market with Kenji Development who will build up the business for dacadoo in South Africa.
Peter Ohnemus, founder and CEO of dacadoo comments: “There are very good opportunities for mobile health prevention solutions in South Africa. We’re happy to cooperate with Kenji Development to build up this market together”. Mr. Nils Pearce, CEO of Kenji Development added: “There really is a great fit between dacadoo and Kenji Development; our corporate cultures are very similar as are our business philosophies. We are looking forward to working with dacadoo to develop the local market.”
About Kenji Development
Founded in 2002, Kenji Development has consistently developed and evolved its core business of identifying best of breed applications in healthcare, training and workforce management worldwide and introducing & marketing these applications in South Africa. The model Kenji Development follows is to pursue business through innovative and advanced technologies in the computer and mobile space. Kenji Development also works with their partners in evolving their applications for the local market as new features and functions are added.
Kenji Development has worked with leading South African companies such as Sun International, The Imperial Group, PKF Chartered Accountants and The Omnia Group.
About dacadoo
The dacadoo mobile health engagement solution enables individuals to track, manage and benchmark their health and wellbeing in an easy and fun way on their smartphones. dacadoo calculates a personal Health Score, a scientifically calculated number from 1 (low) to 1,000 (high). The Health Score works as an indicator and moves up or down in real-time, depending on how body values, emotional wellbeing and activities (exercise, nutrition, stress and sleep) change. To help individuals remain engaged, motivation techniques from behavioral science and online games, social and collaborative features from social networks, and personalized feedback are applied. The award-winning company is working with strategic partners from the various key industry segments to bring this solution to the global mobile health market. dacadoo has its headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland.
Press contact:
Manuel Heuer, COO dacadoo ag
Tel.: +41 44 251 23 23, Email: manuel.heuer@dacadoo.com
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About dacadoo
dacadoo is a Swiss technology company that develops technology solutions for digital health engagement and health risk quantification. Our Enterprise SaaS based digital health engagement platform (DHEP) is a mobile-first solution that leverages behavioural science, AI, and gamification to help end users improve their health and wellbeing, while helping clients from various industry segments improve customer engagement and loyalty through personalization. This platform is available in over 18 languages and can be licensed as a white label offering or through APIs to develop /enhance customer solutions. Our award-winning Health Score and Risk Engine are also available for license through APIs. dacadoo’s 85 global employees are committed to making the world a healthier place. We strongly value security and privacy, with an information Security and Privacy Management System certified to ISO 27001 and ISO 27701 standards.