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Zyad Benaissa

Five men in business attire stand on a conference stage behind a clear acrylic lectern, under a red and white "Medic East Africa, 3–5 October 2017" banner. Zyad Benaissa, second from left, stands in a dark suit and white open-collar shirt.
Zyad Benaissa (second from left), keynote speaker at Medic East Africa 2017, Nairobi.
Five men in business attire stand on a conference stage behind a clear acrylic lectern, under a red and white "Medic East Africa, 3–5 October 2017" banner. Zyad Benaissa, second from left, stands in a dark suit and white open-collar shirt.
Zyad Benaissa (second from left), keynote speaker at Medic East Africa 2017, Nairobi.

Zyad Benaissa is Managing Partner of Praxxis Health Capital Partners, where he advises AI-enabled healthcare ventures on diagnostic workflow adoption, enterprise buyer readiness and health-system go-to-market. He has more than 20 years of experience in healthcare, including 13 years at GE Healthcare as General Manager & Master Black Belt, EMEA. At Agfa Healthcare he was Managing Director, Middle East & Africa, leading healthcare IT growth across MEA and Turkey. As Managing Director, Emerging Markets at Bio-Rad Laboratories, he directed a $100M diagnostics portfolio, rebuilt distributor and partner networks across 40+ countries, and won national-scale contracts with Ministries of Health in South Africa, Saudi Arabia and Romania. He holds an MBA from NYU Stern.

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