Adebayo Alonge

Nigerian innovator revolutionizing emergency healthcare access through drone networks

Adebayo Alonge is the CEO of Lifecell Nigeria, Africa's first drone logistics company specializing in medical supply delivery. Established in 2015 but achieving critical impact since 2020, his autonomous drone fleet now serves over 150 remote communities across Nigeria's northern regions. This network delivers blood supplies, vaccines, and emergency medications in under 30 minutes to areas previously requiring 8-hour drives.

In 2021, Lifecell partnered with the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) to create Africa's first national airspace corridors for medical drones. Their Wired feature highlighted how this system reduced maternal mortality by 40% in participating regions. Alonge's 2023 collaboration with WHO expanded the initiative to malaria medication distribution during the rainy season. His work was recognized with the Echoing Green Fellowship and TechCrunch Top Startup awards. Adebayo's MIT TEDx talk "Flying Beyond Borders" demonstrates his vision for drone networks as essential infrastructure.