The fact that Dr. Girma Ababi, the current CEO and board member, has been serving as
president and vice president of the regional as well as national private health facilities
association and federation, and is a member of the East African and All Africa Healthcare
Federation, will place the company in a strategic position to understand the national and
continental healthcare landscape, emerging trends, and opportunities ahead. Some of the board
members and the current CEO have been trained and coached by Stanford University faculty,
global executive coaches, and consultants, and have earned international certification on
innovation in developing economies. The current CEO and board member has been trained on
national health systems by world-renowned professors from Harvard, Oxford, and Stanford
University through the initiatives of the World Bank and Global Financial Facility (GFF).
The immense exposure to global leadership training and coaching coupled with the golden
leadership experience gained in leading healthcare businesses over the past 10 years puts
LDHCS in an unparalleled advantage to take all the initiatives forward.
Strategic partnership: Strategic partnership is one of the key pillars of LHC/LDHCS's
strategy to realize its vision of becoming the most preferred integrated healthcare solution
provider in the Horn of Africa by 2027 G.C. LHC and LDHCS have built a great reputation in
their entire engagement with diverse domestic and foreign stakeholders, be they regulators,
financiers, suppliers, joint venture partners, etc. The strong partnership is a key leverage for
LDHS to materialize its initiatives and bring its vision to reality.
Leveraging Technology and Innovation: LDHCS is the first Ethiopian company to establish
telehealth (digital healthcare) in the nation. All Liyana facilities have been using a paperless
electronic medical record (EMR) system for the past 8 years, and Digitization has helped the
facilities a lot in improving quality of care and process optimization.
Coupling the facility-based care with the virtual care is revolutionizing healthcare both in terms
of accessibility, quality, and affordability. This directly translates into strategic positioning in
business performance and societal impact by reducing both the direct and indirect costs of
healthcare.
Integration: LDHCS is aggressively expanding in tertiary healthcare services, product
manufacturing, distribution and retail, health workforce training, and financing (insurance).
The integration plays a key role in maximizing quality of care at an affordable cost, which
reflects directly on business profitability and social impact.