🚨 Celebrating our team 🚨 We’re thrilled to announce the promotion of Salli Nyawira to 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫, 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 🎉. Salli has been an integral part of rescue.co's recent growth, leading with vision, dedication, and deep expertise honed through previous roles at hyper-growth companies. Her leadership has been critical as we’ve scaled our impact in Kenya, achieving exceptionally fast target response times while maintaining rigorous quality metrics. We're thrilled to have her take on a broader role to 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚. This is a major milestone not just for Salli but for our entire team at rescue.co. As we expand beyond Kenya, our mission remains clear: to ensure that emergency response is faster, more reliable, and accessible to all—wherever they are. Congratulations, Salli! Your leadership inspires us, and we’re excited for the next chapter of growth and lifesaving work in EA. 🌍 #Leadership #EmergencyResponse #RescueCo #EastAfrica #Growth #Promotion
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Emergency and Relief Services
Nairobi, Nairobi 1,485 followers
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About us
Rescue.co is the largest network of East Africa's best first responders. A rescue.co membership gives families, groups, and individuals affordable access to medical response, including air evacuation and roadside assistance. Our team of dispatchers are ready to assist you 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Through the membership, you only need to dial one number to reach every responder in our network. Our dispatch arranges a rescue by the closest and best-suited responders in the area. This means help in minutes instead of hours. In an emergency response, when every minute matters, we're stronger as a network, and we're better together. So, if you're a responder, an ambulance company, a group, a family, or an individual, join us today at rescue.co!
- Website
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https://rescue.co
External link for rescue.co
- Industry
- Emergency and Relief Services
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Nairobi, Nairobi
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2016
- Specialties
- paramedics, EMTs, Emergency response, security, fire rescue, emergency preparedness, life-saving services, and first response
Locations
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Primary
4th Floor, KAM House, Peponi Road, Westlands
Nairobi, Nairobi 00100, KE
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Mombasa, Mombasa 80100, KE
Employees at rescue.co
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Ladislav Durchánek
Freelance front-end developer
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Pamela Nawaggi
Senior Manager Government & Health Financing | Access to Medicines and Health Technologies | Health Financing | Strategy | Health Systems Innovation
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Carol Ogachi
Senior Global Recruiter | Talent Acquisition Specialist | Executive Search Specialist | Global Recruitment Strategist | Diversity Advocate
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Bobby Kimani (he/him)
People Operations | People Strategy | Performance | People Data | Justice & Belonging
Updates
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🚑 🚁 ✈️ Rescue.co's Growth in 2024 🌍 From just a few ambulances connected on a real-time platform for the very first time in 2016, we've grown into a network of 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝟴𝟬𝟬 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝟳𝟬+ 𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗳𝘁, and 𝟭𝟯𝟬+ 𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗰𝘂𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 serving communities across 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮. And we’re expanding 🚀 - in a few weeks since filming this, our referenced 30,000 rescues is now well over 40,000 (people rescued) - we'll have to do an updated video soon! Thank you to Alice Oldenburg for our new 🎥 company profile and to Caitlin F Dolkart Darshani Haria Bobby Kimani (he/him), and the entire rescue.co 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺, as well as our growing network of providers - looking ahead to reaching even bigger milestones in 2025. Here's to saving lives and driving innovation in emergency response. 🙌 🎥 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: 𝗵𝘁𝘁𝗽𝘀://𝘆𝗼𝘂𝘁𝘂.𝗯𝗲/𝗲𝗴𝗷𝘂𝘆𝗲-𝗗𝟱𝗡𝗤 #rescueco #EmergencyResponse #Innovation #Growth
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Our Partnerships Director Anna Fraenzel and Health Financing Manager Pamela Nawaggi are speaking at the #GDHF2024 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐮𝐦 (today and tomorrow), hosted right here in Nairobi — our HQ for Africa and the very first place we launched our emergency services! 🌍 We’ll be engaging in sessions around how our tech and partnerships are redefining emergency care, and saving lives. Looking forward to connecting with you at #GDHF alongside leading health innovators and funders. See you there! #GlobalDigitalHealthForum Steele Foundation for Hope MSD USAID
🚨 Day 1 @ #GDHF and I am looking forward to presenting this afternoon. 💫 Come and find me in the 13:30pm session in the Tabora room, presenting on how rescue.co's platform and digitally-driven service is changing Kenya's emergency medical landscape! 🩺 🚑 💫 And if you're attending GDHF and staying in Kenya afterwards to travel this beautiful country, don't forget to sign up for rescue.co/safetravels and we can look after you wherever you wander. 🚑 🚁 🛩️ 🛻 #ict4d #travel #kenya #gdhf #globalhealth #emergencymedicalservices
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An excellent first day at the Essence of Africa Forum yesterday! Our team connected with leading tour operators, DMCs, and lodges, while sharing insights on the pivotal role safety and emergency response play in delivering exceptional client experiences. 🌍✨ Come see Caitlin F Dolkart, Darshani Haria, Vanshaj Dhingra at the event - and join us for sundowners this evening at the 𝗦𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗼 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝟲 𝗣𝗠 – we’d love to see you there! 🌅. Pollmans Tours and Safaris, New African Territories , Sense of Africa, East Africa, The SAFARI Company Ltd, Somak Luxury Travel, ATTA®, and so many others we couldn't tag here. Looking forward to an even more engaging Day 2! 💬 🙌
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🚨 🎥 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: Our co-founder Caitlin F Dolkart shares the breakthrough moments and challenges we’ve tackled, and what’s next for rescue.co's mission to revolutionize emergency care. K24TV recently interviewed Caitlin on rescue.co's vision for rapid and quality response. She shared ✅ The journey of building rescue.co from the ground up. ✅ How our platform connects people in crisis with life-saving help - in minutes. ✅ What the future holds for emergency care innovation. 👉 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: https://lnkd.in/eUegDatQ #EmergencyResponse #RescueCo #HealthcareInnovation #EastAfrica rescue.co
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#PartnershipAlert: Even superheroes need a lifeline. We’re excited to support Nike as they expand their commitment to Kenyan athletes. With Rescue.co by their side, Nike athletes can now access 24/7 emergency services wherever they train and compete. From the Rift Valley to every finish line, we’re here to make sure they are covered because champions deserve the best, on and off the track. This is a testament to the 30,000 and growing number of lifesaving rescues we've completed in Kenya alone. #Running #Rescue #KenyanAthletes #Nike #EmergencyResponse #Airevacuation #Ambulance Read the press release here: https://lnkd.in/d3JZUPic
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Delivering emergency services in the remotest corners of Kenya and throughout East Africa can be a challenge. We’ve spent years developing the network and capabilities to ensure we deliver. Join an upcoming webinar to learn about how our products are designed for the tourism sector. Whether you're a lodge, agency, DMC, or a solo adventurer, we’ve got you covered. Buy peace of mind, travel carefree. Sign up now at rescue.co/safetravels or speak with our team directly at sales@rescue.co. #SafeTravels #TravelCarefree #PeaceOfMind
In this week's webinar, discover how tour operators and lodges in East Africa can differentiate their offerings by integrating rescue.co’s Safe Travels product. #TourisminAfrica #TravelSafety #SafetyandSecurity #EastAfrica
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