Our Man Crush is the serial entrepreneur Ikechukwu Arthur Anoke, Founder and CEO of Play Group, the parent company of Taurus Musik, Taurus Events, and Play Communications, as well as Founder and CEO of Zuri Health. He also sits on the board of Televida Nigeria, RedBox East Africa, and Brandlife East Africa
Play Group is an integrated entertainment business with three flagship brands: a pan-African record label Taurus Musik; Taurus Events focused on live events and experiential marketing; and Play Communications providing mobile content and value-added services. Beyond entertainment, Ikechukwu is passionate about improving healthcare in Africa, and now devotes most of his time to this passion through the health technology company Zuri Health. The company is a virtual hospital and provides access to healthcare through its app, website and SMS services. The platform has over 250 doctors registered, with over 370,000 SMS subscribers and 5,000 app downloads. Zuri Health also organises free health camps for local communities to access quality healthcare.
The work done by Zuri Health is increasingly being recognised. Over the past year it has received several accolades: AfricArena Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year 2021; AfricArena East Africa Summit – Most Promising Entrepreneur 2021; Wazo Challenge East Africa 2021 winner; Health Sector Excellence winner – Best E-Health Solution Provider 2021; French Tech Nairobi’s Tech4Good Challenge 2021 winner; and Sankalp Africa Awards 2022.
Ikechukwu moved to Kenya from Nigeria 13 years ago, and currently lives in Nairobi with his wife Dr Borna, and his two daughters, Zuri and Zara. He loves spending time with family, watching movies, reading his Bible, and travelling the world. Join us to celebrate Ikechukwu for all he’s accomplishing to help us enjoy our time in the world, and keep us going for as long as possible.