Kenya’s PCPB and AAK launch with Juanco and Sproxil to protect farmers

As a part of the greater anti-counterfeiting efforts by Kenya’s PCPB and AAK, Sproxil Kenya partner Juanco SPS officially launches a consumer-facing project that safeguards their top-notch pesticide Bestox 100EC with our award-winning Mobile Product Authentication (MPA) technology. By helping farmers get assurance that their pesticides are the original product, they can protect their crops and their livelihood.
The solution soft-launched recently with over 3,000 farmers already using it to verify their Juanco products.

The official launch event, which takes place today, includes esteemed attendees such as the Cabinet Secretary of Agriculture.

Thank you to the organizers and attendees of the event. We look forward to many more successes in the Kenyan market and beyond!

Interested in how Sproxil can help protect your consumers? Email us at team@sproxil.com!

Fight the Fakes in India

### UPDATE 2014-11-15 ###
Rat poison (zinc phosphide) found in counterfeit antibiotic Ciprocin, linked to at least 15 India sterilization deaths.

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(original post 2014-11-13)

Every story about the negative impact of counterfeit drugs further confirms the increasingly urgent need to address the global issue.

Recently, thirteen women in India had died after sterilization surgery at a family planning camp, possibly due to tainted or substandard drugs. While full investigations pertaining to the incident and the drugs are still underway, the story highlights the serious and fatal impact that counterfeit drug use could play.

Education on dangerous counterfeit drugs is just one of the many critical steps needed to support consumer safety efforts. To further our commitment to education, we joined Fight the Fakes campaign to help raise awareness so that we can protect patients from unnecessary tragedy.

Now it is your turn: Equip yourself with knowledge; learn about why it’s important for policy makers, doctors, health care professionals, media, and patients to raise up arms against the global threat. Learn more about Sproxil’s tool to combat counterfeiting – Mobile Product Authentication™ (MPA™) – by reading about SMS verification and its impact.

From government to manufacturer to consumer, combatting fake drugs is everyone’s fight.

Sproxil team participates in Step Out: Walk to Stop Diabetes

We did it!

In 2010, we launched Nigeria’s first mobile-based drug verification solution with Biofem Pharmaceuticals to protect their Diabetes medicine, Glucophage.

In honor of that turning point in our company’s history, we participated in a charity walk for Diabetes (Step Out: Walk to Stop Diabetes) this past Saturday, October 18th!

The weather was on our side that day so we did the maximum 3-mile walk around the historic Boston Common. It was very inspiring to hear stories about those affected with the debilitating disease and to learn about the research being done to combat it.

A big thank you to American Diabetes Association, the great team of organizers, and all of those who participated for making this day so special for us!

Interested in learning more about the walk? Go to

American Diabetes Association’s Step Out website

In Memory of Dora Akunyili

It is with heaviness in our hearts that we see the passing of a very close friend and anti-counterfeiting advocate, Dora Akunyili, without whom our company would not be where it is now.

During her time as Director General of NAFDAC, Dora championed the war against fake drugs and dedicated her life to the pursuit of positive change for Nigerian citizens.

She changed the course of Sproxil as well. In what seemed like many years ago, she invited our young and eager team to Nigeria to introduce an innovative solution that would help citizens avoid counterfeit drugs.

Through her successor, Dr. Paul Orhii, who continues the legacy of Dora’s work and in his own right is creating a legacy of his own, we successfully launched our Mobile Product Authentication™ (MPA™) solution in Nigeria and have helped millions of citizens get access to safe drugs.

A burial for Dr. Akunyili, who passed away in June, will be held today, Thursday, August 28th.

Dora, thank you for believing so strongly in the right to good health for every citizen. Thank you for believing so strongly in your vision and ours.

May we come to see your vision fulfilled.

Sproxil with MassChallenge at NASDAQ Opening Bell Ceremony

We had a really wonderful opportunity to be a part of MassChallenge’s Opening Bell Ceremony at NASDAQ. The organization invited its alum to join them on stage as they rang the NASDAQ opening bell in NYC this morning.
Co-founders Alden Zecha (CFO) and Ashifi Gogo (CEO), representing Sproxil, were able to snap some really great photos in front of the NASDAQ bell as those at Sproxil who couldn’t make eagerly watched the live stream from our desks!

MassChallenge is the world’s largest startup accelerator and competition and the first of its kind to support high-impact, early-stage entrepreneurs with no strings attached. The organization aims to catalyze a global startup renaissance.

Sproxil is a MassChallenge alum from the class of 2010.

We would like to thank MassChallenge for inviting us to share in this incredible experience.

Photos of the event below:

Alden Zecha in front of the NASDAQ bell

Ashifi Gogo in front of the NASDAQ bell

MassChallenge and MassChallenge alum in front of the NASDAQ bell

MassChallenge on the big screen outside of NASDAQ, as seen from inside

MassChallenge on the big screen outside of NASDAQ, as seen from the live stream

MPA is now on available Blackberry 7 devices!

What a way to end the week!
We are happy to announce that our award-winning Mobile Product Authentication™ (MPA™) application, available by SMS, voice, web, iOS, and Android, is now also available on Blackberry!

Verify your products instantly by downloading our app on the Blackberry World website: http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/59936038/?lang=en&countrycode=US

Genuine Customer Satisfaction: Wilson from Kenya

Wilson is a farmer in Kenya who relies on effective products like Juanco’s Bestox 100EC pesticide for his farm. By using Mobile Product Authentication™ (MPA™) to ensure that products like these are genuine, he can effectively get rid of unwanted bugs and protect his crops.
While he has only used the solution a few times, he said that he can already see the long term positive effects of buying genuine. He believes that farmers like him can use MPA to protect their crops and their livelihood.

Genuine Customer Satisfaction: Gabriel from Kenya

Gabriel is an electrician who insists on using only genuine electrical cables. As a professional, he insists that his company do the same. In fact, he makes sure they look for the Mobile Product Authentication™ (MPA™) stick-on label found on East African Cables (EAC) electrical cables so that they can verify the authenticity of their products for free. By using this solution to verify his products, he knows that he can avoid costly and dangerous overheating and fire break outs caused by cheap, fake cables.

Genuine Customer Satisfaction: Peter from Kenya

Today, we meet Peter from Kenya, who, unhappy with seeing the fake versions of East African Cables electrical products in the market, recently learned about a unique way to avoid them and buy only genuine: Sproxil’s Mobile Product Authentication™. By verifying that he buys only real East African Cables products, he can be truly confident of the quality of his electrical goods.

Genuine Customer Satisfaction: Wicliff from Kenya

In our latest of our Genuine Customer Satisfaction series, we meet Wicliff, an electrician who uses East African Cables products for his work projects.