Care that
reaches everyone,
everywhere.

Salvus Emergency is an IT and data driven health startup addressing a critical gap in global healthcare; precise, timely, coordinated, effective pre-hospital and emergency response.

1000+
Dispatches routed since 2024
9.4 min
Median ambulance response
12 states
Across Northern, Southern & Western Nigeria
RESPONDER · ON ROUTE
Paramedic with patient
A
DISPATCH · 04:21
Ada is 2.1 km away

ALS ambulance — vitals streaming · ETA 4 min

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Trusted by 3000+ facilities across Nigeria LASUTH Wakanow Axa Mansard Lifeline Pediatrics African Workforce Summit Health Emergency Initiative Duchess International Hospital Flying Doctors Nigeria
What we build

One platform.
Three layers of care.

Our Vision

To become the dominating provider in the African healthcare ecosystem through technological services, building a future where every second matters.

01 / AI TRIAGE Developer hands at laptop
Stella AI Triage

Prehospital Emergency Care.

Instant multilingual triage and prehospital care AI guidance at your fingertips giving you prehospital instruction, ambulance coordination, location & health facility routing. Named after the Nigerian hero Dr Stella Adadevoh, it can be used by calling our toll free number or chatting on WhatsApp for immediate response.

Stella AI Toll-Free Access WhatsApp Triage Prehospital Care
02 / B2B COVER Woman holding phone outdoors
Safety as a Service

NuaCover, ShuttleCover & Corporate Safety Cover

Tailored corporate safety solutions keeping workforce and transit covered. Featuring Corporate Safety Cover, NuaCover, and ShuttleCover for complete emergency protection.

Corporate Safety Cover NuaCover ShuttleCover Event Protection
03 / GLOBAL CARE Clinician reviewing scans
International care

MedVisa

Specialized corporate and cohort packaged medical visas designed to streamline international healthcare travel and guarantee fast access to advanced care abroad.

MedVisa Advanced Care Global Mobility Special Purpose Visa

One tap.
Help is moving.

Press once. Salvus emergency dispatches the nearest verified ambulance, alerts your next-of-kin, and streams your vitals and location to the responder before they arrive, using the smartphone, web, or a *6555# USSD fallback for feature phones.

100+
DISPATCHES
94%
FIRST-ATTEMPT SUCCESS
9.4 min
MEDIAN ETA
Paramedic with patient
LIVE — 47 active dispatches Lagos · 9:42 AM
Why we exist

Half the continent lives more than an hour from a hospital. We're building the connective tissue that reduces that hour with one call, one API, one service at a time.

Dr. Adaeze Okonkwo
Emmanuel Oziuwa-John
Founder & CEO · Lagos, NG
Dr. Adaeze Okonkwo
Dr. David Onoja
Co-founder & CMD · Lagos, NG
Dr. Adaeze Okonkwo
Opeyemi Adetunji
Head of Operations · Lagos, NG
How we work

An operating philosophy
shaped by where we work.

001 — Care reaches first

Minutes, not metrics.

We measure success in seconds saved, not app engagement metrics. We prioritize rapid dispatch over complex features, so we strip away anything that doesn't directly get help to a patient faster. Speed is our primary clinical feature.

  • →Median dispatch time tracked per-product, per-week.
  • →Every PR ships with a "minutes saved" estimate.
  • →On-call rotation includes founders, no exceptions.
Salvus emergency team
RESPONSE
9.4 min
FROM
47 min
Hands holding feature phone
FALLBACK
*6555#
002 — Build for the bandwidth we have

Zero-data triage powered by Stella AI.

The patients who need emergency care the most often have the weakest network signals. That’s why our toll-free line connects directly to Stella, our AI prehospital and emergency care assistant. Whether using a feature phone, low-bandwidth 2G, or USSD fallbacks, Stella provides instant, reliable access that never goes offline.

  • →Dial our toll-free line from any phone, even a Nokia 105.
  • →Instant AI voice triage with Stella in English, Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa & Pidgin.
  • →Records sync seamlessly via SMS-relay and USSD when data drops.
003 — Open the rails

Our API is the product.

Precision healthcare begins with accessible infrastructure. We open our GPS dispatch system, health data bank, and B2B safety capabilities as simple APIs so hospitals, insurers, and tech teams can route care in minutes without technical friction.

  • →One-day sandbox approvals for verified developers.
  • →Open changelog, public status page, signed webhooks.
  • →Revenue share, not vendor lock-in.
In the press

What's being said
about our work.

Technext

"While emergency response time in Nigeria is estimated at an average of 45 minutes (5 times the global benchmark) and at worst time of 120 minutes, Salvus’ mission is to reduce that to the barest minimum from its end. "

NOV 2025 · FEATURE . Read More
Techparley

"By eliminating the guesswork and delays that affects conventional systems, Salvus says it ensures that patients are not only picked up quickly but also taken to facilities where they can receive the right treatment immediately."

OCT 2025 · EXCLUSIVE . Read More
Business Day

"Nigeria’s health systems need to be unified in the sense that all public health facilities nationwide can be connected on a digital platform to enable the sharing of information in real time, so that whenever there’s an emergency..."

DEC 2025 · REPORT . Read More
Get in touch

Let's put care
within reach.

Whether you're a hospital, a developer, an insurer, a ministry of health or a patient, we'd love to hear from you.