Startup Story
Everyone knows that good healthcare and wellness are essential to ensuring happy and healthy lives. In Angola, entrepreneur Edna Carolina Gabriel de Alegria, founder of Fisiochic, a physiotherapy and clinical practice, is on a mission to make people feel better and special through a holistic care approach.
LoA found out more about Edna’s unique business this month.
What does your company do?
We are a physiotherapy practice called Fisiochic and also have a clinical room.
“What inspired me to become an entrepreneur was the desire to bring health care and attention to our reality that excels in humanism and holistic care.”
What inspired you to start your company?
The desire to bring health care and attention to our reality that excels in humanism and holistic care.
Why should anyone use your service or product?
What makes Fisiochic different is the humanity care approach taken with our patients.
Tell us a little about your team
I am the team for now. I propose to make the time that I can give to our patients the felling that they are special.
“My aim was to have a small clinic where patients are the most important, where human rights and self care came first.”
Share a little about your entrepreneurial journey. And, do you come from an entrepreneurial background?
It used to be a hard journey because in Angola people are not used to thinking about health and wellbeing as a priority. My aim was to have a small clinic where patients are the most important, where human rights and self care came first. My hope was that my patients must be treated as I would like to be treated. I don’t have any entrepreneurial background, I’m going with my gut feeling.
What are your future plans and aspirations for your company?
I want to be the main referral point for physiotherapy in Angola and maybe Africa, and one of the best.
What gives you the most satisfaction being an entrepreneur?
Being one of the first entrepreneurs and specialist practitioners in my sector.
What's the biggest piece of advice you can give to other women looking to start-up?
Don’t be afraid... always start.
Contact Fisiochic
FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM | EMAIL kimbarinha@gmail.com
Why LoA loves it….
Passion is a major factor when it comes to achieving success in business, and in the field of physiotherapy practice, Edna Carolina Gabriel de Alegria is certainly passionate about the work she does. She is making a positive difference in the lives of people in her community, providing healthcare and wellbeing advice to her patients, and building a specialist business that is unique in its field. Edna is passionate about people and this shines through in her approach to patient care. — Melanie Hawken, founder & ceo of Lionesses of Africa