Syked Seeks To Provide People With Virtual Counselling Services. Syked is a South African health, wellness and fitness company that is based in Cape Town that focuses on online therapy. The company has a wide database of practitioners that focus on counselling support to clients. It was founded in 2019 by Wandile Khumalo, who also serves as the company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO). The company allows their clients to gain access to qualified professionals in the comfort of their own homes through secure private video calls. The company has therapists who are trained professionals who can help their clients with depression, stress and anxiety.
This is how it works:
Simply register as a new user, complete a quick questionnaire then select your preferred therapist form the list that meets your requirements. After this you can book a session by selecting a suitable time and date for your session, confirm your payment method and then you can get started with the secure video consultation. The company aims to de-stigmatise mental health assistance for the African population by making it more affordable and accessible.
With the Covid-19 pandemic still in effect, the company has seen significant growth in the number of users as more and more people are looking counselling that will be done safely at their home while adhering to the social distancing rules.
The start up has managed to be named as one of The French South African Tech Labs (FSAT) season five alumni start up. It has also managed to win the mental health challenge in 2019 at AfricArena.
The company has managed to partner with organisations such as Disrupt Africa, HaloCare, AfricaRena and Umthombo. “As a young health tech company, we are looking forward to this new partnership as we now have access to HaloCare, a managed care organisation that specialises in comprehensive disease management services. The partnership further enables us to leverage the group’s experience in servicing funders for the past 31 years. We now look forward to rolling out more features and improving on or current offering.” said Khumalo in an interview with Ventureburn.
