The rehabilitation professionals behind PadiMove did not start with a business plan. They started with a problem they kept coming across in their clinical work.
A patient would arrive needing a prosthetic limb, a wheelchair, an ankle-foot orthosis, or another mobility device. The clinical picture was clear. The recommendation was straightforward. But when the conversation turned to how the patient would pay for it, the pathway would close. Families could not afford the full cost upfront. Sponsors were hard to find. The system offered very little.
One patient paid the initial cost of a prosthesis but needed almost two years to complete the full payment. During that time, his mobility, independence and opportunities remained limited. Not because the device did not exist. Because the money did not come fast enough.
That story repeated itself in different forms. People waiting. People going without. People who had been told exactly what they needed but had no clear way of getting it.
Those experiences led to conversations among professionals. Those conversations led to a shared commitment to try and do something about it. That commitment became PadiMove.
We are based in Lokoja. We are still growing. We do not have everything figured out. But we believe that financial barriers should not determine who gets access to mobility and rehabilitation, and we are working on that problem as practically and honestly as we can.