Healthcare Startups in Africa

Step into the thriving world of Healthcare startups in Africa, where innovators are rewriting the rules and redefining what's possible. Our carefully curated list is your passport to explore the trailblazers who are shaping this dynamic sector. Discover their bold solutions, game-changing products, and out-of-the-box thinking as they forge new paths in Healthcare.

Cummulative Funding

$15.9M+

Total # of Companies

16

Total Deal Count

36

Total M&A Count

0

Total # of Investors

40

List of Healthcare startups in Africa

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StartupOverviewLast roundTotal raisedFounded
1.

RxAll is a multiple-award winning deep learning-hyperspectral IoT platform for authenticating drugs in real time.

Funding Round

$ 6,607,100

2016

2.

Lifestores Healthcare is democratizing access to essential primary healthcare by transforming pharmacies and chemists

Seed

$ 4,450,000

2017

3.

LifeBank is a platform that makes blood available when and where it is needed in Nigeria to save lives.

Non-equity Assistance

$ 275,000

2015

4.

Damu-Sasa is a Kenyan e-Health startup that uses technology to address the challenges in Blood Services Management.

Non-equity Assistance

$ 120,000

2017

5.

eHealth Africa is a technology platform that designs, implements, manages, and evaluates health problems.

Grant

$ 50,000

2009

6.

DOCi Healthcare is a platform for health services delivery that closes the accessibility gaps of traditional channels

Grant

$ 13,000

2017

7.

Healthforce is a South African web-based application that enables nurses to improve their clinical care with the support of remote general practitioners.

Grant

Undisclosed

2018

8.

Kloo is a Beninese SaaS startup that facilitates information sharing and online sales, contactless using web pages, links and NFC connected objects.

Undisclosed

Undisclosed

2020

9.

We enhance work-life balance for carers, and convenience for patients, make specialized care readily accessible and educate patients.

Undisclosed

Undisclosed

2021

10.

Eléra is building an infrastructure where healthcare providers, payment partners, and patients connect and communicate in one App.

Undisclosed

Undisclosed

2023

11.

Virecom is a video remote communications company that provides high-definition video remote interpreting and on-site interpreting.

Grant

Undisclosed

2015

12.

Udok is a digital solution that allows doctors to interact remotely with patients, facilitate treatment and monitor care.

Seed

Undisclosed

2017

13.

WHISPA is a mobile application that provides young people with private access to Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) information, products, and services.

Non-equity Assistance

Undisclosed

2019

14.

Helping achieve universal health coverage for Kenya's underserved using digital Innovations

Undisclosed

Undisclosed

2020

15.

Our software that enables anyone to create a detail dense, diagnosis specific, and HIPAA/GDR complaint patient notes and more!

Undisclosed

Undisclosed

2022

RxAll

Founded

2016

Overview

RxAll is a multiple-award winning deep learning-hyperspectral IoT platform for authenticating drugs in real time.

Last round

Funding Round

Total raised

$ 6,607,100

Employee

11-50

Founded

2017

Overview

Lifestores Healthcare is democratizing access to essential primary healthcare by transforming pharmacies and chemists

Last round

Seed

Total raised

$ 4,450,000

Employee

51-200

LifeBank

Founded

2015

Overview

LifeBank is a platform that makes blood available when and where it is needed in Nigeria to save lives.

Last round

Non-equity Assistance

Total raised

$ 275,000

Employee

11-50

Damu-Sasa

Founded

2017

Overview

Damu-Sasa is a Kenyan e-Health startup that uses technology to address the challenges in Blood Services Management.

Last round

Non-equity Assistance

Total raised

$ 120,000

Employee

11-50

Founded

2009

Overview

eHealth Africa is a technology platform that designs, implements, manages, and evaluates health problems.

Last round

Grant

Total raised

$ 50,000

Employee

501-1000

Founded

2017

Overview

DOCi Healthcare is a platform for health services delivery that closes the accessibility gaps of traditional channels

Last round

Grant

Total raised

$ 13,000

Employee

2-10

Founded

2018

Overview

Healthforce is a South African web-based application that enables nurses to improve their clinical care with the support of remote general practitioners.

Last round

Grant

Total raised

$ 0

Employee

11-50

Kloo

Founded

2020

Overview

Kloo is a Beninese SaaS startup that facilitates information sharing and online sales, contactless using web pages, links and NFC connected objects.

Last round

Undisclosed

Total raised

$ 0

Employee

10-50

Founded

2021

Overview

We enhance work-life balance for carers, and convenience for patients, make specialized care readily accessible and educate patients.

Last round

Undisclosed

Total raised

$ 0

Employee

2-10

Elera

Founded

2023

Overview

Eléra is building an infrastructure where healthcare providers, payment partners, and patients connect and communicate in one App.

Last round

Undisclosed

Total raised

$ 0

Employee

10-50

Virecom

Founded

2015

Overview

Virecom is a video remote communications company that provides high-definition video remote interpreting and on-site interpreting.

Last round

Grant

Total raised

$ 0

Employee

2-10

Udok

Founded

2017

Overview

Udok is a digital solution that allows doctors to interact remotely with patients, facilitate treatment and monitor care.

Last round

Seed

Total raised

$ 0

Employee

2-10

Founded

2019

Overview

WHISPA is a mobile application that provides young people with private access to Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) information, products, and services.

Last round

Non-equity Assistance

Total raised

$ 0

Employee

2-10

Founded

2020

Overview

Helping achieve universal health coverage for Kenya's underserved using digital Innovations

Last round

Undisclosed

Total raised

$ 0

Employee

10-50

Founded

2022

Overview

Our software that enables anyone to create a detail dense, diagnosis specific, and HIPAA/GDR complaint patient notes and more!

Last round

Undisclosed

Total raised

$ 0

Employee

2-10

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