Online pharmacy in Africa: Supporting Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agencies to Advance Access
We’re thrilled to be launching new work The recent expansion of e-pharmacy platforms in many geographies across the African continent creates a new channel that has the potential to help expand access to many essential health commodities. However, regulations and guidelines that govern direct-to-consumer/e-pharmacy/online pharmacy care for essential medicines (including contraceptive products) are often non-existent, currently […]
FEATURE | Regulation is key to unlocking the promise of online pharmacies in Sub-Saharan Africa
Online pharmacy models are emerging in health-tech ecosystems across Africa. Crucially, these innovations are demonstrating the potential to improve access to medicines and product delivery to consumers. Though generally regulation is lagging across the continent, progress is underway in a set of key countries. To better understand the state of online pharmacy regulations in […]
Healthtech Companies in Africa Were Founded in Droves Amidst the Pandemic. What Are Companies Doing, and Where?
COVID-19 appears to have spurred health-tech innovation While the health-tech ecosystem has been growing steadily, activity was amplified amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Through rapid landscaping we identified 1276 health-tech start-ups operating across Africa supporting health care delivery and distribution[1]. 60% were founded in last 5 years. However, 2020 represented an unusual surge in innovation: 22% […]
