I recently interviewed Gregory Rockson, the founder of mPharma, a Ghana-based startup that’s raised $35M to date.
In (very) broad terms, mPharma does the following: they buy/franchise local pharmacies, recuperate buying data and use that data to craft context-relevant health insurance plans.
Private healthcare might be demonized in the West, especially the US, for its excesses. In Africa, the equation is somewhat switched: the flood of philanthropic money into healthcare has created dangerous dependencies. Private healthcare and associated private health insurance are vital.
African healthcare needs markets (not philanthropy)
I recently interviewed Gregory Rockson, the founder of mPharma, a Ghana-based startup that’s raised $35M to date.
In (very) broad terms, mPharma does the following: they buy/franchise local pharmacies, recuperate buying data and use that data to craft context-relevant health insurance plans.
Private healthcare might be demonized in the West, especially the US, for its excesses. In Africa, the equation is somewhat switched: the flood of philanthropic money into healthcare has created dangerous dependencies. Private healthcare and associated private health insurance are vital.
You can read the interview here: https://www.realisticoptimist.io/p/african-healthcare-needs-markets
Looking forward to your thoughts,