CarePoint, a tech-driven healthcare firm, has secured a $10 million bridge round to help it expand throughout Africa and make healthcare more accessible to the general public.
After Kenya, Nigeria, and Ghana, the business recently entered Egypt, its fourth African market. It is currently focusing on North and East Africa to continue its mergers and acquisitions-fueled expansion.
Dr. Sangu Delle, the company’s founder and CEO, told that they are in the process of establishing telemedicine centres at their facilities and constructing “micro-tech-enabled-clinics” aimed at the general public. CarePoint, formerly known as Africa Health Holdings, will expand its offering beyond in-person visits as a result of this.
“The micro-clinics will have, at most, 12 employees, including a nurse. The patients will consult with doctors virtually. We are taking this route because we realized that as much as the mobile subscription in Africa is great and growing, if you look at it from an internet penetration perspective, so many people are still locked out because they cannot afford mobile data,” said Delle.
“These clinics are a way of democratizing access, and taking quality healthcare closer to the people, while making it affordable to them too,” he said.
Patients may also use CarePoint’s MyCareMobile app to get virtual care, which connects them to a variety of services through teleconferencing, such as medical consultations, test results, and 24-hour emergency response.
Sahe in Egypt, Meridian Health Group in Kenya, Rabito Clinic in Ghana, Care Point in Nigeria, and Lilys Hospitals all have 65 facilities between them.
Delle started CarePoint following a long career as an investor and CEO at Golden Palm Investments, a venture capital business focused on early-stage African possibilities, where he is currently chairman.
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