The second edition of the ADHN Top 20 Startup Watchlist spotlights ventures advancing digital health, diagnostics, patient access and healthcare delivery across Africa. Africa’s healthtech ecosystem is moving from promise to progress, with startups developing practical solutions to some of the continent’s most pressing healthcare challenges. At the Africa Health [...]
Imagine walking into a public primary healthcare facility here in Nairobi County. The waiting room is packed, the clinicians are stretched thin, and when you finally reach the pharmacy window, the answer is all too familiar: “Hatuna.” We don’t have it. If you’ve spent any time looking at health systems [...]
For many adolescents living with HIV in Africa, taking antiretroviral therapy (ART) every day is more than a medical routine—it is a daily challenge. School schedules, fear of stigma, forgetfulness, mental health struggles, and limited access to youth-friendly health services often make it difficult to stay consistent with treatment. Yet, [...]
Africa stands at a defining moment in the evolution of its health systems. Across the continent, governments are accelerating investments in digital health to strengthen primary healthcare, expand access to quality services, improve disease surveillance, and move closer to achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Technology innovations such as electronic health [...]
In a rural district in Rwanda, a community health worker opens a mobile application that connects her directly to a clinical supervisor sixty kilometres away. In Nairobi, a domestic worker enrolls in a mobile health insurance scheme using the same platform she uses to send money home. In Uganda, a [...]
