In Ghana, new technological approaches are changing how healthcare services are managed. This entrepreneur is among those piloting solutions to make these services more structured and accessible.

Ghanaian technology entrepreneur Isidore Kpotufe is pioneering new approaches to healthcare management as the founder of RiviaCo, a health-tech company created to make medical services more accessible and integrated.

Founded in 2024, RiviaCo is developing a network of primary care clinics—some company-owned, others through partnerships—all linked by a uniform technology platform, common brand identity, and standardized quality protocols. The goal is to offer affordable medical consultations, prescriptions, medications, and laboratory tests without excessive delays, while providing streamlined and easy access to health information.

RiviaCo directly manages "Rivia Clinics," which are equipped and administered according to its guidelines. It also offers a "Rivia Access Card" to facilitate entry to the network’s services, including virtual consultations and certain discounts. The Rivia Clinics network has already registered more than 50,000 patients.

"In five years, half of all healthcare transactions in Ghana will flow through the Rivia Access Card, and we will take our solution to four other countries," Kpotufe stated in 2024.

A serial entrepreneur, Kpotufe first founded Westcape in 2018, where he served as CEO until 2019. Westcape operates in transportation, logistics, technology, and advertising. In 2019, he launched the mobility startup Stabus, serving as its CEO until 2021.

Kpotufe began his career in 2013 at the Imani Center for Policy and Education, a Ghanaian think tank, where he held positions as Communications Manager and Head of Imani Francophone. From 2021 to 2023, he worked for Treepz, a Canadian mobility company, first as Country Director in Ghana and later as Marketing Director.

Melchior Koba