• Togolese startup DoctaMob launched a health “super-app” that centralizes medical appointments, teleassistance, ambulance requests and pharmacy services.

• The platform seeks to address structural healthcare access challenges in Togo through digitalization and mobile-based services.

• DoctaMob plans to expand beyond Togo as West African healthtech adoption accelerates.

Togo-based startup DoctaMob has launched a digital health platform in Lomé that aims to simplify access to healthcare services through web and mobile applications.

The company positions the platform as a healthcare “super-app” inspired by international models such as Doctolib, while adapting the model to local market realities.

Available on Android and iOS, DoctaMob allows users to book medical appointments online, locate healthcare facilities, identify on-duty pharmacies, request ambulances and arrange home-based care services. The platform also integrates teleassistance features and remote medical advice services.

DoctaMob has centered its business model on digitizing the patient care journey. The startup aims to reduce several structural constraints in Togo’s healthcare system, including long waiting times for healthcare professionals, fragmented access to medical information and patient mobility limitations.

In parallel, DoctaMob seeks to strengthen trust in its healthcare ecosystem. According to the company’s promoters, healthcare professionals listed on the platform must provide supporting credentials and undergo verification procedures before the platform validates their profiles.

The platform references doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other practitioners through a control system designed to limit fake profiles and uncertified medical services.

DoctaMob operates within a broader expansion of healthtech solutions across West Africa, alongside platforms such as Rivia, ASKcare and Kénèya Koura.

As smartphone penetration, mobile money adoption and digital usage continue to rise, several African startups have accelerated efforts to improve healthcare access through platforms that combine teleconsultation, medical geolocation services and digital healthcare management.

Beyond Togo, DoctaMob has outlined regional growth ambitions. The startup’s founders plan to gradually expand the application into other African markets facing similar healthcare access and medical service coordination challenges.

Adoni Conrad Quenum