• Impala Healthtech Research develops digital solutions to support clinical decisions and healthcare innovation.
• The company offers R&D, impact evaluation, and market strategy services for health technologies.
• Its flagship platform DIGAMS uses AI to guide antimicrobial treatment decisions in real time.

Chraish Miiro operates as a Ugandan pharmacist and healthtech innovator, and he co-founded and leads Impala Healthtech Research, a company focused on developing digital solutions for the healthcare sector.

The company launched in 2024 and positions itself as a strategic partner that supports decision-making in the design and commercialization of health solutions. It delivers services across three core areas: research and development, impact evaluation, and commercial strategy support.

The company conducts exploratory studies to identify urgent healthcare challenges, and it designs technology solutions tailored to those needs. It also carries out both ongoing and ad hoc research covering health system performance, access to care, service delivery, sector economics, and pharmaceutical issues.

Impala Healthtech Research also performs independent evaluations to measure the real-world effectiveness of health technologies developed internally or by partners. The company applies rigorous methodologies to ensure solutions meet performance standards and scale effectively under real conditions.

In addition, the company supports project developers in building market strategies. It conducts in-depth studies and analyses, and it uses collected data to design and test business models suited to high-potential innovations. It also identifies key levers required to maximize market adoption.

Its flagship solution, DIGAMS (Digital Antimicrobial Stewardship Platform), operates as a digital platform for antimicrobial management. It combines a marketplace for microbiology laboratories with a real-time, AI-powered decision-support tool that assists clinicians in prescribing antimicrobial treatments.

Chraish Miiro earned a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy from Makerere University in 2020. He began his professional career in 2016 as a public services payment evaluation officer at dfcu Bank. After completing pharmacy internships between 2019 and 2020, he joined Uganda’s National Drug Authority as an associate researcher. He later served as head of research at Mobiklinic from 2022 to 2025, where he supported technology solutions that improve healthcare access and delivery.

This article was initially published in French by Melchior Koba

Adapted in English by Ange J.A de Berry Quenum

• Philippe Ohandja Ayina founded E-Santé Cameroun to connect patients with healthcare providers via digital tools.
• The platform enables home visits and teleconsultations, reducing travel and wait times.
• Digital medical records support continuous patient monitoring and coordinated care.

Philippe Ohandja Ayina, a Cameroonian doctor and entrepreneur, founded E-Santé Cameroun to bring healthcare services closer to the population by facilitating access to consultations and patient follow-up.

Founded in 2018, E-Santé Cameroun aims to improve the quality of medical and paramedical care by simplifying interactions between patients and healthcare professionals. The platform connects individuals with a network of doctors and practitioners who provide services either at home or through teleconsultation, depending on patient needs.

The service operates through a structured process. The patient books an appointment online or via messaging, provides personal information, specifies the required specialty, and selects the preferred date and location. A healthcare professional then contacts the patient to confirm the consultation and either travels to the patient’s home or delivers remote follow-up care. This model reduces unnecessary travel and long waiting times in medical facilities.

E-Santé Cameroun offers a range of medical services, including general medicine, pediatrics, gynecology and physiotherapy. The platform also enables medical testing, organizes medical evacuations and provides personalized support for chronic diseases.

At the core of the system, the platform creates an online medical record that centralizes patient health data, including test results, treatments and vaccinations. This remotely accessible record supports continuous monitoring and improves both preventive care and therapeutic management.

In parallel, Philippe Ohandja Ayina founded and leads Clinic Home, another platform that delivers home-based and online healthcare services. The platform allows patients to receive care without traveling, either through home visits or teleconsultations.

Philippe Ohandja Ayina graduated as a medical doctor in 2017 from the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences of Douala. He also teaches at the Catholic University of Central Africa (UCAC).

This article was initially published in French by Melchior Koba

Adapted in English by Ange J.A de Berry Quenum

• DAS medhub, founded in 2024, offers AI-driven symptom assessment and real-time healthcare connections
• The platform acts as a single entry point linking patients to verified doctors, hospitals and pharmacies
• Founder Divine Sebukpor integrates conversational AI to streamline diagnosis and reduce waiting times

Ghanaian AI and machine learning specialist Divine Sebukpor is developing a digital healthcare platform to streamline access to medical services through real-time interaction and data analysis.

Sebukpor founded and leads DAS medhub, a digital health platform that aims to simplify, accelerate and improve access to care for both patients and healthcare professionals.

Founded in 2024, DAS medhub operates as a single entry point into the healthcare system, where patient care begins with a simple conversation.

The platform provides guided symptom assessment designed to simulate a natural exchange with a trusted interlocutor. It then connects users with certified doctors, hospitals or pharmacists for fast and personalized care. The user experience begins when patients describe their symptoms through text or voice input.

The platform uses a multilingual interface and a large medical database to analyze the situation. It delivers immediate recommendations, including first-aid advice, and evaluates the severity of the condition.

Moreover, DAS medhub directs patients toward the most appropriate solution, whether consulting a doctor, purchasing medication or visiting a hospital. Following its analysis, the platform connects patients with verified healthcare professionals through a secure system. It ensures the seamless and secure transfer of medical records to facilitate consultations, prescriptions and appointment scheduling. As a result, the platform reduces waiting times and improves care coordination.

Alongside his role at DAS medhub, Divine Sebukpor serves as project development manager at Andeda S.L, a firm specializing in data analysis and advisory services. In addition, he mentors young talent as a volunteer within ALX Ghana, which trains youth in digital skills. He also acts as an ambassador for Extern, a U.S.-based company that helps young people explore and launch their careers.

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• Docotela offers remote video consultations, improving healthcare access and affordability.
• The platform provides both pay-per-use and subscription models, including mental health support.
• Docotela targets routine medical care but excludes emergencies requiring immediate intervention.

Dineo Lioma, a South African healthtech entrepreneur, founded and leads Docotela, an online healthcare platform established in 2023. The platform allows patients to consult doctors remotely via secure video calls, eliminating the need for physical visits.

Docotela’s goal is to simplify, speed up, and reduce the cost of medical consultations, particularly for individuals with limited access to physicians or health insurance.

Patients book consultations online, select a time slot, and receive a secure link to connect with a doctor. Following the consultation, the platform delivers necessary documents—including prescriptions, medical certificates, or medication vouchers—via email or messaging.

Docotela offers two service models: single consultations billed per visit, and monthly subscriptions providing unlimited consultations. Subscription plans include additional services, such as referrals to specialists, medical tests, health guidance, and mental health support via remote therapy sessions.

The platform addresses common medical needs, including minor illnesses, chronic disease follow-up, sexual health advice, and psychological support. However, Docotela does not handle urgent or severe medical situations requiring immediate intervention.

Before Docotela, Lioma co-founded Incitech in 2014, focusing on medical diagnostics, and CapeBio in 2018, a supplier of reagents, enzymes, and molecular biology kits. She also leads Deep Medical Therapeutics, another healthtech company.

Lioma holds a master’s degree in materials engineering from the University of Witwatersrand. She began her career in 2009 as a trainee engineer at Andalusite Resources, then moved to research and technology roles at Element Six and Archipelago Technology Group, including strategy and licensing consultancy.

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Adapted in English by Ange J.A de Berry Quenum

• Malian healthtech startup Kénèya Koura provides online medical consultations, appointment booking and digital medical records through a single platform.
• Founders Hamidou Ouologuem, Fatoumata Diarra and Oumar Dioni launched the startup in 2021 in Bamako.
• The platform offers 24/7 telemedicine services and delivers medical responses within one hour in most cases, targeting underserved regions.

Kénèya Koura operates as a digital health solution developed by a Malian startup. The platform allows patients to consult a doctor online, schedule appointments within minutes and access fully digitized medical records.

The company aims to reduce unnecessary travel and accelerate patient care, particularly in areas located far from hospitals. The founders Hamidou Ouologuem, Fatoumata Diarra and Oumar Dioni launched the startup in 2021 and based the company in Bamako.

The healthtech company provides a telemedicine solution that shortens the care pathway and strengthens remote medical collaboration. The platform serves both patients and healthcare professionals and maintains continuous availability 24 hours a day and seven days a week. The system delivers a medical response in less than one hour in most cases.

The platform provides physicians with tools that extend beyond basic teleconsultation. The system integrates appointment management, physician collaboration, tele-expertise and remote patient monitoring.

These features allow doctors to expand their patient base beyond geographic constraints while maintaining continuous follow-up with patients.

Kénèya Koura forms part of a broader trend toward the digitalization of African healthcare systems. The platform digitizes patient records and facilitates remote consultations in order to address two major structural challenges: medical deserts and continuity of care.

The startup also adopts a transnational approach to healthcare collaboration. The system enables partnerships with African and international doctors, including specialists based in Europe, in order to improve access to advanced medical expertise.

Beyond technological innovation, Kénèya Koura illustrates the rapid emergence of African healthtech startups with social impact. The platform positions digital tools at the service of community-level medicine and aims to become a key component in the modernization of Mali’s healthcare system.

The company ultimately seeks to replicate its model in other African markets as demand for digital healthcare infrastructure continues to expand.

This article was initially published in French by Adoni Conrad Quenum

Adapted in English by Ange J.A de Berry Quenum

• Egyptian startup Rology, founded in 2017, connects hospitals with on-demand radiologists through a global teleradiology platform.
• The platform aims to reduce diagnostic delays in Africa and emerging markets, where radiologist shortages remain acute.
• The company operates a pay-per-scan model, allowing smaller or rural healthcare facilities to access specialist interpretation without major investment.

Amr Abodraiaa is an Egyptian technology entrepreneur and the co-founder and chief executive officer of Rology, a digital health company specializing in teleradiology services.

He leads a platform that connects medical facilities facing shortages of available radiologists with a global network of qualified specialists.

Rology launched the platform in 2017 with the objective of reducing interpretation times for medical imaging exams, particularly in Africa and other emerging markets where radiologists remain scarce.

The platform directly links hospitals and imaging centers with certified radiologists who can provide on-demand services 24 hours a day.

The platform operates through a fully digital workflow. Hospitals upload imaging exams, including CT scans and MRI scans, through the system. The platform then assigns the files to qualified radiologists who analyze the images and deliver reports within a short timeframe.

Rology bases its business model on pay-per-scan billing, which allows smaller hospitals and rural healthcare facilities to access high-quality diagnostic services without heavy infrastructure investments.

Consequently, the company aims to accelerate patient care by reducing the time between imaging and diagnosis. Today, Rology collaborates with several hundred certified radiologists and multiple healthcare partners across Africa and the Middle East.

Amr Abodraiaa graduated from Alexandria University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in industrial and production engineering.

He also obtained a professional certificate in business administration from the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport. He began his professional career in 2007 at Egyptian software developer TownSoft, where he worked as a marketing manager.

The company promoted him in 2010 to the position of project manager and business developer. He later worked as business development director at Mafahim Productions between 2014 and 2016, a company specializing in audiovisual production. He subsequently joined the data science team at Egyptian steel producer Ezzsteel in 2017.

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• Dakar-based healthtech MedSen digitizes student medical records across Senegal.
• The platform claims coverage of more than 6 million students nationwide.
• Founder Ndeye-Talla Dioum launched the startup in 2020 to modernize school health systems.

Designed as a Senegalese medical monitoring platform for students, MedSen seeks to digitize the entire school health pathway, from prevention to individualized follow-up. The solution addresses a frequently overlooked challenge: coordination among schools, medical staff, parents and health authorities. Dakar-based entrepreneur Ndeye-Talla Dioum launched the startup in 2020.

“MedSen was born from our strong desire to leverage our local and international experience and expertise in service of a cause close to our hearts: improving the health of our populations in Senegal and Africa through innovative technological solutions,” the startup stated.

The platform operates through the creation of a unique digital health record for each student. The system centralizes essential information, including medical check-ups, vaccination history, consultations, screenings and referrals to healthcare facilities. The company aims to replace fragmented monitoring and paper-based records with a secure database accessible to authorized professionals.

MedSen also integrates operational tools for school medical teams. Medical inspectors can organize and monitor vaccination campaigns, visual and nutritional screenings, while accessing real-time statistical dashboards to guide public health policies at local and national levels.

In addition, a dedicated portal enables parents to monitor their children’s health, receive notifications, provide digital consent and communicate with medical teams. The feature strengthens continuity between school and family.

Through this approach, MedSen reflects a broader trend across Africa, where local digital solutions are supporting the modernization of health systems while addressing on-the-ground realities. The healthtech company reports that it covers more than 6 million students and operates in all regions of Senegal.

This article was initially published in French by Adoni Conrad Quenum

Adapted in English by Ange J.A de Berry Quenum

• Zulu Tech, founded in 2020, delivers customized digital solutions to organizations across sectors.
• The company developed platforms in education, home services, health tech and international money transfers.
• Founder Kena Girma previously worked with Dowell Research UK and several technology firms as a software developer.

Kena Girma works as an Ethiopian software engineer and technology entrepreneur. He founded and leads Zulu Tech, a company that specializes in designing customized digital solutions for organizations.

Zulu Tech, which Girma established in 2020, supports companies in achieving project objectives through disciplined execution and strict adherence to deadlines. The company adapts each solution to specific client requirements and provides website and application design and development services, as well as digital advisory and consulting support.

Moreover, the company maintains project performance after deployment by delivering maintenance and support services that keep applications updated and operational.

Among its deployed solutions, Zulu Tech developed “Zulu Learn,” an artificial intelligence-based learning platform that helps high school students improve academic performance and prepare for national examinations with confidence. The company also created “HandyMan,” an all-in-one service platform that connects users with qualified professionals for home maintenance, repairs and a broad range of on-demand services.

In addition, Zulu Tech launched “HakimHub,” a web and mobile health application that uses advanced language models to transform how users access medical advice. The company also introduced “Hakim Express,” an application that enables users to conduct international money transfers with real-time exchange rates and secure payment processing.

Kena Girma earned a degree in computer science from Addis Ababa University. He joined Dowell Research UK, a London-based research firm, as a mobile application developer. He later worked as a freelance software developer for technology companies including Eskalate, Glamiris and hozma.tech.

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Adapted in English by Ange J.A de Berry Quenum

• Mehdi L. Sariak founded Docteur 360 in 2022 to streamline access to medical appointments in Algeria.

• The platform connects patients with doctors nationwide and automates appointment management.

• Sariak previously held senior roles at Société Générale Algérie before launching his healthtech venture.

Algerian entrepreneur Mehdi L. Sariak is leveraging technology to improve access to healthcare in Algeria by simplifying how patients book medical appointments.

Mehdi L. Sariak founded Docteur 360 in 2022 as an online platform that allows patients to quickly find a doctor and book appointments directly. He positioned the platform as a health service with a strong human dimension that combines medical culture with personalized support. The company aims to modernize the patient journey and make access to care more fluid, faster and more equitable by removing common booking obstacles.

The platform allows each patient to search for a doctor, compare available profiles and select the specialist who best fits their needs. Direct access to practitioners’ profiles strengthens transparency and builds trust at the time of booking. Docteur 360 focuses on simplifying the patient pathway and reducing waiting times for appointments.

The company offers a broad range of services designed for both patients and healthcare professionals. The platform provides a nationwide directory of practitioners across Algeria, automates recurring tasks such as appointment management, reminders and notifications, and simplifies follow-up from booking to consultation. These features reduce delays and limit missed appointments.

Sariak holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration and management obtained in 2006 from Collège de Sherbrooke. He also earned a master’s degree in banking, financial, corporate and securities law in 2009 from IAE Paris.

He began his professional career in 2006 at Société Générale Algérie, where he successively served as credit analyst, senior banker, branch manager in Algiers and deputy director in charge of large corporates. Between 2016 and 2020, he chaired Oxonto, a French company, now closed, that specialized in wholesale trade of computers, IT equipment and software.

Sariak is positioning Docteur 360 as part of Algeria’s broader digital transformation in healthcare, where entrepreneurs are using technology to address structural inefficiencies in patient access and care coordination.

This article was initially published in French by Melchior Koba

Adapted in English by Ange J.A de Berry Quenum

• Algerian healthtech DZDOC digitises medical appointments, consultations, and patient–doctor interactions.
• Founder Rachid Maou launched the Annaba-based platform in 2015.
• DZDOC offers online booking, secure teleconsultation, and digital practice management tools.

DZDOC operates as a multi-service e-health platform developed by an Algerian startup. The company simplifies access to healthcare by digitising appointment booking, medical consultations, and interactions between patients and healthcare professionals. Founder Rachid Maou launched the platform in Annaba in 2015.

The platform allows patients to search for and book medical appointments online with practitioners across a wide range of specialties, including general medicine, surgery, psychiatry, and nutrition. Users can conduct searches by specialty and geographic location, which facilitates connections with nearby and available professionals.

DZDOC also integrates a secure teleconsultation system that enables users to consult doctors remotely through video calls. The service covers both physical and mental health and provides access to a broad network of practitioners without requiring physical travel. This feature offers clear advantages for remote populations and users with limited mobility.

For healthcare professionals, the platform provides a digital practice management interface with tools such as schedule planning, automated SMS and email reminders, and enhanced online visibility to patients. The solution aims to optimise appointment flow and improve practitioners’ operational efficiency.

DZDOC illustrates how digital health technologies can address healthcare accessibility challenges by connecting medical supply and demand in a market that remains largely dependent on in-person interactions.

This article was initially published in French by Adoni Conrad Quenum

Adapted in English by Ange J.A de BERRY QUENUM