Tag: mPharma

Haltons pharmacy enters Ethiopian market

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ETHIOPIA – Haltons pharmacy, a retail pharmacy chain dispensing prescription and non-prescription pharmaceutical products has opened a branch in Addis Ababa, becoming the latest Kenyan entity to make entry into the neighboring country. Ghanaian health tech startup mPharma signed a franchise agreement with Belayab Pharmaceuticals in march this year to open Haltons Pharmacies in Ethiopia. This new outlest is omne of two, which mPharma and Belayab Pharmaceuticals aim to open in Addis Ababa this year. mPharma acquired Halton, Kenya’s second-largest pharmacy chain, in 2019, taking over control pof the 27…

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Management software, “Bloom”, revolutionizes mPharma’s operations

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GHANA – Bloom, a management software used by mPharma, has allowed the Ghanaian healthcare startup to coordinated pharmacies within its network sell medicines at the same price to customers, a remarkable milestone. Bloom enables mPharma to quickly standardized operations by networking the pharmacies through a technology platform. It has enabled the pharmacies to introduce mutti, a membership-based loyalty program and implement primary care services, including point of care testing and disease management solutions. In July, mPharma inked a deal with Absa bank Ghana to launch Absa Mutti, a platform that…

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mPharma inks deal with Absa Ghana to offer Mutti health membership benefits to the bank’s customers

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GHANA – mPharma has announced their partnership with Absa bank Ghana to launch Absa Mutti, a platform that will allow Absa’s 40,000 customers to have access to Mutti health membership benefits. This partnership builds up to mPharma’s vision of building an Africa that is in good health through their services. Mutti platform enables subscribers to purchase high-quality medications at lower prices through flexible payment terms, a payment plan that reduces the high upfront cost that patients have to make before they receive their medications at pharmacies. Mutti is an initiative…

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E-commerce continues to fuel the ever-blooming healthcare logistics market in Africa

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AFRICA – African e-commerce marketplaces are venturing into the delivery of health care products as part of a strategy to broaden their value to customers. These platforms are part of a broader crop of innovators at an interesting intersection of healthcare and logistics on the continent. Going by recent data, this sub-sector has grown over two years. At least 61 companies are using tech for health distribution across sub-Saharan Africa, a growth of over 100% in the number of active players (28) captured in 2018. That’s according to a report…

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Healthtech startups 54gene and mPharma Awarded as Technology Pioneers by World Economic Forum

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AFRICA – Nigeria’s 54Gene and Ghana’s mPharma are among seven other African startups to be named among 100 most promising technology pioneers by World Economic Forum (WEF) this year. The World Economic Forum’s Technology Pioneers are early to growth-stage companies from around the world that are involved in the use of new technologies and innovation that are poised to have a significant impact on business and society. 54gene is a health technology company tackling the disparity in healthcare research and clinical delivery through large-scale discovery and translational research, advanced molecular…

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mPharma joins Morgan Stanley’s inaugural sustainable business collaborative cohort

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AFRICA – The Ghanaian healthcare start-up mPharma has joined a list of five breakthrough innovative companies that will receive awards and participate in Morgan Stanley’s first initiative that aims to advance systemic solutions for complex sustainability challenges across the World. mPharma is revolutionising the drug supply chain in Africa using the tools that make e-commerce convenient and profitable to make health care accessible and affordable. The start-up joins some of the most innovative companies that are changing the game in sustainable business solutions by becoming one of the chosen few companies…

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mPharma sets up Community Health by Mutti to improve on community centered healthcare

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GHANA – mPharma, a Ghanaian startup which manages prescription drug inventory for pharmacies and their suppliers, has rolled out a program called Community Health by Mutti for community healthcare services. The program aims at incorporating community health workers (CHWs) into the pharmaceutical delivery industry as a way of advancing good health. mPharma will be assigning community health nurses to mutti partner pharmacies. These nurses will provide preventive health screening to people who live around a mutti pharmacy by visiting them in their homes and workplaces. Mutti is an mPharama initiative…

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Healthcare startup mPharma to launch Haltons Pharmacies in Ethiopia

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ETHIOPIA – Ghanaian health tech startup mPharma has signed a franchise agreement with Belayab Pharmaceuticals to open Haltons Pharmacies in Ethiopia Through the agreement, mPharma will leverage its technology platforms, insights, and extensive experience working with hospitals and retail pharmacies across Africa to help Ethiopia achieve universal medical coverage to all its patients. mPharma and Belayab Pharmaceuticals aim to open two operational pharmacies in Addis Ababa this year.  mPharma Currently operates in Ghana, Nigeria, Zambia, Rwanda, and Kenya and serves about a million patients every year through over 300 partner pharmacies. In…

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