Hygeia Health Management Organisation, HMO, has formed a strategic partnership with PiP iT Global and Sochitel to enable Nigerians living and working in the UK to buy Hygeia HMO healthcare plans for their parents in Nigeria and pay for these plans with cash at any UK Post Office.Continue reading
Aella, Hygeia HMO partners on health insurance
Aella has partnered Hygeia HMO to provide health insurance for financially excluded populations in Nigeria and other West African countries.Continue reading
Dutch African startup CarePay International secures €40M to expand to new markets
The article briefly outlines CarePay’s founders, its niche and the KPIs it exhibited at the time e.g 4 million users and 1200 healthcare providers. Investors participating in this funding round such as IFHA II are also highlighted.Continue reading
Healthcare Startup CarePay Receives $300k Grant, Plans Pan-African Expansion
CarePay International received the sum of $300,000 from participating in the Entrepreneurs for Resilience competition held in Beijing. The competition involved 200 companies from around the world. The grant will be used to fund the expansion of its mobile health payment platform to Nigeria and establish a branch in Tanzania.Continue reading
CarePay emerges innovative healthcare provider in Nigeria
A leading African health financing technology company, CarePay Nigeria has won the Innovative Healthcare Service Provider of the Year 2019 at the Nigerian Healthcare Excellence Awards. The honor was also in recognition of its innovative and sustainable approach to improving the course of healthcare delivery in Nigeria and commitment to excellence service delivery.Continue reading
Receipt of CarePay Receives Kes 150 Million Grant From AFD to Improve M-Tiba
CarePay has received a KES 150 million grant from Agence Française de Développement (AFD) to further build the functionality and reach of the M-TIBA platform.Continue reading
CarePay and the Aga Khan Health Services partner to extend M-TIBA services
CarePay has signed an MoU with the Aga Khan Health Service, Kenya (AKHS,K) to extend the M-TIBA provider panel, conduct software integration and jointly develop healthcare inclusion programs. The MoU extends the M-TIBA panel to the outreach centers of the Aga Khan Hospitals in Kisumu, Mombasa, and Nairobi.Continue reading
Carepay appoints new leadership team
Kuria and Mwirigi are replacing Kees van Lede and Maarten Ras who have been appointed by CarePay International into roles in the company’s Africa office. Kuria was previously CarePay’s Finance and Operations Director.and helped raise Sh700 million in investment. Mwirigi was previously Project Director and Agile Coach at CarePay.Continue reading
Transforming healthcare in Kenya
In 2018, the M-TIBA platform was selected as a healthcare finance platform for the mass enrolment of households in three County pilots for the Government of Kenya’s Universal Health Coverage program.Continue reading