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mPharma raises $35million in round participated by Tinder co-founder’s JAM fund, Bharti executive

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Ghanaian health tech startup mPharma is building a network of community pharmacies across Africa as it plans to be the go-to primary healthcare service provider for millions of people residing in the region. mPharma is also present in Gabon where it has a contract with the government to build a drug supply chain infrastructure.

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Francophone African super app Gozem grabs $5M to expand and offer more services

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firm Plug and Play Ventures, Launch Africa, BANSEA and Virtual Network. Costamagna, in a statement, said the funding will help Gozem increase the figure to over 200,000 before 2025. Gozem plans to use its existing network of marketplace users (drivers and merchants) as agents across all the cities it operates in.

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Health tech startup mPharma acquires Vine Pharmacy, enters Uganda

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mPharma disclosed to TechCrunch that it has acquired a 55 percent stake previously held by the Abraaj Group, a private equity firm that collapsed after investors, including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, sounded an alarm over the administration of its $1 billion healthcare fund. s development finance institution, last year.

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