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

TechCrunch

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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Health tech startup mPharma acquires Vine Pharmacy, enters Uganda

TechCrunch

mPharma’s recently announced that it was rolling out telemedicine services across its network of pharmacies in the continent in its efforts to bridge the doctor to patient gap by providing all-inclusive services. It may be like five years behind Kenya, but we think it is ripe for innovation and disruption,” he added.

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A View from Istanbul

NTEN

Having caught the travel bug years ago as a Peace Corps volunteer in Morocco, Peg went on to train teachers for the Peace Corps in Morocco, Mauritania, Lesotho and Gabon. Peg has international experience in education and training that provides her a unique perspective.

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

TechCrunch

firm Plug and Play Ventures, Launch Africa, BANSEA and Virtual Network. Now that Gozem is present across 13 cities, having moved to Gabon and Cameroon with over 800,000 registered users and completed more than 5 million trips, the founders say the company is setting sights on providing digital banking services and lending to its users.

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