M-TIBA and Britam have today announced the signing of a new strategic partnership to develop digital products to increase health insurance market penetration in Kenya. The partnership will see Britam and Carepay explore new mobile channels for Britam’s fast-growing microinsurance portfolio and the future management of retail and SME health insurance clients. The first
Safaricom-backed mobile phone healthcare service M-Tiba has been selected as an Advance Track partner by Bayer G4A. This means Bayer will support M-Tiba in executing partnership deals in the digital health space. Bayer G4A (formerly known as Grants4Apps), launched in Berlin in 2013, collaborates with start-ups and healthcare technology companies across the world that are
M-TIBA, the health financing technology platform based in Kenya and the Kenya Healthcare Federation (KHF) have announced a new SMS-based service to help the security agencies identify essential healthcare service workers in the country. This is in response to these workers facing travel restrictions during curfew hours and movements into or out of counties with
Kenya Healthcare Federation CEO Dr. Anastasia Nyalita says the service will help the members to carry on with their official duties during curfew hours, or when transiting through lockdown areas. Security agencies need only to send a free SMS with an ID number of the healthcare worker to 20253, where they will receive a confirmation
M-TIBA and Kenya Healthcare Federation (KHF) have announced a new SMS-based service to help the security agencies identify essential healthcare service workers. This is in response to these workers facing travel restrictions during curfew hours and movement into or out of counties with restricted movements. Security personnel are also increasingly concerned about the authenticity of
Officials in Kisumu and Nyeri counties, in partnership with PharmAccess, are tapping M-TIBA to send a series of targeted COVID-19 health information messages. Over 627,000 families have already been sent messages about managing their health and safety. County officials are able to leverage M-TIBA’s existing system and functionality to respond to COVID-19. They have anonymized
FT Health: The drive for universal health coverage When Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was elected director-general of the World Health Organization last month, he did so thanks to one dominant campaign pledge: to push for universal health coverage. Progress will not be easy given the growing demand for healthcare in a world of
CarePay recently announced it has completed a $45 million Series A financing round for its International division, to roll out its mobile health finance platform to new international markets. This fundraiser enables the companies to rapidly mobilize in other large-scale health finance schemes across the continent. The CarePay International Series A includes investments
Etiam hendrerit tortor gravida accumsan condimentum. Nunc ut mi vitae neque feugiat hendrerit at sed sem. Maecenas ante nisi, rhoncus a Health e-payments technology firm CarePay has embarked on upgrading its systems as it expands its Kenya operations. CarePay said Sh30 million received as prize-money in the Entrepreneurs for Resilience competition in Beijing
CarePay International, a health e-payments technology firm and M-TIBA’s parent firm, is upgrading its systems, increasing healthcare providers on its platform and expanding its local operations in Kenya and Nigeria after it received a $300,000 prize-money in the Entrepreneurs for Resilience competition in Beijing. This is in addition to the €40 million in a
