Enabling consumers to access and purchase health products through digital channels.
Enabling pharmacies, clinics and hospitals to track, manage, restock and finance inventory.
Enabling manufacturers to protect product movement along supply chains.
Enabling providers and governments to efficiently distribute health products.
Enabling providers, manufacturers and governments to leverage data for supply chain management.
– Director, government medicines distribution agency
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Processes that enable consumers to access and purchase health products through digital channels, including online pharmacy operations, telemedicine with product delivery and access pricing.
Nearly 200 innovators offering direct distribution to consumer solutions are active across the continent, with most headquartered in Africa. While this category has captured $1.6 billion in external funding (representing 62% of all funding for African supply chain startups over time), most of this was captured by e-commerce giants who carry a very limited number of over-the-counter health products. Most online pharmacy innovators operate at smaller scale, with lower funding amounts.
Processes that enable providers to restock, track and/or finance inventory through digital marketplaces, inventory management and inventory financing solutions.
Over 100 innovators in Order and Inventory Management exist, most are headquartered on the continent serving providers and governments. 14 innovators – the most of any category in our research – appear to have partnerships to serve governments. In spite of their prevalence, these innovators have raised only 9% of the total funding for supply chain innovations over time.
Processes that enable manufacturers to protect product movement along supply chains through counterfeit drug detection and track and trace solutions.
Fewer than 10 innovators are operating in product protection and visibility across the continent. Several operate at large scale, serving multiple manufacturers and governments; a few entrants are gaining speed, rapidly achieving national and international scale-up powered by increased interest in traceability.
Processes that enable providers and governments to efficiently distribute health products to and from health facilities through cold-chain transport, tech enabled logistics and medical drone delivery solutions. It also includes reverse logistics solutions enabling the collection, management, and disposal of medical waste at health facilities.
Twenty-two innovators in transport, warehousing, and reverse logistics operate across the continent, and medical drone delivery companies headquartered outside of Africa make up nearly half the companies in this category. Their operations have attracted funding to this area, which has captured 28% of all funding to healthcare supply chain innovations over time.
Processes that enable providers, manufacturers, and governments to efficiently manage demand planning, and better understand consumer consumption trends.
Fewer than 10 innovators are focused primarily on data analytics for healthcare supply chains. Most innovators in this category are headquartered on the continent, at the nascent stage, and have raised very few funds.
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