A new breed of tech-driven healthcare innovators is upending the local healthcare system in developing nations like Nigeria by offering other ways to expand access and shifting the focus away from a hospital-centric treatment paradigm.
One such company, Famasi Africa, has integrated a number of testing and telemedicine services into its drug management platform in an effort to offer healthcare in several ways.
Users of the Famasi service have a variety of plans to select from depending on their individual healthcare requirements, such as wellness plans and plans for chronic diseases including diabetes, hypertension, and others.
Patients have free, round-the-clock access to online healthcare teams who are experts in their particular ailments in addition to receiving medications delivered right to their front door. Additionally, Famasi provides cheap consultations and may schedule at-home testing for patients at their leisure thanks to a collaboration with the Nigerian healthtech platform Healthtracka.
Healthtracka enables Nigerians to request tests for infectious illnesses and other crucial health indicators without having to travel to a hospital or clinic by utilizing its network of mobile phlebotomists. Instead, tests are performed at the patient’s home, and then the sample is sent to a nearby lab for processing. The patient then receives their findings through email.
HealthTechs Put Payments First
Famasi is committed to assisting Nigerians in paying for their medications in a way that works for them, in addition to collaborating with neighborhood pharmacies and testing organizations like Healthtracka. Subscribers can use a split payment plan or credit to buy drugs from the company and pay for them later. Adeola Ayoola, the CEO of the business, told Nairametrics that Famasi would also make an effort to coordinate patients’ medication refill appointments with their individual financial cycles.
In order to give patients a more seamless experience, Famasi Africa has always used technology, from scheduling appointments to collecting payments. However, when Ayoola and her co-founder originally established the business, there was no specific staff of engineers working on the Famasi website. Famasi instead used Flutterwave’s online store builder as a simple method to bring the firm online, as she stated in an interview.
