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Africa Health Ventures #29: A Unicorn Lands in Dakar (opens the original)
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On September 2, Alan — the French digital health insurer valued at €5 billion — acquired Tanel, a Senegalese digital health and insurance startup. It is Alan’s first deal on the continent. Tanel was already a profitable business serving 70,000 members across more than 400 companies in Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire, plus a network of over 1,200 pharmacies and providers. This wasn’t the only story that put Senegal in the headlines: Moustapha Cissé, founder of Kera Health Platforms in Senegal, was feat
Africa Health Ventures #28: The Worst Year On Record (opens the original)
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Healthcare ventures in Africa raised less capital in the first half of 2026 than in any comparable period since 2019. The decline is broad-based, affecting equity and debt, across multiple stages. It hits across both deal volume as well as deal count. Only 36 startups tackling health have raised capital so far in 2026, totalling under $20 million.1 To put it bluntly, this is the worst funding market the sector has seen.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" h
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