Amref Health Africa

Name

Amref Health Africa

Legal name

Amref Health Africa, Inc.

Website

https://amrefusa.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1957

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit Healthcare Services

NAICS

Ambulatory Health Care Services (621), Health Care and Social Assistance (62), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090), Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Medical Laboratories (8071)

akta.pro primary industry

Health Systems Strengthening & Global Health Technical Assistance (BPADAEAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Communicable Disease Prevention & Control (HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria, NTDs) (BPADAIAA), Immunization & Vaccine Delivery Programs (BPADAIAB), International & Global Public Health Aid Administration (Government Donors) (HLAJALAO)

Keywords

• Health worker training
• Maternal child health
• Community health programs
• Nonprofit healthcare services
• WASH infrastructure

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: Recurring monthly/quarterly/annual donations through Pamoja program, one-time gifts via website, mail, or phone. Donors can give via check, credit card, or bank transfer through Classy platform.
2. Cryptocurrency Donations: Accepts Bitcoin, Ethereum, and over 75 other cryptocurrencies through The Giving Block partnership. Crypto donations are tax-efficient.
3. Stock Donations: Gifts of publicly-traded stock accepted, allowing donors to avoid capital gains taxes and deduct fair market value.
4. Legacy/Planned Giving: Bequests in wills, retirement benefits beneficiary designations, and life insurance proceeds.
5. Donor Advised Funds: DAFs allow donors to make tax-deductible donations to a DAF sponsor who then grants to Amref.
6. Catalyst Circle Membership: Distinguished giving circle with exclusive benefits for major donors committed to universal primary care.
7. Corporate Matching Gifts: Employer matching gift programs where companies match employee charitable contributions, effectively doubling donations.
8. Foundation and Government Grants: Funding from foundations (Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Comic Relief, Open Society Foundations), government agencies (USAID, CDC, PEPFAR), and multilateral organizations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Amref Health Africa is an African-led nonprofit that trains local health workers and provides direct health services across sub-Saharan Africa. Its core offerings include mobile and digital health worker training platforms (Leap, e-Learning, m-Learning), maternal and child health programs, water/sanitation/hygiene (WASH) infrastructure, medical outreach, community disease surveillance, and targeted initiatives such as FGM/C prevention (Koota Injena), Ethiopian youth empowerment (Kefeta), and youth advocacy (Y-ACT). The organization operates Amref International University for formal health sciences education and continues its legacy Flying Doctors aerial medical service.

Product overview

Amref Health Africa is an African-led healthcare nonprofit offering a portfolio of health programs and platforms rather than a single unified product. Its core offerings include mobile and digital training platforms (Leap, eLearning, m-Learning) for health worker capacity building, direct healthcare service delivery programs (Maternal and Child Health, Medical Outreach, WASH), and specialized community programs (Koota Injena, Kefeta, Y-ACT). The organization also operates Amref International University for formal health worker education and maintains its legacy Flying Doctors aerial medical service. These products work together to strengthen health systems across sub-Saharan Africa through training, service delivery, and community empowerment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Kefeta: Youth empowerment program in Ethiopia working with USAID to address youth unemployment and amplify youth voices in community development.
• Youth in Action (Y-ACT)
• Koota Injena
• Amref International University (AMIU)
• Leap

Products and services

• Leap Mobile Training Platform A mobile phone platform created to train Community Health Workers (CHWs), enabling them to learn at their own pace using basic mobile phone technology. Delivers training through audio text messages built around an approved curriculum, serves as a collaboration tool for CHWs to chat and message one another, and functions as a monitoring tool for storing patient health information.
• eLearning Training Platform Internet-based training platform that brings classroom learning to health workers, allowing them to upgrade skills without leaving their jobs and families. Enables faster, more effective, and cost-efficient training of midwives and other health workers in African settings.
• m-Learning Training Program Mobile phone application-based training delivery method providing innovative training programs to health workers, allowing them to upgrade skills using their own mobile phones without taking them away from patients and families in underserved African communities.
• Maternal and Child Health Programs Comprehensive healthcare services addressing maternal health needs, including skilled birth attendants, prenatal care, postnatal care, and reproductive health education to prevent maternal and newborn deaths across sub-Saharan Africa.
• WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) Programs Water, sanitation and hygiene programs implementing a three-pronged approach: education on health and hygiene, building WASH infrastructure using local materials, and training communities to manage WASH facilities sustainably in schools and underserved rural and urban communities.
• Medical Outreach Services Healthcare services bringing quality medical care to underserved communities, including surgical outreach, non-communicable disease monitoring, diagnostic services, and immunization programs delivered through health facilities and mobile teams.
• Community-Based Disease Surveillance Partnership with the US CDC's Global Health Security Agenda to strengthen disease monitoring systems at community level, improving data collection, analysis, and communication between communities and health facilities for early outbreak detection and prevention.
• Laboratory Strengthening Programs Programs to strengthen national laboratory systems through equipment, supplies, training of lab workers, Early Infant Diagnosis (EID) services, and supporting the National Blood Transfusion Service, including PEPFAR-funded work in South Sudan.
• Koota Injena FGM/C Prevention Program Community dialogue program to end Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) and Child, Early and Forced Marriages (CEFM) in Samburu and Marsabit Counties in Kenya, training community champions and providing scholarships to at-risk girls.
• Kefeta Youth Empowerment Program USAID-funded youth empowerment program in Ethiopia working with millions of Ethiopian youth to address unemployment through connecting youth to services, building capacity of youth-serving organizations, and providing internship and employment opportunities.
• Youth in Action (Y-ACT) Advocacy Program Youth advocacy initiative in Kenya mentoring and training young advocates to influence youth policy in gender equality and sexual and reproductive health and rights at national and grassroots levels.
• Amref International University (AMIU) First-of-its-kind health sciences university built by Africans, for Africans to close the continent's health workforce gap. Offers world-class training in nursing, midwifery, laboratory science, and public health, with 90% of graduates staying and working in Africa.
• Flying Doctors Aerial Medical Service Aerial medical evacuation and surgical outreach services using light aircraft to bring essential medical and surgical services to rural and underserved hospitals across eastern Africa, the founding service of the organization.

Quantifiable outcome

• 48,032 health workers trained in 2022 alone
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• USAIDcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUSAID partnership for Kefeta program in Ethiopia, a youth empowerment initiative working with two million Ethiopian youth on community development and employment. Also funder for Koota Injena FGM/C prevention program in Kenya.
• US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to prevent disease outbreaks at community level in Tanzania as part of CDC's Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA). Focus on improving disease data collection, analysis, and communication between communities and health facilities.
• U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPEPFAR funding support for strengthening national laboratory systems in South Sudan to provide accurate HIV diagnoses and prevention/treatment services.
• The Giving BlockcoreTechnology or IntegrationCrypto donations partner enabling Amref to accept Bitcoin, Ethereum, and over 75 other cryptocurrencies as tax-efficient donations.
• Clinton FoundationmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership recognition as Clinton Global Initiative commitment maker; logo appears on website indicating ongoing relationship.
• ClassycoreTechnology or IntegrationOnline donation platform partner for processing donations, managing recurring gifts, and donor accounts.
• Kenya Ministry of HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment partnership for health worker training advocacy and policy influence at national level.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Last Mile Health: Nonprofit focused on training and digitally enabling Community Health Workers in sub-Saharan Africa (notably Liberia). Closely comparable to Amref's Leap/m-Learning platform strategy and CHW-focused capacity-building model.
• Living Goods: Operates a Community Health Worker network supported by mobile technology in Kenya and Uganda, with training, supervision, and supply-chain components. Directly comparable to Amref's Leap-enabled CHW training and supervision approach.
• BRAC: One of the world's largest development NGOs operating health, education, and women's empowerment programs across Africa and South Asia. Comparable in mission breadth, training-of-local-staff emphasis, and pan-African footprint.
• Partners In Health: Global health nonprofit providing direct healthcare delivery and training local clinicians in resource-poor settings. Closely aligned with Amref's model of health-systems strengthening via locally-trained workforces.
• Smile Train: Nonprofit building local surgical capacity for cleft care in LMICs through training and partnership models. Comparable to Amref's Flying Doctors surgical outreach and local-provider training approach.

Broad incumbents

• PATH: Large global health innovation nonprofit working on vaccines, maternal/child health, and health systems in Africa. Comparable in scale, programmatic breadth, and major-foundation funding model.
• Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI): Global health nonprofit focused on expanding access to HIV, malaria, and maternal/child health interventions in LMICs, with significant African operations and government partnerships. Comparable in scope and donor mix.
• International Rescue Committee (IRC): Major humanitarian NGO delivering health, education, and emergency response in fragile and conflict-affected contexts including sub-Saharan Africa. Comparable in working environments, US government funding mix, and health-worker training programs.
• Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF): International medical humanitarian organization providing emergency care and capacity building in fragile states including across Africa. Comparable in operating environments and surgical/maternal health delivery, though mission emphasizes emergency response.
• UNICEF USA: US fundraising arm for UNICEF's global child and maternal health programs, with deep African operations. Comparable in mission overlap (maternal/child health, immunization, WASH) and multi-channel donor engagement model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/AMREFUSA
• YouTubeyoutube.com/c/AmrefHealthAfricaintheUSA
• Facebookfacebook.com/amrefusa
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/amref-usa
• Instagraminstagram.com/amrefusa

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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