Afya Rekod

What Afya Rekod does

Afya Rekod is a Kenyan health technology company headquartered in Nairobi that operates a blockchain-based, patient-driven digital health data platform founded in 2019. The company's core offering is a decentralized electronic health record system that allows individuals to capture, store, and access their health data in real time while retaining sovereign control over data sharing. The product portfolio spans the AfyaRekod Platform (core), the MyRekod Universal Patient Portal for individuals, the afyaCare HMIS for institutions with modules for Dynamic EHR, Disease Management, Vaccine Management, Diagnostics Management, and Pharmacy Management, mobile applications on Android and iOS, a USSD channel for feature-phone users, a proprietary ARCode patient identification system, and Data & AI Training Programs. The platform claims compliance with HIPAA, ISO 27001, GDPR, the Health Data Governance Principles, and AWS security standards.

The company serves four customer segments: individual patients (long-tail, self-serve), healthcare practitioners, hospitals and healthcare institutions, and governments and public health authorities. Distribution mixes self-serve product-led growth for consumers (mobile app, USSD, MyRekod portal) with direct enterprise sales to hospitals and governments via the HMIS, diagnostic, insurance, and pharmacy portals. Monetization is subscription-based SaaS for institutional customers — hospitals, insurers, diagnostics, and pharmacies — supplemented by professional services revenue from training programs. As of September 2025, Afya Rekod reports 150,000+ users across 5 African countries and 50+ hospitals onboarded, and operates in Kenya, South Africa, and select additional African markets.

In February 2022 Afya Rekod raised $2 million in seed funding led by US-based Mac Venture Capital with participation from Asia-based Next Chymia. The company was previously known as Afya Records (Kenya) Limited. In September 2025 it launched its Universal Patient Portal in South Africa and entered a strategic partnership with UK-based Medi-science International Limited to extend health data mobility across Africa and Europe.

Name

Afya Rekod

Legal name

AFYA REKOD LIMITED

Website

https://afyarekod.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Afya Rekod is a Kenyan health technology company operating a blockchain-based, patient-driven digital health data platform serving patients, healthcare providers, hospitals, and governments across Africa via SaaS, mobile, and USSD access channels.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital Health Platforms

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (51821), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

HIE Platforms & Network Services (Community/Regional/National) (HLACABAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Patient-Mediated Exchange & Personal Health Data Access (Blue Button, SMART on FHIR) (HLACABAN), Data Access, Sharing & Marketplace Platforms (incl. TEFCA/QHIN enablement) (HLACAIAL), Healthcare Master Data Management (MDM) & Patient/Provider Identity Data (HLACAIAB), Consent, Preference & Data Rights Management (incl. HIPAA/GDPR support) (HLACAIAG)

Keywords

• Digital health platform
• Electronic health records
• Hospital management system
• Blockchain health data
• Patient health records

Headquarters

HQ city

Nairobi

HQ country

Kenya

HQ region

Africa

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. SaaS Platform Services: AfyaRekod provides a SaaS-based digital health platform with multiple portals for patients, hospitals, doctors, diagnostics, insurance, and pharmacies. Institutions and healthcare facilities pay for access to the Dynamic HMIS platform, disease management tools, and other enterprise features.
2. Professional Services: The company offers Data & AI Training Programs for healthcare professionals, organizations, and governments, covering areas like clinical care, public health, pharmaceutical research, and radiology.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels8 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Afya Rekod operates a blockchain-driven, patient-owned digital health data platform that captures, stores, and provides real-time access to personal health records across multiple channels (SaaS, mobile app, USSD). It serves individual patients through the MyRekod Universal Patient Portal and provides enterprise healthcare institutions with the afyaCare HMIS platform for disease, vaccine, diagnostic, and pharmacy management.

Product overview

AfyaRekod is a patient-driven health data platform built on AI and blockchain technology. The core offering is the AfyaRekod Platform which provides a decentralized, patient-owned system for storing and managing health records. The portfolio includes the MyRekod Universal Patient Portal for individual patients to store and access their health data, the afyaCare HMIS platform offering Dynamic EHR, Disease Management, Diagnostic Management, Vaccine Management, and Pharmacy Management modules for institutions and hospitals. Additional access channels include a mobile application (Android/iOS) and USSD platform for feature phones. The company also offers Data & AI Training Programs for healthcare professionals. The platform enables real-time health data access and mobility across multiple devices and healthcare providers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• MyRekod: Patient portal platform for individuals to store and manage their health records
• HMIS Portal
• MediLiVes

Products and services

• AfyaRekod Platform (MyRekod Universal Patient Portal) A blockchain-driven, patient-owned digital health data platform that allows individuals to store their health and medical information, engage with doctors, interact with verified health information, and access tools supporting well-being. Built on AI and blockchain technology with HIPAA, ISO 27001, GDPR, and AWS security compliance.
• afyaCare HMIS (Hospital Management Information System) Dynamic SaaS platform for healthcare institutions and governments providing integrated modules for Disease Management (Covid-19, HIV, Ebola, Malaria), Vaccine Management, Diagnostics Management, Pharmacy Management, and Communications Tools, designed to consolidate fragmented hospital information systems.
• AfyaRekod Mobile Application (Android/iOS) Android and iOS mobile application for individual patients to manage, store, and access personal health information from smartphones, with decentralized patient-owned electronic health records and real-time data upload.
• USSD Platform (*#380#) USSD short-code (*#380#) platform that allows patients and health workers using feature phones to access AfyaRekod services, enabling health data capture and retrieval without internet connectivity or a smartphone.
• Data & AI Training Programs Specialized training programs in Data and AI targeting healthcare professionals, organizations, and governments, covering Clinical Care, Public Health & Policy, Pharmaceutical & Research, and Radiology & Imaging applications.

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability1 record

Feature7 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Medi-science International LimitedcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 September 2025Kenya-based startup Afya Rekod partnered with UK-based Medi-science International Limited to transform healthcare delivery through improved access to personal health data across Africa and Europe. The partnership enables patients, doctors, and hospitals to securely host and access health records on a single digital platform, using AI and blockchain technology to decentralize healthcare systems. Medi-science International's product MediLiVes offers analytical telemedicine services, while Afya Rekod provides a patient-driven platform that allows users to capture, store, and own their health records.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Helium Health: Pan-African EMR/HMIS provider for hospitals and clinics, headquartered in Lagos. Direct competitor in West/East Africa selling HMIS, EHR, and patient management tools to providers and governments.
• Smile Digital Health: Health data exchange and interoperability platform built on FHIR/HL7, used by governments and national HIE networks. Closely comparable on the HIE and health data mobility thesis Afya Rekod pursues.
• Health Gorilla: Clinical data exchange and interoperability network connecting providers, payers, and HIEs. Direct overlap in health data sharing, diagnostics, and consent-driven access.

Broad incumbents

• InterSystems HealthShare: Established HIE and healthcare data platform with deep installed base among national and regional HIEs. Overlaps with Afya Rekod's patient-driven HIE positioning, but at much larger enterprise scale.
• Bespoke Health (MedSphere-style open-source HMIS): Open-source-derived EHR and HMIS provider serving hospitals and health systems. Comparable HMIS and EHR functionality for the institutional side of Afya Rekod's business.

Emerging players

• Particle Health: US-based API platform for patient-mediated health record retrieval and clinical data exchange. Comparable on the patient-controlled health data access and mobility angle.
• 1upHealth: FHIR-based platform for patient-mediated data access, consent management, and interoperability; aligned with SMART on FHIR and similar patient-driven data use cases.
• PicnicHealth: Patient-mediated platform that aggregates medical records on the patient's behalf with consent for research and care delivery. Comparable patient-owned records and consent positioning.

Regional players

• mPharma: Ghana-headquartered healthtech operating across multiple African markets across pharmacy, diagnostics, and patient management. Comparable African expansion profile and provider-pharmacy-pharmacy adjacency.
• Zipline: Africa-anchored health logistics and data platform for hospitals and public health systems. Adjacent peer given comparable African footprint, health system partnerships, and outbreak/disease-management use cases.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors3 records

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M&A

Investments

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