REMA

What REMA does

REMA (Réseau d'Echange entre Médecins d'Afrique) is a mobile-first, double-verified medical community platform headquartered in Cotonou, Benin, that connects healthcare professionals across Africa. Operationally launched in April 2021, the platform serves verified doctors, medical students from the second cycle, nurses, and midwives with professional networking, clinical case sharing with built-in patient image anonymization, continuing medical education (REMA Learning), and an employment marketplace (REMA Jobs). Its technology stack centers on iOS and Android mobile applications plus a web platform, with a double-verification identity system ensuring authenticity of its professional user base, which the company describes as the largest of its kind in Africa across markets including Benin, Morocco, Senegal, Burkina Faso, and Mali.

Underlying the consumer community is an ecosystem of adjacent modules — REMA Business for targeted medical marketing, REMA Pharma for pharmaceutical industry stakeholders, and REMA Reports for analytics — that collectively form the company's revenue surface. REMA's go-to-market is community-led, leveraging peer referrals and viral invitations among healthcare professionals, complemented by earned media coverage from outlets such as BBC Afrique, RFI Afrique, TV5 Monde, and Vox Africa. Distribution to advertisers is direct enterprise sales for the B2B advertising layer, supported by a pre-paid electronic wallet billing model.

The business operates a freemium model for individual healthcare professionals, while monetizing B2B through named advertiser relationships with clients including Cipla, Nestlé Health Science, Nestlé Nutrition, UN/UNFPA, the Government of Benin, and Franco. The company is privately held with 1-10 employees, registered in Cotonou as REMA Medical Technologies, and has disclosed an institutional engagement with the International Trade Centre dated December 2021 with a recorded amount of $0.

Name

REMA

Legal name

REMA Medical Technologies

Website

https://remaapp.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

REMA is a mobile medical community platform connecting verified African healthcare professionals for networking, clinical case collaboration, continuing medical education, and employment, monetizing via B2B advertising through REMA Business to pharma, NGO, and government clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Professional Networking Platform

NAICS

Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Patient Community, Peer Support & Social Engagement (HLACAEAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Healthcare Master Data Management (MDM) & Patient/Provider Identity Data (HLACAIAB)

Keywords

• Medical professional network
• Healthcare community platform
• Clinical collaboration app
• Continuing medical education
• Medical marketing platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Cotonou

HQ country

Benin

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Revenue model

1. Advertising & Marketing Services (REMA Business): Pharmaceutical companies, medical device manufacturers, healthcare organizations, and other businesses pay to advertise and run targeted campaigns to verified healthcare professionals on the platform. Campaign types include native content, SMS campaigns, and surveys. Payment is processed through a pre-paid electronic wallet system.
2. Premium Services for Healthcare Professionals: While basic membership is free for healthcare professionals, the company reserves the right to introduce paid features and services in the future. Users can purchase credits for premium functionality through an electronic wallet system.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

REMA operates a mobile-first, double-verified medical community platform for healthcare professionals across Africa, enabling clinical case sharing with patient anonymization, peer networking, and continuing medical education. The company also runs REMA Business, a B2B advertising and communication platform that allows pharmaceutical, medical device, and healthcare organizations to reach verified African healthcare professionals via SMS campaigns, native content, and surveys. Supporting modules include REMA Learning (CME), REMA Jobs (employment), REMA Pharma, and REMA Reports (analytics).

Product overview

REMA (Réseau d'Echange entre Médecins d'Afrique) is a platform-plus-modules architecture built around a core mobile application for Android and iOS. The core app serves as Africa's largest verified medical community, enabling social networking, clinical case collaboration, and peer consultation among thousands of verified healthcare professionals. It is flanked by several named modules: REMA Business (targeted medical marketing and campaign management for organizations), REMA Learning (continuing medical education with certification), REMA Jobs (medical employment marketplace), REMA Pharma (pharmaceutical industry module), and REMA Reports (analytics and insights). The platform operates as a freemium model, with a B2B revenue layer through REMA Business targeting pharmaceutical companies, healthcare organizations, and international bodies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• REMA Learning: Continuing medical education platform offering a catalog of medical training courses with certification for healthcare professionals.
• REMA Jobs
• REMA Business
• REMA Pharma
• REMA Reports

Quantifiable outcome

• Thousands of verified healthcare professionals use REMA daily in their practice
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability1 record

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CiplacoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCipla, a global pharmaceutical company, uses REMA Business platform for medical marketing campaigns targeting verified African healthcare professionals. Cipla is featured in the 'Ils nous font confiance' (They trust us) section of the REMA Business platform.
• Nestlé Health SciencecoreGTM or Marketing PartnerNestlé Health Science utilizes REMA Business platform for targeted medical marketing to African healthcare professionals. Featured in the trusted partners section of REMA Business.
• Nestlé NutritioncoreGTM or Marketing PartnerNestlé Nutrition division partners with REMA for nutritional health brand awareness campaigns among African healthcare professionals.
• UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerUNFPA, a United Nations agency focused on reproductive health, collaborates with REMA for public health campaigns and professional outreach to African healthcare workers.
• Government of BenincoreGTM or Marketing PartnerThe Government of Benin is listed as a trusted partner using REMA Business for healthcare policy communication and professional engagement with healthcare workers.
• FrancominorGTM or Marketing PartnerFranco, a healthcare/FMCG company, uses REMA platform for medical brand marketing and awareness campaigns targeting African healthcare professionals.
• TV5 MondeminorOthersTV5 Monde featured REMA in coverage, part of the 'Ils parlent de nous' (They talk about us) media mentions section showcasing earned media coverage.
• BBC AfriqueminorOthersBBC Afrique featured REMA in media coverage, included in the earned media section of the platform.
• RFI AfriqueminorOthersRFI Afrique provided media coverage of REMA, featured in the platform's earned media section.
• Vox AfricaminorOthersVox Africa featured REMA in media coverage, listed in the platform's earned media mentions.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Medscape: Medscape is a major global medical information and professional platform owned by WebMD, providing news, CME, and physician resources. It is a broad incumbent comparable to REMA's combined professional content, CME, and HCP-aggregator role.
• M3 (M3 Group): M3 operates one of the world's largest physician panel networks (m3.com in Japan, MDLinx, Doctors.net.uk) with pharma marketing and market research. It is a broad incumbent comparable to REMA in the verified-physician-and-pharma-advertising model, though much larger and global.

Regional players

• Practo: Practo is an India-anchored digital health platform combining doctor booking, teleconsultation, and a practice management SaaS layer. It is a regional emerging-market peer adjacent to REMA's HCP ecosystem, though its core offering is consumer-facing booking rather than verified clinical community.
• MomConnect: MomConnect is a South African National Department of Health program connecting pregnant women and nurses via mobile. While serving a different end user (patients rather than HCPs), it is a comparable region-specific African health mobile platform that could partner or compete for mobile-HCP attention.

Direct peers

• Doximity: Doximity is the largest verified physician network in the US, offering professional networking, clinical collaboration, and a recruiter/ads business. It is the closest analog to REMA's verified-HCP community and advertising monetization model.
• Sermo: Sermo is a verified physician community with peer consultation, paid medical surveys, and pharma market research. It is a direct peer for REMA's verified-HCP network plus advertiser/market-research monetization via REMA Business and REMA Reports.
• Figure 1: Figure 1 is a medical case-sharing platform where verified healthcare professionals discuss clinical images, with built-in anonymization. It mirrors REMA's clinical case-sharing, image anonymization, and verified-professional model.
• MedShr: MedShr is a global clinical case-sharing platform for verified doctors, enabling peer discussion and CME. It directly competes with REMA's core clinical collaboration use case and serves an international (including emerging-market) HCP audience.

Emerging players

• Docplanner (Doctoralia): Docplanner operates doctor booking and practice-management SaaS across emerging markets (including Latin America, Europe, and parts of MENA), and has expanded into HCP professional tools. It overlaps with REMA in serving healthcare professionals in emerging markets, though its core is booking rather than clinical community.
• DailyRounds (Neuroglia): DailyRounds is a clinical case-sharing and CME platform for doctors, originally focused on India. It overlaps with REMA's clinical collaboration and CME (REMA Learning) modules in emerging markets.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/remaapp
• Facebookfacebook.com/remaapp
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/rema-app

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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