AngloGold Ashanti (Ghana) Malaria Control

What AngloGold Ashanti (Ghana) Malaria Control does

AngloGold Ashanti (Ghana) Malaria Control Limited (AGAMal) is a Ghana-based non-profit public health organization established in 2005 as a corporate social responsibility initiative of AngloGold Ashanti, the NYSE-listed gold mining company, to address malaria as the primary public health threat to its Obuasi mining operations. Headquartered in Obuasi, Ashanti Region with a secondary presence in Accra, AGAMal employs 107 staff and delivers Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) as its core intervention, complemented by Larval Source Management using Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis (Bti), the Keeping Obuasi Clean Campaign (KOCC) sanitation program, and COVID-19 disinfection services. The organization safeguards over 1.3 million lives annually across operational districts and has sprayed 1.6 million+ structures since inception.

The technical platform combines conventional vector control with operational data infrastructure: geotagged mosquito breeding sites via GhanaPost GPS, mapping through Google Earth, a molecular entomology laboratory capable of morphological identification, kdr and Ace-1 mutation detection, and ELISA-based sporozoite detection, plus the iK Smart Light (iKSL) device for real-time IRS spray parameter monitoring. Community mobilization is delivered through Social and Behavioural Change Communication (SBCC) campaigns, stakeholder engagement with traditional and religious authorities, and house-to-house sensitization across Ghanaian districts in the Upper West, Upper East, Ashanti, Central, Western, and Northern regions.

AGAMal's revenue model is grant-funded, not commercial. The organization was the first private sector Principal Recipient of Global Fund grants in Ghana (2008, US$133M) and currently manages the Global Fund GC7 Community Systems Strengthening grant (2024–2026) for HIV, TB, and malaria across seven CSO networks. AngloGold Ashanti provides approximately US$1.5 million annually in CSR funding for core operations. All interventions are delivered free of charge to beneficiaries; there are no commercial pricing models. Customer segments include malaria-endemic district communities (primary), AngloGold Ashanti mining operations (occupational health), Ghanaian CSO networks (capacity building), and government health facilities (disinfection services).

Name

AngloGold Ashanti (Ghana) Malaria Control

Legal name

AngloGold Ashanti (GH) Malaria Control Limited

Website

https://agamal.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

AGAMal is a Ghana-based non-profit public health organization, established in 2005 by AngloGold Ashanti, delivering Indoor Residual Spraying, larviciding, sanitation, and community systems strengthening programs to safeguard over 1.3 million lives annually across Ghanaian districts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Health Vector Control Services

NAICS

Exterminating and Pest Control Services (561710), Exterminating and Pest Control Services (56171)

SIC

Agricultural Services (700), Sanitary Services (4950)

akta.pro primary industry

Mosquito & Tick Control (IMAIAHAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Monthly/Recurring Mosquito Control Programs (HSAMAEAB), Mosquito & Vector Control for Farms & Rural Properties (AFACAGAN), Mosquito Control (Misting Systems, Barrier Sprays) (HSAIANAA)

Keywords

• Malaria vector control
• Indoor residual spraying
• Larval source management
• Public health interventions
• Community sanitation programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Obuasi

HQ country

Ghana

HQ region

Africa

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Global Fund Grants: AGAMal receives large-scale grant funding from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. As the first private sector Principal Recipient of Global Fund grants in Ghana, AGAMal has received a $133M grant (2008) to scale IRS across 40 districts and manages the GC7 Community Systems Strengthening (CSS) grant for HIV, TB, and malaria (2024-2026). The mine-wide disinfection of AngloGold Ashanti sites in the Upper East and West regions is also funded by the Global Fund.
2. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Funding: AngloGold Ashanti invests approximately US$1.5 million annually into the AGAMal malaria control programme as part of its corporate social responsibility. This funds the core IRS operations in Obuasi, COVID-19 disinfection of mine sites, and broader operational costs. AngloGold Ashanti also fully funds mine-wide disinfection exercises at its Obuasi and Iduapriem operations.
3. Community Systems Strengthening (CSS) Grant: AGAMal manages the Global Fund GC7 CSS grant for HIV, TB, and malaria in Ghana (2024-2026), building capacities and reallocating resources to enable community actors to drive locally tailored health interventions across prevention, treatment, care, and support.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

AGAMal delivers Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) of residual insecticide on interior walls as its core malaria prevention intervention, complemented by larviciding using Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis (Bti), the Keeping Obuasi Clean Campaign (KOCC) sanitation program, COVID-19 disinfection of mine sites and health facilities, and management of the Global Fund's GC7 Community Systems Strengthening (CSS) grant for HIV, TB, and malaria in Ghana. All interventions are provided free of charge to beneficiary communities, government health facilities, and AngloGold Ashanti mine sites through direct field operations and partnerships with Ghana's Ministry of Health, district assemblies, and civil society networks.

Product overview

AngloGold Ashanti (Ghana) Malaria Control Limited (AGAMal) operates a multi-intervention public health platform centered on Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) as its core malaria prevention product. The platform also includes complementary larviciding services using Bti, the Keeping Obuasi Clean Campaign (KOCC) for broader sanitation, COVID-19 disinfection services, and Global Fund GC7 Community Systems Strengthening grant management. The integrated approach combines vector control, environmental management, and community health systems strengthening.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• KOCC (Keeping Obuasi Clean Campaign): Sanitation and waste management initiative implemented in partnership with Obuasi Municipal Assembly and Obuasi East District Assembly to improve cleanliness and health outcomes in Obuasi township.

Products and services

• Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) Core malaria prevention intervention that coats the interior walls and surfaces of houses with residual insecticide to kill endophilic mosquito vectors that rest indoors after feeding. Includes pre-operational community engagement, SBCC campaigns, spray operator training and deployment, entomological monitoring, and post-IRS evaluation. Delivered free to beneficiaries across operational districts in Ashanti, Upper West, Upper East, Central, Western, and Northern regions of Ghana.
• Larviciding (Larval Source Management with Bti) Complementary intervention using Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis (Bti) applied to aquatic mosquito breeding sites to interrupt the mosquito life cycle. Breeding sites are geotagged using GhanaPost GPS and mapped via Google Earth for precise quantification, efficient treatment, and re-treatment targeting.
• Keeping Obuasi Clean Campaign (KOCC) Sanitation and waste management initiative targeting approximately 180,000 residents of Obuasi Township and Obuasi East District, delivered in partnership with Obuasi Municipal Assembly (OMA) and Obuasi East District Assembly (OEDA). Includes household waste-bin distribution, public place waste receptacle placement, community cleaning days, sanitation compliance monitoring, and environmental education.
• COVID-19 Disinfection Services Routine disinfection of workplaces, health facilities, and mine sites to minimize COVID-19 risk. Includes daily disinfection of 16 health facilities in Upper West region and 3 health facilities in Upper East region, plus mine-wide disinfection at AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi and Iduapriem operations. Partially funded by the Global Fund and complemented by full AngloGold Ashanti CSR funding for mine site disinfection.
• Global Fund GC7 Community Systems Strengthening (CSS) Grant Management Grant management program for the Community Systems Strengthening component of the Global Fund GC7 grant for HIV, TB, and malaria in Ghana. Builds capacities and reallocates resources to enable community actors and CSO networks (including Ghana Coalition of NGOs in Malaria, Stop TB Partnership Ghana, NAP+, GHANET, GCNH, TB Voice Network, and CEPEHRG) to drive locally tailored health interventions across prevention, treatment, care, and support.

Quantifiable outcome

• 1.3 million+ lives safeguarded each year through IRS program
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Goizper GroupcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2022Goizper Group, a leading manufacturer of manual sprayers and supplier of iK spray pumps used in AGAMal's IRS operations, partnered with AGAMal and IVCC for field trials of the iK Smart Light (iKSL) device — a smart tool for IRS training and monitoring. Goizper conducted a week-long visit to Obuasi in May 2022 to introduce the improved device, train participants, and provide operational support. The device provides real-time spray parameter guidance and captures daily output data from spray operators.
• International Vector Control Consortium (IVCC)coreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2016IVCC, with funding from Unitaid, partnered with AGAMal under the Next Generation Indoor Residual Spraying (NgenIRS) initiative to expand the use of new insecticides. The copayment mechanism from Unitaid brought down the price of new, more effective insecticide products in the short term, enabling AGAMal to expand IRS operations into three districts in the Upper East region (Builsa North and South and Kassena Nanakana West).
• Ghana Ministry of Health / National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAGAMal partners with Ghana's Ministry of Health and the National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP) — recently renamed the National Malaria Elimination Programme. This partnership enables IRS scale-up from one district to 40 districts across Ghana in partnership with the MOH/NMCP. The NMCP undertook country reprioritization in 2014 that affected IRS deployment areas. AGAMal collaborates with reputable research institutions to strengthen the Monitoring and Evaluation component of grants.
• Obuasi Municipal Assembly (OMA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAGAMal partners with OMA for the Keeping Obuasi Clean Campaign (KOCC), a sanitation improvement initiative targeting approximately 180,000 residents of Obuasi Township. OMA collaborates with AGAMal on household waste management, public place waste receptacle placement, community cleaning days, and enforcement of existing sanitation laws.
• Obuasi East District Assembly (OEDA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOEDA partners with AGAMal for the Keeping Obuasi Clean Campaign (KOCC) in the Obuasi East District, alongside OMA. OEDA contributes to awareness and education on sanitation, household waste-bin ownership improvement, and general community cleaning days.
• IVCC (Innovative Vector Control Consortium) - iKSL Trial PartnershipcoreTechnology or IntegrationIVCC collaborated with AGAMal and Goizper Group on the iK Smart Light device trials, providing technical oversight and operational support. Andre Deyi Saibu of IVCC participated in the week-long device introduction and training visit to AGAMal's Obuasi operations.
• Ghana Coalition of NGOs in Malaria (GCNM)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGCNM is one of seven CSO networks participating in the Global Fund GC7 Community Systems Strengthening grant managed by AGAMal. The network contributes to malaria response coordination in Ghana.
• Ghana Coalition of NGOs in Health (GCNH)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGCNH participates in AGAMal's GC7 CSS grant implementation as a CSO network partner, contributing to the broader health systems strengthening agenda across HIV, TB, and malaria.
• National Association of People Living with HIV & AIDS (NAP+)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNAP+ participates in AGAMal's GC7 CSS grant as a CSO network partner focused on HIV/AIDS response, working with AGAMal to build community systems that underpin community-led health interventions.
• Ghana HIV & AIDS Network (GHANET)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGHANET participates in the GC7 CSS grant managed by AGAMal, with its Vice Chair serving on the Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM). GHANET is involved in coordinating HIV/AIDS community response activities.
• Stop TB Partnership GhanaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStop TB Partnership Ghana participates in AGAMal's GC7 CSS grant as a CSO network partner contributing to TB response activities within the community systems strengthening framework.
• TB Voice NetworkminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTB Voice Network participates in the GC7 CSS grant managed by AGAMal, providing community-level TB advocacy and support as part of the integrated HIV/TB/malaria community systems strengthening program.
• Centre for Popular Education and Human Rights, Ghana (CEPEHRG)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCEPEHRG participates in AGAMal's GC7 CSS grant as a CSO network partner contributing to human rights-based approaches to health access and community systems strengthening.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Vestergaard: Vestergaard is a leading manufacturer of long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (PermaNet) and other vector-control products used across malaria-endemic Africa. Comparable as a major malaria vector-control player, though operating as a product manufacturer rather than a service delivery organization like AGAMal.

Direct peers

• Newmont Corporation: Newmont operates its own malaria control programs at its African gold mines (e.g., Ahafo, Akyem in Ghana), paralleling AngloGold Ashanti's corporate-funded model. Directly comparable to AGAMal as a mining-company-sponsored malaria control program targeting workforce health and surrounding communities.
• Abt Associates: Abt Associates is one of the largest IRS implementation contractors globally, running PMI-funded IRS campaigns across multiple African countries for USAID. Directly comparable to AGAMal in core IRS delivery, entomological monitoring, and large-scale spray-operator workforce management.
• RTI International: RTI International implements IRS and other vector-control interventions under PMI in several African countries. Comparable to AGAMal in delivering household-level IRS, training spray operators, and operating entomological surveillance programs at scale.
• Population Services International (PSI): PSI operates large-scale malaria prevention and case-management programs across sub-Saharan Africa, including net distribution and social and behavior change communication. Comparable to AGAMal in malaria-focused public health delivery, donor-funded operations, and community mobilization.

Others

• U.S. President's Malaria Initiative (PMI): PMI is a U.S. government initiative that funds IRS, nets, and case management in Ghana and across Africa, and is an active partner of AGAMal. Comparable in malaria-control mission and IRS deployment at scale, though operates as a donor/funding entity rather than a service delivery organization.

Emerging players

• Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI): CHAI supports malaria programs in dozens of countries via Global Fund and government partnerships, with comparable donor-funded, government-aligned operating model and a focus on access to malaria commodities and case management.
• Innovative Vector Control Consortium (IVCC): IVCC is a product-development partnership focused on new insecticides and vector-control tools, and is an active partner with AGAMal through NgenIRS. Comparable in malaria vector-control focus, though IVCC operates as an R&D/facilitator rather than a field-implementation organization.
• PATH: PATH runs global malaria and vector-control R&D and implementation programs, including work on next-generation nets and diagnostics. Comparable to AGAMal in malaria-focused mission and donor-funded public health delivery, though with a stronger innovation and product-development angle.

Regional players

• AngloGold Ashanti (parent occupational health programs): AngloGold Ashanti's malaria and occupational health programs at its mines in Mali, Guinea, and Tanzania replicate the AGAMal model across multiple African countries. Comparable as a corporate-sponsored malaria program, with AGAMal effectively serving as the Ghana implementation vehicle for this broader portfolio.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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