African Medical and Research Foundation

Name

African Medical and Research Foundation

Legal name

Amref Health Africa

Website

https://amref.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1957

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Global Health Services

NAICS

Voluntary Health Organizations (813212), Health Care and Social Assistance (62)

SIC

Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Medical Missions & Global Health NGOs (BPAGACAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Health Systems Strengthening & Global Health Technical Assistance (BPADAEAH), Global Health Research, Evidence & Technical Assistance Organizations (HLAJAKAN), Maternal, Newborn, Child & Adolescent Health (MNCAH) NGOs (HLAJAKAG)

Keywords

• Community health programs
• Health worker training
• MHealth platforms
• Health systems strengthening
• Public health services

Headquarters

HQ city

NAIROBI

HQ country

Kenya

HQ region

Africa

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Grants and Donations: Amref Health Africa operates primarily as a non-profit organization funded through grants from international donors, foundations, and individual donations. The organization implements health programs funded by development partners.
2. Social Enterprise (Amref Enterprises): Amref Enterprises Limited commercializes health technology solutions including LEAP and m-Jali platforms. These products are offered to other stakeholders including NGOs, governments, and development partners seeking innovative training and health data solutions.
3. Technical Assistance Services: Provision of technical expertise to governments and ministries of health for health systems strengthening, capacity building, and program implementation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Amref Health Africa is a nonprofit international health organization that designs and delivers community-based health programs, trains and deploys community health workers, and develops proprietary mHealth platforms (LEAP and M-Jali) used by ministries of health and partners across 35 African countries. The organization funds these activities primarily through grants and donations while commercializing selected health technologies through its social enterprise arm, Amref Enterprises Limited.

Product overview

Amref Health Africa operates a multi-product health technology portfolio managed primarily through its subsidiary Amref Enterprises Limited. The core products are LEAP (an mHealth mobile learning platform for community health workers) and M-Jali (a mobile application for community-level health data collection). These two platforms are also combined in the i-PUSH initiative (with PharmAccess partner) to connect mothers to healthcare financing and services. Additional offerings include health insurance services and an eLearning programme that has skilled over 20,000 nurses. The organisation also hosts the Strategic Purchasing Africa Resource Center (SPARC) and operates the Amref International University and AHAIC Conference platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• LEAP: Mobile health (mHealth) platform for training community health workers through mobile devices, providing continued training, peer learning, and supervision
• M-Jali
• i-PUSH
• AHAIC Conference
• Amref Flying Doctors
• SPARC

Products and services

• LEAP mHealth Platform A mobile health (mHealth) platform that provides continued training for community health workers through mobile devices, enabling peer learning, direct access to supervisors, and campaign messaging on topics such as Ebola, immunisation, and nutrition.
• M-Jali Mobile Application A mobile application used by community health workers to capture data on household-level health indicators to improve efficiency of health reporting at the community level.
• Amref Flying Doctors Air Ambulance Service Air ambulance and medical evacuation services across East Africa, originally established as the founding service of the organisation.
• Amref International University A health sciences university in Kenya that delivers health education and training programmes, including the eLearning programme that has skilled over 20,000 nurses.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 3,000 community health volunteers trained through mobile learning
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered major, core and minor.

• Royal PhilipsmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2018Public-Private Partnership with Makueni County for enhancement of the county's primary care system. Philips contributed technology and expertise for sustainable, high quality, affordable primary care.
• Results for Development (R4D)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2018SPARC (Strategic Purchasing Africa Resource Center) launched by R4D in partnership with Amref Health Africa to strengthen strategic health purchasing in sub-Saharan Africa.
• PharmAccesscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 March 2017Joint partnership called i-PUSH combining M-TIBA, Leap, and m-Jali innovations to improve access to healthcare for 100,000 women and families in Kenya.
• M-Pesa FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 June 2016Partnership for development of LEAP mHealth platform. M-Pesa Foundation provided funding and support for the mobile learning solution for community health workers.
• AccenturecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 June 2016Development partner for LEAP mHealth platform. Accenture contributed technology expertise and development resources for the mobile training solution.
• SafaricomcoreTechnology or Integration · 8 June 2016Technology partner providing telecommunications infrastructure support for LEAP mobile platform deployment in Kenya.
• Kenya Ministry of HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 June 2016Government partner for LEAP development and endorsement as the mLearning product of choice for community health worker training.
• Kenya National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to fast-track Universal Health Coverage scale-up by using Community Health Workers as agents for NHIF registration at community level.
• aidTrainminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGlobal provider of compliance training offering tailored training opportunities to stakeholders and partners in the global development sector.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• PATH: PATH is a Seattle-based global health NGO that designs and delivers health solutions across low- and middle-income countries, with strong mHealth and health systems strengthening portfolios — closely comparable to Amref's LEAP/m-Jali and capacity-building work.
• Partners in Health: Partners in Health delivers comprehensive health care in resource-limited settings, including sub-Saharan Africa, with a model of training community health workers and strengthening district health systems — comparable to Amref's CHW and health systems approach.
• Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI): CHAI partners with governments in Africa and Asia to strengthen health systems and improve access to medicines — overlapping with Amref's health systems strengthening, technical assistance, and government ministry partnerships.
• Jhpiego: Jhpiego, a Johns Hopkins affiliate, focuses on health worker training, maternal and child health, and community health across Africa — directly comparable to Amref's CHW training, MNCH programs, and capacity-building mandate.
• PharmAccess Foundation: PharmAccess is Amref's i-PUSH partner and a direct peer in mobile health financing and quality care access in Africa (via M-TIBA) — operates the same integrated mobile-financing-plus-care model as i-PUSH.

Broad incumbents

• Save the Children: Save the Children operates across 100+ countries with significant maternal/child health and health worker programming in Africa — a broad incumbent with overlapping focus on MNCH and health systems strengthening.
• FHI 360: FHI 360 is a large US-based global health and development organization with broad programs in Africa, including health systems strengthening, research, and capacity building — overlapping with Amref's multi-country portfolio but with a US-led orientation.
• BRAC International: BRAC runs health programs in Africa and Asia, including community health worker networks and microfinance-linked health services — comparable to Amref's CHW scale and integrated health/financing models (e.g., i-PUSH).

Emerging players

• Last Mile Health: Last Mile Health trains and equips community health workers in remote African settings, with a strong digital training and supervision platform — a direct emerging peer in the CHW mHealth space that Amref operates in.
• Living Goods: Living Goods operates a tech-enabled community health worker network in Africa with smartphones, training apps, and data dashboards — an emerging peer to Amref's LEAP/M-Jali model with venture funding that Amref cannot access.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/AMREF_Worldwide
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/AMREFHome
• Facebookfacebook.com/AmrefHealthAfrica
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/african-medical-and-research-foundation
• Instagraminstagram.com/amrefhealthafrica

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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