Masanga Hospital Sierra Leone

Name

Masanga Hospital Sierra Leone

Legal name

Stichting Masanga Nederland

Website

https://masangahospital.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1960

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Masanga Hospital Sierra Leone is a 120-bed non-profit rural hospital in Tonkolili district providing surgical, obstetrical, pediatric, and general healthcare to approximately 12,000 patients per year, while training nurses and surgical community health officers through the CapaCare program and conducting clinical research via its Masanga Medical Research Unit.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Rural Healthcare Services

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (622110)

SIC

Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062)

akta.pro primary industry

Community & Regional General Hospitals (HLAFAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Critical Access & Rural Hospitals (HLAFAAAG), Children’s Hospitals & Pediatric Health Systems (HLAFAJAG)

Keywords

• Rural healthcare services
• Surgical training programs
• Clinical medical research
• Community health education
• Obstetrical pediatric care

Headquarters

HQ city

Masanga

HQ country

Sierra Leone

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: Masanga Hospital relies primarily on donations from international supporters. Stichting Masanga Nederland (based in Emmen, Netherlands) facilitates donations. Monthly and one-time donation options are available. The hospital aims to become fully independent of international donors by 2026 through government funding transition.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Masanga Hospital operates a 120-bed rural hospital in Tonkolili district, Sierra Leone, providing surgical, obstetrical, pediatric, and general healthcare to approximately 12,000 patients annually. It also delivers clinical education through the Tonkolili District College of Health Sciences (300+ nurses in training) and the CapaCare Surgical Training Program (16 students annually), and conducts medical research through the Masanga Medical Research Unit (MMRU).

Product overview

Masanga Hospital operates as a 120-bed rural government hospital in Tonkolili district, Sierra Leone, supported by the Masanga Hospital Rehabilitation Project since 2006. The hospital provides a unified core offering of healthcare services (surgical, obstetrical, pediatric, and general care for ~12,000 patients annually), supplemented by two education programs—the Tonkolili District College of Health Sciences (300+ nurses in training) and the Surgical Training Program in partnership with CapaCare—and the Masanga Medical Research Unit for clinical research. This three-pillar approach (healthcare, education, research) aims to build sustainable healthcare capacity in Sierra Leone.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Masanga Medical Research Unit (MMRU): The research platform established in 2018 to promote medical research in Sierra Leone, conducting clinical studies and collaborating with international partners.
• Tonkolili District College of Health Sciences

Products and services

• Healthcare Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Trained 31 Community Health Officers since 2011
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CapaCarecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2011CapaCare is a Norwegian organization that runs the 3-year Surgical Training Program at Masanga Hospital, training Community Health Officers in surgical and obstetrical care. This partnership has trained 31 CHOs since 2011, with SACHO's performing 25% of all surgeries in Sierra Leone.
• Masanga DenmarkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDanish organization that co-founded the Masanga Hospital Rehabilitation Project (MHRP) with Dr. Peter Bo Jorgensen in 2006. Part of the original founding team that revived the destroyed hospital after the civil war.
• Masanga NetherlandscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupporting NGO that facilitates donations from the Netherlands. Stichting Masanga Nederland is ANBI registered and located in Emmen, Netherlands.
• Masanga United KingdomcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupporting NGO providing funding and support for Masanga Hospital operations.
• Statistics Sierra LeoneminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational statistics body partnering with MMRU for research projects including the surgical conditions prevalence study.
• Ministry of Health and Sanitation Sierra LeonecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment partner supporting the Masanga Hospital as a government hospital. The hospital aims for full government funding by 2026.
• Government of Sierra LeonecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOriginal owner and supporter of Masanga Hospital. Agreement established in 2006 for 20-year support period through MHRP.
• Lions Clubs InternationalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerService organization partner supporting Masanga Hospital operations.
• Aleris HamletminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDanish healthcare organization partner supporting Masanga Hospital.
• Action4SchoolsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEducation-focused organization partner supporting healthcare education initiatives.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Partners In Health: Operates rural hospitals with integrated training programs in Sierra Leone and other low-income countries (e.g., Haiti, Liberia, Rwanda). PIH's model of pairing clinical care with local workforce development and government partnership is the closest structural analog to Masanga's three-pillar approach.
• African Mission Healthcare: Funds and supports mission hospitals across sub-Saharan Africa with a focus on training and surgical capacity. Highly comparable in mission, geographic focus on rural African hospitals, and reliance on international donor funding for capital and operating expenses.
• Mercy Ships: Operates hospital ships providing free surgical care and surgical training in West Africa, including Sierra Leone. Directly comparable on the surgical-care-plus-training mission in the same region, even though delivery is ship-based rather than fixed-facility.
• CURE International: Operates specialty (notably pediatric surgical) hospitals in low- and middle-income African countries with embedded training components. Comparable as a charitable hospital network focused on surgical care and capacity building in underserved African settings.
• CUAMM – Doctors with Africa: Italian NGO running hospitals and training programs in sub-Saharan Africa, often in partnership with local health authorities. Closely comparable operating model: rural hospital + training + donor dependence + government co-financing pathway.
• EMERGENCY NGO: Italian NGO that builds and operates free-of-charge hospitals in conflict-affected and low-income countries, including in Sierra Leone and West Africa. Comparable as a charity-built-and-operated hospital serving rural/underserved populations with international donor backing.

Broad incumbents

• AMREF Health Africa: Large pan-African health organization delivering training, clinical services, and health systems strengthening across multiple countries. Overlaps with Masanga on healthcare-training integration in Africa but operates at much greater scale and across many programs.
• Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF): Global medical humanitarian organization that builds and operates hospitals in crisis and low-resource settings, including in Sierra Leone. Overlaps with Masanga's charitable hospital model but is far larger, more episodic, and crisis-driven.

Emerging players

• Last Mile Health: Trains and deploys community health workers in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and other West African countries. Partial overlap: addresses the same rural Sierra Leone health workforce gap Masanga's training programs target, but via community-health-worker model rather than hospital-based training.

Regional players

• Connaught Hospital: Sierra Leone's main government referral hospital in Freetown. Comparable as a public-sector hospital in the same country but operates at national-referral scale rather than Masanga's rural-district model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/masanga

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

Investments

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