RESURGE AFRICA

Name

RESURGE AFRICA

Legal name

ReSurge Africa

Website

https://resurgeafrica.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Reconstructive Surgery and Burns Care (Healthcare Charity)

NAICS

Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services (6242), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Health Systems Strengthening & Primary Care Development (HLAJAKAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Disaster Recovery, Reconstruction & Resilience Programs (BPAGAAAK)

Keywords

• Reconstructive surgery training
• Burns care services
• Medical capacity building
• Healthcare charity programmes
• Surgical training partnerships

Headquarters

HQ city

GLASGOW, LANARKSHIRE

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: Resurge Africa is a registered Scottish charity (SC020924) that relies entirely on donations from individuals, organizations, and trusts. The organization states that 95% of all donations are spent directly on providing support and training for medical professionals in West Africa.
2. Foundation and Institutional Grants: Grants from organizations such as the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Glasgow HOPE Foundation (£9,949 for Noma Flap Training course and microsurgery equipment), THET (for burns nurse and doctor training), and corporate partners including Ghanaian National Petroleum Company (GNPC) for facility funding.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Resurge Africa is a Scottish registered charity that trains and empowers local surgeons, anaesthetists, nurses, and physiotherapists in Ghana and Sierra Leone to establish permanent, self-sustaining reconstructive surgery and burns care services. It supports partner hospitals by funding equipment, building clinical capacity, and delivering specialized microsurgery and burns care training, with the Korle Bu unit in Accra, the Kumasi Burns Intensive Care Unit, and the National Reconstructive Surgery and Burns Unit at Connaught Hospital serving as the primary service delivery vehicles.

Product overview

Resurge Africa operates as a charitable organization focused on establishing reconstructive surgery and burns services across West Africa. The organization functions as a unified program rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. Its core offerings include direct patient care through established units in Ghana (Korle Bu and Kumasi), training and mentorship programs for medical professionals, and the development of new surgical units in Sierra Leone. The primary service delivery vehicles are the Reconstructive Plastic Surgery and Burns Unit in Korle Bu (Ghana) and the National Reconstructive Surgery and Burns Unit at Connaught Hospital (Sierra Leone), supported by training programs that develop local healthcare capacity.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Reconstructive Surgery Services Establishment and delivery of reconstructive surgery services in West Africa, providing treatment for deformities and disabilities caused by birth defects, accidents, burns, diseases, and other conditions. Services include cranio-facial surgery, Noma treatment, and complex reconstructive procedures for children and adults in Ghana and Sierra Leone.
• Burns Treatment and Care Services Comprehensive burns care services including acute burn treatment, burn surgery, intensive care, rehabilitation, and scar management for pediatric and adult burn patients in West Africa.
• Medical Professional Training Programs Structured training and mentorship programmes for local surgeons, anaesthetists, nurses, and physiotherapists from Ghana and Sierra Leone, delivered in partnership with institutions in Scotland (Canniesburn, Glasgow Royal Infirmary), India (Ganga Hospital), and Ghana (MSSI) to build self-sustaining reconstructive surgery and burns services.
• Reconstructive Plastic Surgery and Burns Unit, Korle Bu Established training hub in Accra, Ghana that serves as the primary center for reconstructive surgery and burns care in West Africa. Functions as a self-sustaining clinical unit that also trains surgeons and nurses from across the region. Voted Best Specialist Health Centre of the Year by the West African Clinical Alliance in August 2018.
• Kumasi Burns and Intensive Care Unit Burns and intensive care facility at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi, Ghana, operating as an 8-bed unit performing over 1000 operations annually and serving as a regional training hub for burns care.
• National Reconstructive Surgery and Burns Unit, Connaught Hospital Newly commissioned national unit in Freetown, Sierra Leone providing reconstructive surgery and burns care, officially opened by the President of Sierra Leone in April 2026. Established as Sierra Leone's first national reconstructive surgery and burns service, with corporate partners including Leonoil and National Petroleum Sierra Leone contributing to construction.
• Holy Spirit Hospital Surgical Services Surgical services at Holy Spirit Hospital in Makeni, Sierra Leone, including reconstructive surgery and burns care, supported by Resurge Africa through sterile services unit development and training partnerships.
• Martyn Webster Memorial Scholarship Fund Scholarship fund established in memory of founder Martyn Webster to support the training of West African surgeons, nurses, physiotherapists, and anaesthetists, continuing the charity's core capacity-building mission.

Quantifiable outcome

• Korle-Bu unit performs thousands of surgical operations annually and is entirely self-sustaining
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• LeonoilcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 April 2026Corporate partner contributing to the building of Sierra Leone's National Reconstructive Surgery and Burns Unit at Connaught Hospital, Freetown. The unit is dedicated to victims and survivors of the November 5th, 2021 serious oil tanker disaster.
• NP (SL) - National Petroleum Sierra LeonecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 April 2026Corporate partner contributing to the building of Sierra Leone's National Reconstructive Surgery and Burns Unit at Connaught Hospital, Freetown.
• Centurion EngineeringminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 8 April 2026Engineering firm involved in the construction of the National Reconstructive Surgery and Burns Unit in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
• Ministry of Health Sierra LeonecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment ministry collaborating on the establishment of national reconstructive surgery and burns services in Sierra Leone.
• InterburnscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational burns charity delivering Burns Care Educational Programme and training. Conducts Essential Burns Care Training and Delivery Assessment Tool (DAT) with Burns Unit Steering Group.
• Medical Aid InternationalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganization providing medical equipment procurement and supply for burns and reconstructive surgery units in developing countries.
• MedigiveminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMedical charity partner supporting the Sierra Leone National Reconstructive Surgery and Burns Unit.
• Korle Bu FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFoundation supporting the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, which serves as the primary training hub and partner for Resurge Africa in Ghana.
• BAHT - British Association of Hand TherapistsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProfessional association contributing to hand therapy and burns care development in Sierra Leone.
• BSSH - British Society for Surgery of the HandminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProfessional society supporting surgical missions and training in hand surgery in Sierra Leone.
• Surg+RestoreminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAmerican partner organization working with Resurge Africa on surgical training programmes.
• Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore, IndiacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRenowned Indian hospital providing microsurgery and reconstructive surgery training. Professor Raja Sabapathy leads the training programme. Multiple Ghanaian and Sierra Leonean trainees have completed placements here.
• Canniesburn Plastic Surgery Unit, GlasgowcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerScottish plastic surgery unit providing microsurgery training and hosting trainee attachments. Led by Mr Stuart Watson, ReSurge Director.
• Glasgow Royal InfirmarycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerScottish hospital team delivering training in anaesthetics and burns care at Korle Bu, Ghana.
• MSSI - Medical & Surgical Skills Institute, GhanacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGhanaian institute providing state-of-the-art facilities for microsurgery training courses.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Operation Smile: Direct peer — provides free reconstructive surgeries (cleft lip/palate and related) in developing countries, combining surgical missions with local training programmes to build long-term capacity.
• Smile Train: Direct peer — global charity using a similar train-the-local-surgeon model to provide cleft and reconstructive surgery in developing countries, with a comparable sustainable capacity-building approach.
• ReSurge International: Direct peer — a US-based nonprofit also focused on building reconstructive surgery capacity in low- and middle-income countries through training of local surgeons. Highly comparable mission and model to Resurge Africa.
• CURE International: Direct peer — operates hospitals and training programmes for paediatric reconstructive surgery (orthopaedic, neurosurgical, and plastic surgery) in low- and middle-income countries; very comparable delivery model.
• Interburns: Direct peer and existing partner — international burns charity focused on improving burn care and prevention in low-resource settings through training and education programmes, sharing significant operational overlap with Resurge Africa.

Emerging players

• Surg+Restore: Emerging player and existing partner — US-based organization collaborating with Resurge Africa on surgical training programmes; comparable mission focused on building sustainable surgical capacity in low-resource settings.

Broad incumbents

• Partners in Health: Broad incumbent — much larger global health nonprofit providing health systems strengthening and training in low-resource settings; comparable in its training-and-capacity-building philosophy, though it operates at greater scale and across more conditions.
• AMREF Health Africa: Broad incumbent — large African health NGO focused on training health workers and strengthening health systems across the continent; comparable target geography (West/East Africa) and training-driven model.
• Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF): Broad incumbent — large international medical humanitarian organization providing surgical care in conflict and low-resource settings; broadly comparable as a healthcare delivery and capacity-building NGO, though much larger in scope.

Others

• THET (Tropical Health and Education Trust): Existing funder and ecosystem peer — UK-based charity that funds health partnerships and training between UK institutions and counterparts in low- and middle-income countries; Resurge Africa is a grant recipient and shares the health-partnership model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/ResurgeAfrica
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/resurge-africa

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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