Proparco backs Kenya’s Tibu Health
Tibu Health is a Kenyan start-up specialising in accessible and affordable primary healthcare.
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The French development finance institution Proparco has announced a financing facility to Kenyan healthtech start-up Tibu Health. The financing was provided through the Bridge Fund by Digital Africa facility.
Founded in 2020 by Jason Carmichael, Tibu Health is a Kenyan start-up specialising in accessible and affordable primary healthcare. The company provides high-quality medical services at reduced cost, primarily targeting middle-income and underserved communities.
Since 2024, the start-up has been developing a network of embedded clinics called Minute Clinics, integrated within existing facilities – mainly pharmacies through its partnership with Goodlife, or within supermarkets. These embedded care centres rely on a central clinic that brings together specialised services such as medical imaging, pediatrics, gynecology, laboratory testing, and telemedicine.
“We are proud to support Tibu Health, an innovative company transforming access to primary healthcare through an accessible and affordable proximity-based model. By combining mini-clinics embedded within pharmacies with a centralized medical hub, Tibu Health enables thousands of patients – particularly among middle- and lower-income populations – to access essential, high-quality healthcare services. This investment reflects Proparco’s commitment to inclusive and innovative healthcare solutions capable of sustainably expanding access to care for underserved urban populations,” said Djalal Khimdjee, deputy CEO of Proparco.
“Expanding access to primary healthcare at scale requires embedding care within the infrastructure people already use. The hub-and-spoke model we have built – linking community-level Minute Clinics to a centralised hub offering specialist diagnostics and telemedicine – is designed precisely for that purpose: to deliver consistent, high-quality care across urban and peri-urban communities in a financially sustainable way. Proparco’s support enables us to accelerate that expansion and demonstrates the viability of this model for emerging markets,” said Jason Carmichael, executive chairman of Tibu Health.
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