Our Story and Vision
Manje Health was founded in September 2021 by a team of African and Swedish executives with the objective of simplifying access to quality healthcare on the African continent, using technology to help Africans home and in the diaspora find and fund quality healthcare across the continent in just minutes, saving customers time and money and potentially saving lives.
Our tech team sits in Accra, Ghana and we work across three other offices in Malmö and Lund, Sweden and Lusaka, Zambia.
Manje is a widely used Bantu word that means "NOW", and we are on a journey of a lifetime driven by our mission of simplifying access to quality healthcare. Our vision, is to be the go-to digital medical platform in Africa, creating value across the ecosystem in collaboration with governments, hospitals and customers.
Our Story
"In 2010, my mother was diagnosed with a tumor growing close to one of her kidneys. This was at a government hospital in Zambia. Doctors arranged surgery, but we wanted a second opinion. When I started searching for private hospitals in Lusaka the capital where I am from, I found that the common alternative was physically going to several hospitals to get information, find out the cost or to book an appointment with a specialist. This was complicated and expensive in terms of time and money.
Friends suggested we try South Africa, a well known medical destination in Africa, but we were not sure we could afford to fly to another country, with no assurance that the hospitals were better than the ones home. When I moved to Sweden two years later, I was even farther away from these services, even though am a medical sponsor for my mother.
Unfortunately, this experience is not unique to me or my family. Millions of people in Africa are faced with this challenge everyday. For the diaspora, no easy way exists to find and connect with healthcare providers, and high transfer fees and frequent, often unplanned remittances come with a high cost.".
Today, 30M+ Africans, are part of the growing global diaspora community, whose remittances are a lifeline for families back home. Our mission is to help them help better through an AFFORDABLE, FASTER and SECURE way.
