Tanzania’s Medikea raises $1.2 million to expand integrated healthcare network

Medikea, a Tanzanian healthtech startup, has raised $1.2 million in pre-seed funding to expand a healthcare network that combines virtual consultations with physical clinics, diagnostic labs, pharmacies, and specialist care.

Baobab Network, Catalyst Fund, develoPPP Ventures, Madica, Impacc, Hustle Fund, O’Shaughnessy Ventures, Madiro, Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation, and an unnamed angel investor backed the funding round.

The raise comes as healthtech startups across Africa continue to face a difficult funding environment. Healthtech companies raised just $18 million, or 1.3% of the…