Tunisia

 

Tunisia to launch major healthcare reform programme in 2017

Tunisia benefits from a healthcare system better than many countries with similar income levels. In 2013, total healthcare expenditure amounted to 7.1% of GDP –or 493 TND ($246) per capita and 90% of the population has access to a form of universal insurance. Yet, Moncef Boussannouga Zammouri, head of KPMG Tunisia, says the country suffers from a poorly performing public healthcare sector.

Amen Sante expands

Amen Sante is the largest operator in Tunisia with four hospitals today and two under construction. Around 30% of all admissions are from Libya, which under former leader Muammar Gaddafi, had almost no secondary healthcare.

Report: Successful business models in emerging markets

The IFC conference was brim full of confident operators who, despite all the obstacles, are making money and seeing huge growth in private healthcare in Emerging Markets. We report on the new business models.

Hassab plans Pan-African lab chain

Seha Capital-backed Hassab Labs, the third largest Egyptian lab chain with 38 labs has signed a deal with Moroccan insurer Saham. So far it has set up two labs in Morocco and the plan is to add another three this year. Expect other countries to follow soon.

Morocco insurer invests in Ivory Coast hospitals despite high taxes

Moroccan insurance giant Saham is planning to invest in two or three small hospitals in Ivory Coast to become the country’s largest private healthcare player, despite many foreign investors being put off by low tariffs and the eye-watering 33% tax on rent. v since the 2011 civil war.

New $100m hospital opens in Morocco amid healthcare reforms

The Moroccan government has this week decided to change its legislation so as to boost private capital for healthcare. Meanwhile, what will be the largest private multi-specialty hospital has just opened in Casablanca. Insurers are also consolidating the private hospital market in Morocco and the wider region.

Major African investors ready the money

The two largest private equity investors in Africa, Abraaj and the Investment Fund for Health in Africa, are both raising new funds. So how are they progressing and what are their strategies? We investigated at the Africa Healthcare Summit in London.

North Africa healthcare gets big boost from global investors

Private equity fund Abraaj, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), German institutional investor DEG and French group Proparco are set to partner up to improve private healthcare in Egypt and Tunisia via the North Africa Hospital Holdings Group (NAHHG).

FREE BLOG Africa wants India to stop poaching patients

At the Africa Healthcare Summit in London last week, representatives from the continent discussed issues facing sub-Saharan Africa ­– that all healthcare stakeholders need to work together to provide quality care, that infrastructure needs improving and that Indian groups like Apollo and Fortis cannot continue poaching patients from central Africa.

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