Tanzanian healthtech startup Medikea has closed a $1.2 million pre-seed round. It is also opening two new clinics in Arusha and Morogoro, which brings its network to four.
The round saw backing from Baobab Network, Catalyst Fund, and develoPPP Ventures. Madica, which put in $200,000, Impacc, Hustle Fund, O’Shaughnessy Ventures, Madiro, and one angel investor also joined the round.
The fresh capital will go into growth, product development, and new specialist services across the network. Medikea wants to serve more than 100,000 patients over the next 12 months. It also plans to grow from four clinics to 10 across Tanzania by the end of 2027.
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Medikea runs a hybrid model. Its app connects patients to doctors, and it builds its own network of clinics on the ground. It also runs its own pharmacies and diagnostic labs.
Founded in 2020 by Dr Elvis Silayo and Desirè Ruhinda, its former COO, who has since stepped away, Medikea began with a lean team of five.
“Building this way is harder, and we chose it deliberately,” Dr Elvis Silayo, co-founder and CEO of Medikea, said in a statement seen by Condia.
“If you layer technology on top of a broken system, you are digitising inefficiency. You inherit someone else’s costs and someone else’s quality problems, and you can’t scale past them. We rebuilt the parts we depend on so that we can deliver a better experience at a lower price and still hold a fair margin.”
The market is sizeable, as Tanzania records about 60 million outpatient visits a year. Spending is projected to reach $287.3 million by 2025 and a market volume of $392.9 million by 2029.
“We saw an opportunity not just to digitise healthcare access but to build a more affordable, continuous and climate-resilient model of outpatient care,” said Maxime Bayen, Partner at Catalyst Fund.
Madica also pointed to the model’s financial strength. Its first clinic broke even within 12 months and serves about 1,000 patients monthly. Madica also says Medikea delivers care 25 times faster than public hospitals and 50-70% cheaper than traditional private care.
Last updated: October 26, 2026
