Cardo Health Launches A Telemedicine App Called Kena Health In South Africa
Cardo Health Launches A Telemedicine App Called Kena Health In South Africa. Digital health company Cardo Health announced that it has launched the telemedicine app Kena Health in South Africa. Kena Health targets the millions of uninsured citizens who are dependent on stressed public health systems using a B2C freemium business model.
The platform offers on-demand and scheduled consultations with nurses, general practitioners, and mental health professionals. Tobias Strålin, Founder and CEO at Cardo Health said in a statement, “With an excellent team, proven technology, and growing traction, Kena Health has great potential to become the leading digital health player in Sub Saharan Africa while making a truly positive change for millions of people.”
Cardo Health is a digital health company with a mission to improve the health and wellbeing of millions of people in emerging markets. It invests in and scale the best early-stage digital health start-up in each of its markets. Bringing funding and a proven business concept, the company leverages technology and extensive operational know-how to create local, leading digital health champions. It’s co-owned companies ViBe Saúde in Brazil and Kena Health in South Africa already provide high-quality, affordable care to one million registered users. Headquartered in Stockholm, Cardo Health is on an ambitious growth journey to become the leading digital health company in emerging markets.
Kena Health takes a giant leap forward in offering a complete digital primary care platform. The app has first launched in South Africa, for further roll-out in several other African countries in the near future. According to Cardo Health, the popularity of telemedicine spiked during the Covid-19 pandemic, growing 78 times in April 2020.
With many of the fastest-growing economies in the world and a rapidly increasing smartphone and internet penetration, investors are turning to Africa as a major growth opportunity for such high-demand services. Kena Health aims to become the leading digital health player in the Sub-Saharan African region.
