Radar · Healthcare in Nigeria
Best Healthcare Companies in Nigeria
The 86 best Healthcare companies in Nigeria in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Hygeia Group.
By Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
86companies tracked
$168.3Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
9have raised
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Ranked: Best Healthcare companies in Nigeria
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hygeia Group Chain of multispecialty hospitals | $67M | 125 mo ago | Deadpooled | Bukola Oladimeji CEO | 1986 | — | — |
| 2 | Reliance Health Provider of health insurance services | $48M | 52 mo ago | Series B | Opeyemi Olumekun Co-Founder | 2016 | WordPressMySQLPHP+22 | — |
| 3 | HealthPlus Provider of patient consultation services and online sale of medical products | $18M | 98 mo ago | Acquired | — | 1999 | Cart FunctionalityShopifyZoho+35 | — |
| 4 | NGC Manufacturer of generic finished formulations | $14M | 138 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | 1964 | — | — |
| 5 | MDaaS Operator of diagnostics clinics providing technology-powered healthcare services and logistics | $7M | 27 mo ago | Seed | Genevieve Barnard Oni Co Founder | 2016 | WebflowPlausibleGoogle Analytics+10 | — |
| 6 | AfyA Care Provider of healthcare investment and management services | $6M | 43 mo ago | Series A | Kola Oni Co-Founder | 2019 | WordPressMySQLPHP+27 | — |
| 7 | Lifestores Healthcare Provider of integrated health tech solutions | $4M | 44 mo ago | Seed | Bryan Mezue Co-Founder / Director | 2017 | — | — |
| 8 | Lifestores Pharmacy Chain of pharmacies | $4M | 44 mo ago | Seed | Bryan Mezue Co-Founder & CEO | 2017 | — | — |
| 9 | Clafiya Provider of home healthcare services | $610K | 34 mo ago | Seed | Itoro Inoyo Co-Founder | 2020 | WordPress Block EditorElementorWordPress+20 | — |
Top 12 Healthcare companies in Nigeria
#1
Seed · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2016 · 22 employees$6.8Mraised▾
Seed · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2016 · 22 employees
Operator of diagnostics clinics providing technology-powered healthcare services and logistics. The company builds health infrastructure offering essential services to underserved communities. It develops technology optimizing internal operations and reducing friction for health stakeholders. The company also leverages clinical data and partnerships to drive healthcare innovations.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers
Hiring: 2 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · momentum -2 · hiring: Digital Marketing Associate, People Operations Specialist
Funding rounds
- Mar 2024Seed$3M
- Jun 2021Seed$2.3M
- Apr 2019Seed$1.1M
- Sep 2018Seed$100K
Founders & team
Investors
Newtownpartners, FINCA Ventures, Future Africa, Crifoundation, Techstars, Aruwa Capital Management
Tech stack
CloudflareCore-JsGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Tag ManagerGoogle WorkspaceHsts
#2
Series B · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2016 · 425 employees$48Mraised▾
Series B · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2016 · 425 employees
Provider of health insurance services
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 147k LinkedIn followers — 41.8% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
- Feb 2022Series B$40M
- Jan 2020Series A$6M
Founders & team
Investors
General Atlantic, Partech Partners, Picus Capital, Tencent, Asia Africa Investment and Consulting, Laerdal Million Lives Fund
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesAws Certificate ManagerCdnjsCloudflare
#3
Deadpooled · Lagos, Lagos · founded 1986 · 2 employees$66.8Mraised▾
Deadpooled · Lagos, Lagos · founded 1986 · 2 employees
Chain of multispecialty hospitals
Founders & team
Investors
IFC, Satya Capital, IFHA
Tech stack
Apache Http Server
#4
Series A · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2019 · 494 employees$6Mraised▾
Series A · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2019 · 494 employees
Provider of healthcare investment and management services
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 4k LinkedIn followers
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Team Lead for Billings, Settlements & Reconciliations
Funding rounds
- Nov 2022Series A$6M
Founders & team
Investors
CardinalStone Capital Advisers, MBO Capital
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementComplianzContact Form 7Core-Js
#5
Seed · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2017 · 73 employees$4Mraised▾
Seed · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2017 · 73 employees
Provider of integrated health tech solutions
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 7k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Oct 2022Seed$3M
- Feb 2020Seed$1M
Founders & team
Investors
Aruwa Capital Management, Health54, Flying Doctors Nigeria, Consonance Investment Managers, Kepple Africa Ventures, Chinook Capital
#6
Seed · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2017$4Mraised▾
Seed · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2017
Chain of pharmacies
Funding rounds
- Oct 2022Seed$3M
- Mar 2020Seed$1M
Founders & team
Investors
Health54, Aruwa Capital Management, Consonance Investment Managers, Kepple Africa Ventures, Chinook Capital, Flying Doctors Nigeria
#7
Acquired · Lekki, Lagos · founded 1999 · 700 employees$18Mraised▾
Acquired · Lekki, Lagos · founded 1999 · 700 employees
Provider of patient consultation services and online sale of medical products
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 11k LinkedIn followers — 3.1% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 3 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · momentum -3 · hiring: DRIVER, Supply Chain Manager
Investors
Alta Semper Capital
Tech stack
Avada SeoCart FunctionalityCloudflareCore-JsFacebook PixelFlickity
#8
Seed · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2020 · 17 employees$610Kraised▾
Seed · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2020 · 17 employees
Provider of home healthcare services
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 4k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Jul 2023Seed$610K
- Sep 2022Grant (prize money)$100K
Founders & team
Investors
Acquired Wisdom Fund, Hustle Fund, Voltron Capital, Microtraction, Ajim Capital, HoaQ
Tech stack
All In One SeoAmazon CloudfrontAmazon Web ServicesApache Http ServerCore-JsElementor
#9
Deadpooled · Lagos, Lagos · founded 1964$14Mraised▾
Deadpooled · Lagos, Lagos · founded 1964
Manufacturer of generic finished formulations
Investors
AFIG Funds
#10
Seed · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2019 · 33 employees$30Kraised▾
Seed · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2019 · 33 employees
Chain of emergency medical care centers
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 6k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. Afriglobal Medicare) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- May 2020Grant (prize money)$25K
- Jan 2020Seed$30K
Founders & team
Investors
The Bulb, Accelerator Centre, Rising Tide Africa, Techstars, Healthcap
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesAstraBluehostContact Form 7Core-JsDraftpress Hfcm
#11
Seed · Abuja, Federal Capital Territory · founded 2017 · 13 employees$30Kraised▾
Seed · Abuja, Federal Capital Territory · founded 2017 · 13 employees
Provider of in-home doctor visits and healthcare plans for the elderly. They offer scheduled doctor visits, health updates, and prescription delivery. Teleconsultation and caregiver services are available. Plans include options for home sample collection and emergency hotline access.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Medical Services Team Lead
Funding rounds
- Nov 2019Seed$30K
Founders & team
Investors
Itanna, Ventures Platform, Expert DOJO
Tech stack
AosBootstrapCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsCore-Js
#12
Funding Raised · Abuja, Federal Capital Territory · founded 2004—raised▾
Funding Raised · Abuja, Federal Capital Territory · founded 2004
The Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN) is a research institute focused on diseases relevant to the local community. They are actively involved in collaborative research and implementation science related to HIV and AIDS. IHVN is affiliated with the University of Maryland School of Medicine and is dedicated to fighting against these deadly pandemics.
Investors
Europa, HHS
Tech stack
BootstrapCloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsContact Form 7Font AwesomeGoogle Font Api
Funding & investor landscape
$168.3Mtotal disclosed funding
11companies funded
16disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Notable founders
Genevieve Barnard Oni
Co Founder · MDaaS
Opeyemi Ologun
Co-Founder · MDaaS
Opeyemi Olumekun
Co-Founder · Reliance Health
Bukola Oladimeji
CEO · Hygeia Group
Kola Oni
Co-Founder · AfyA Care
Tosin Runsewe
Founder/CEO · AfyA Care
Bryan Mezue
Co-Founder / Director · Lifestores Healthcare
Andrew Garza
Co-Founder · Lifestores Pharmacy
Itoro Inoyo
Co-Founder · Clafiya
Folake Owodunni
Co-Founder & CEO · Emergency Response Africa
Maame Poku
Co-Founder · Emergency Response Africa
Ebi Ofrey Md
Co-founder / C.E.O · Gerocare
Prism market signals · Nigeria · country-scoped Prism corpus, 1,020,351 docs
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Healthcare coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
Common questions
How many Healthcare companies are there in Nigeria?
Radar tracks 86 indexable Healthcare companies headquartered in Nigeria that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Healthcare companies in Nigeria?
The Healthcare companies in Nigeria on this list have raised a combined $168.3M in disclosed equity funding across 11 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Healthcare company in Nigeria?
Hygeia Group is the highest-funded Healthcare company in Nigeria, with $66.8M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Healthcare companies in Nigeria are funded?
11 of the 86 Healthcare companies in Nigeria on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Healthcare unicorns are there in Nigeria?
None of the Healthcare companies in Nigeria on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Nigeria Healthcare companies?
The most active investors in Nigeria Healthcare companies on this list include Healthcap, Aruwa Capital Management, Consonance Investment Managers, FDHIC, Ventures Platform.
Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
Rohit lives in the feed. He covers what's moving right now — the funding rounds, launches and shifts breaking across the trade press — and ties them back to where the sector is heading.