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Proparco supports Tibu Health to strengthen access to healthcare in Kenya

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Proparco is proud to announce a financing facility to Kenyan healthtech start-up Tibu Health. The financing, provided through the Bridge Fund by Digital Africa facility, will help accelerate the rollout of its proximity embedded clinics and improve access to healthcare for underserved populations.

Founded in 2020 by Jason Carmichael, Tibu Health is a Kenyan start-up specializing in accessible and affordable primary healthcare. The company provides high-quality medical services at reduced cost, primarily targeting middle-income and underserved communities.


Since 2024, the start-up has been developing a network of embedded clinics called “Minute Clinics”, integrated within existing facilities, mainly pharmacies through its partnership with Goodlife or within supermarkets. These embedded care centers rely on a central clinic (“Hub”) bringing together specialized services such as medical imaging, pediatrics, gynecology, laboratory testing and telemedicine services.


This “hub-and-spoke” model enables rapid replication of quality primary care infrastructure across urban/peri-urban areas, directly addressing gaps that drive avoidable self-medication — one of the most persistent public health challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa.Tibu Health currently operates ten (10) “Minute Clinics” (Embedded Clinics) in four counties in Kenya including Nairobi and plans to scale its network in the coming months to broaden access to primary healthcare services.
Since its launch, the company has delivered more than 45,000 diagnoses and administered 2,500 vaccines.

We are proud to support Tibu Health, an innovative company transforming access to primary healthcare through an accessible and affordable proximity-based model. By combining mini-clinics embedded within pharmacies with a centralized medical hub, Tibu Health enables thousands of patients — particularly among middle- and lower-income populations — to access essential, high-quality healthcare services. This investment reflects Proparco’s commitment to inclusive and innovative healthcare solutions capable of sustainably expanding access to care for underserved urban populations.

Djalal Khimdjee

  • Deputy CEO of Proparco

Expanding access to primary healthcare at scale requires embedding care within the infrastructure people already use. The hub-and-spoke model we have built — linking community-level Minute Clinics to a centralized hub offering specialist diagnostics and telemedicine — is designed precisely for that purpose: to deliver consistent, high-quality care across urban and peri-urban communities in a financially sustainable way. Proparco’s support enables us to accelerate that expansion and demonstrates the viability of this model for emerging markets.

Jason Carmichael

  • Executive Chairman, TIBU Health