Africa: Healthcap Africa Urges Pension Funds to Finance Healthcare

As international donor funding from USAID and other foreign assistance programs for healthcare continues to shrink, leading financial stakeholders convened by HealthCap Africa, at its Private Markets & Healthcare Roundtable called for a stronger domestic capital ecosystem to help finance Africa's critical healthcare needs.

Pension fund representatives at the meeting came from institutions collectively managing more than $5 billion in assets under management. Themed Healthcare as an Asset Class, the invitation-only roundtable held recently in Lagos, alongside HealthCap Africa's Annual General Meeting.