In this blog, we will discuss the business opportunity of the medicine delivery app in Africa, especially in Nigeria.
We will give you some real reasons (problems it solves) why an online pharmacy is most likely to attract investors in African countries.
Before wrapping up, we will help you decide between a web app and a mobile app, and at last, we will discuss the cost of building an online pharmacy app in Africa.
And yes, there is African funding news as well, for your motivation!
The African healthcare ecosystem is in the transformation phase.
Thanks to higher access to mobile devices and comparably cheaper internet plans, the healthcare mobile app market is booming in Africa.
And seeing a good number of business possibilities, investors from around the globe are investing hugely in African healthcare startups.
As a result, things are changing in the African healthcare space pretty fast, but while not leaving behind a single African, even who is living in a remote place.
And here lies the opportunities for new healthcare startups especially, in the pharmacy market where there are still several challenges and room for good business.
Nigerian Medicine Delivery App, DrugStoc Raised $4.4 Million
As per the official report and news published in TechCrunch, the Nigeria-based pharmacy delivery startup called DrugStoc raised $4.4 million in its series A funding round.
DrugStoc aims to modernize the fragmented pharmaceutical industry that faces sourcing and distribution challenges in addition to quality concerns.
The startup leverages a mobile app to enable pharmacies and practices to order medicine and track orders online.
Here it is worth mentioning that DrugStoc only accepts wholesale orders.
Thus, it is safe to say that it follows a B2B model.
DrugStoc App:
DrugStoc offers a very feature-rich app to its customers for completing tasks in a very easy and well-organized manner.
Following are its top features:
- Search thousands of medicines and medical devices
- View medical information
- Submit wholesale order and get it delivered within 24 hours
- Reorder with a single click
- Track current, past, and pending orders
- Live chat with the customer service team
Types/Models of Medicine Delivery Apps You Can Build in Nigeria to Solve Age-Old Challenges
If you’re planning to build a medicine delivery app in Nigeria or anywhere in Africa, you have several options based on your goals.
Confused Between Developing a Medicine Delivery Web App and a Mobile App? This will Help You!
Why Should You Add Telemedicine Features to Your Pharmacy App in Nigeria?
There is a most basic clinical lifecycle (appointment booking, medical consultation, prescription & follow-up), that a patient has to follow to receive quality care.
Every stage of this clinical lifecycle depends on its previous stage.
For example, you can’t receive a prescription without medical consultation.
Thus, why don’t you merge these two most important stages of a patient’s clinical lifecycle?
With this, you will be able to allow patients to receive medical consultations and prescriptions from the same platform.
As an upshot, you will end up generating one more revenue stream which will result in a larger customer base and more revenue.
Several North American online pharmacies follow this strategy.
One of the best examples of online pharmacies following this business strategy is PocketPills.
The whole idea here is to build a healthcare super app that offers multiple clinical services from a single platform.
The following are the top features of telemedicine you can consider adding to your pharmacy app.
How Much Does it Cost to Build a Medicine Delivery App in Africa?
Well, to estimate the cost, we need to figure out the type of app you would like to build.
(Please note there are several other factors as well that influence the cost, but the major one is the type of app!)
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