Executive Summary
The healthcare industry across North and Central Africa is poised for growth, driven by ongoing demographic shifts, structural reforms, and increasing investor engagement. Healthcare expenditure across the two subregions is driven by expanding urban populations, rising middle-class income, and an accelerating demand for private healthcare solutions. However, structural underinvestment and fragmented delivery models still constrain system efficiency and access.
Unsurprisingly, annual per-capita health spending is higher in North Africa than in Central Africa. This is primarily due to North Africa’s higher level of economic development. The World Bank highlights the following figures for North Africa: Algeria ($179.7), Tunisia ($265.9), Morocco ($199.2), Egypt ($171.0), Sudan ($199.2), and Libya ($278.4). On the other hand, for Central Africa, the figures are as follows: Angola ($101.3), the DRC ($24.4), Cameroon ($72.0), Chad ($40.2), Guinea ($55.0), and Gabon ($247.1).
