As part of efforts to significantly improve access to affordable quality healthcare in Nigeria through health insurance and ensure universal health coverage in the country by 2030, MTN Nigeria and health FinTech company, CarePay Nigeria have signed a partnership agreement.
According to a joint statement by the companies, the partnership will connect MTNN’s subscribers to CarePay’s digital “healthcare marketplace” and over the next few weeks, both parties will collaborate with accredited health insurers and healthcare providers to roll out a digital healthcare marketplace accessible via web and app, for distribution and administration of a wide range of retail health schemes encompassing innovative bundled health schemes as well as traditional health insurance...
According to the statement, the partnership will leverage CarePay’s health benefits management platform, which is already widely used by over five million users and over 4,000 healthcare providers in Nigeria and Kenya, and MTNN’s “last mile” capabilities as a leading mobile network operator, to achieve improved awareness and efficient distribution of health insurance products to all Nigerians, and effective administration of health schemes by healthcare providers and health insurers.
Speaking about the partnership, Chief Enterprise Business Officer, MTN Nigeria Plc., Lynda Saint-Nwafor, said: “It gives us so much joy to make quality healthcare affordable and accessible to millions of Nigerians through this partnership. By simply dialing a short code, our customers can now access a plethora of health services. Also, stakeholders within the healthcare ecosystem can extend their services across the country, in an affordable and efficient manner.