Nigeria’s healthtech ecosystem added 65 startups between 2020 and 2025, according to the State of Healthtech in Nigeria 2026 report, curated by TechCabal Insights, Digital Health Nigeria, and the Clinton Health Access Initiative.
The figure represents more than half of the 103 startups launched in the 15 years before the pandemic, and reflects approximately 65% growth in startup activity.
While COVID-19 drove Nigeria’s healthtech boom, the sector is now entering a tougher phase where startups must prove they can survive weak infrastructure, low insurance coverage and slowing funding after the pandemic urgency faded.
The report found that 17 healthtech startups launched in 2020 alone, the highest recorded in the ecosystem in a year. Today, Nigeria has 128 active healthtech startups operating across telehealth, healthcare analytics, digital supply chains, e-pharmacy, digital healthcare financing, and other subsectors, it noted.
The struggle before the growth
