Health capital has never been more abundant. So who does it still fail to see?

Capital allocation comes down to who gets which slice, and who never appears on the chart.

It was the last session before lunch at the International Federation of Health Plans (iFHP) Biennial conference in London last Tuesday, and the room was packed and expectant.

The iFHP gathers over 85 insurers and funders operating in more than 40 markets and covering some 250 million people between them.

African membership included Discovery, GEMS, Medscheme and Momentum in South Africa; CIMAS and Bonvie in Zimbabwe; Leadway Health in Nigeria; Bomaid in Botswana.

So when Nicola Jedrej of the iFHP enlisted me to moderate a panel called Global Capital Meets Care, I had a room of ‘allocators’ in front of me and one premise to test on them.