AltBank: Healthcare in Nigeria Won’t Scale without Patient Capital, Strong Partnerships
Kuni Tyessi in Abuja
The Alternative Bank says Nigeria’s biggest healthcare challenge is not a lack of ideas, but the absence of capital, partnerships, and delivery structures to scale those ideas beyond pilot projects.
Speaking at the 2026 Insights Learning Forum in Abuja, Chukwuemeka Agada, Divisional Head of Commercial Banking at The Alternative Bank, said many health innovations stall after the pilot stage because they are not built for long-term financing.
“Good ideas do not become health systems by themselves,” Agada said. “They need patient capital, credible partners, and structures that can move them from pilot sites into communities where people need care.”
