On November 14, 2025, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed an investment agreement with CarePoint, a startup company providing medical services in Africa.
Kepple Africa Ventures, a Japanese venture capital firm, and M3 Corporation, a Japanese company that operates a global online platform for healthcare professionals, have also formed a capital alliance with CarePoint. JICA will work with them to contribute to solving Africa’s healthcare challenges.
Clinic in Ghana operated by CarePoint Free medical screening and awareness campaign conducted by CarePoint
investor
CarePoint, Inc.
Country (region covered)
African region
amount of investment
US$3 million
case name
Healthcare Facility Operation Improvement Project
Business Objectives
This project aims to expand medical infrastructure and improve the quality of medical services in Africa by investing in CarePoint, which operates hospitals and clinics in Ghana and Nigeria and is working to improve and expand medical services, thereby contributing to the expansion of “Universal Health Coverage (UHC),” where everyone can receive necessary medical care with peace of mind. This investment will contribute to the expansion of Universal Health Coverage (UHC), where everyone can receive necessary medical care with peace of mind.
Business Overview
CarePoint operates outpatient clinics in Ghana and outpatient clinics and general hospitals in Nigeria. This project will support CarePoint’s efforts to improve operations and expand medical services at its hospitals and clinics in Ghana and Nigeria, and to enter the hospital business in Egypt.
Contribution to SDGs
Goal 1 (Eliminate poverty)
Goal 3 (health and well-being for all)
Goal 5 (Achieve gender equality)
Goal 17 (Let’s achieve our goals in partnership)
Other
Since 1993, the Government of Japan, together with the United Nations, the World Bank, the African Union, and others, has hosted the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), an international conference on African development. At the most recent TICAD 9, held in Yokohama in August 2025, the Japanese government announced the “Africa Health Investment Promotion Package” aimed at strengthening the health sector in Africa, and JICA has been working on the “Africa Health Investment Promotion Package” to mobilize funds for companies and institutions in Africa that are interested in not only economic benefits but also social and environmental impacts. JICA has announced the IDEA (Impact Investing for Development of Emerging Africa), a public-private partnership initiative to promote impact investing in Africa, which aims to mobilize funds for companies and institutions that are interested in social and environmental impact as well as economic benefits.
Furthermore, CarePoint is a partner in the Impact Investment Initiative for Global Health (Triple I) announced by the Japanese government in the Joint Statement of the G7 Hiroshima Summit in May 2023. CarePoint is a partner of the “Impact Investment Initiative for Global Health (Triple I)” announced by the Japanese government at the G7 Hiroshima Summit in May 2023, and is committed to working with the Japanese government to solve issues in the field of global health.
＜Reference: Information on the Government of Japan and JICA’s external public relations
The “G7 2X Challenge: Financing for Women” initiative is designed to promote the economic empowerment of women by encouraging development finance institutions in G7 countries, including JICA, to provide their own funding to foster women entrepreneurs and business leaders and promote their entry into the labor market. This project will also contribute to the 2X Challenge Initiative, as CarePoint is actively engaged in hiring female management and employees.
＜Reference: 2X Challenge Secretariat’s official website
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