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According to Dilip Naran, GM for product development at Med-e-Mass, a business that focuses specifically on healthcare IT and e-commerce, the market for e-health services in Africa has been growing steadily for the past five years, with some parts of the continent having adopted SMS as a means to roll out public health initiatives early on.

“The growth in such services is visible in both the private and public sectors, and is driven by the increase in broadband access and the concomitant decrease in price. The increasing availability of applications and smartphones is also playing a part in driving further e-health growth,” he says.