Tanzania, May 27 -- Dar es Salaam. Tanzanian health-tech firm Dawa Mkononi has financed more than Sh1 billion worth of medicine stock to pharmacies and clinics through a new credit platform aimed at reducing shortages and easing working-capital pressures in the country's fragmented healthcare supply chain.

The financing programme, known as Dawa Kwanza, allows eligible health facilities to receive medicine stock immediately and repay within 28 days - a model the company says is helping smaller pharmacies maintain inventory levels amid persistent liquidity constraints.

The platform was developed in partnership with Vodacom Tanzania and NCBA Bank Tanzania as Tanzania's healthcare sector increasingly adopts embedded finance and digital supp...