Okapi Health

The problem

Community pharmacies run out of essential medicines every week because they order by guesswork and wholesalers deliver late.

The solution

Okapi Health tracks each sale, forecasts what will run out and places the order with the cheapest wholesaler that can deliver in time.

Who it's for

Independent pharmacies and small clinic dispensaries.

Market

Bottom-up: about 30,000 customers like this in Uganda and nearby, worth roughly $80 million a year at our prices.

Competition and edge

Headline metric

1,100 active users, growing 8% a month

The team

Grace knows the customer and has sold to them before; Samuel has built this kind of system at scale. We have worked side by side since before Okapi Health had a name.

Worked together

6–12 months

Hiring

A senior engineer and our first customer-success hire.

About the founder

Grace Nakato

Founder & CEO · Kampala, Uganda · 7 years of experience

Grace is a pharmacist who managed supply for 40 rural health centres. Started Okapi Health in 2024 and works on it full-time from Kampala.

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