Axmed

We believe access to medicines should be equal for all. We bring an innovative marketplace to empower emerging markets to access medicines more competitively.

Imagine a world where critical medicines are within reach, affordable, and synonymous with quality, no matter where you are. That's the world we're building with our unique, demand-aggregation model that unites healthcare providers across LMICs. At the heart of our identity is a resolute commitment: to build a future where geography and income never stand between any individual and life-saving medicines. Our platform isn't merely a space for transactions, we unlock affordable access to medicines by aggregating demand across healthcare providers. We also help manufacturers build a sustainable and reliable global access strategy. Our business focuses on LMICs and strengthens the purchasing power of these markets to ensure the supply of cost-effective, high-quality medicines. We partner exclusively with authorized, high-quality pharmaceutical companies and certified caregivers to accelerate access to medicines.

01/13/2026

In this new episode of the Every Pregnancy podcast Born Into, our CEO Emmanuel Akpakwu reflects on the early days of Axmed and what the response to the platform revealed about the deep frustration and unmet need within global health systems for something more sustainable.

Emmanuel discusses how addressing critical gaps in healthcare access and improving the patient journey are essential to our mission. He shares how costs prevent patients from ever reaching care, and why our responsibility extends beyond medicines to building a stronger, more equitable healthcare ecosystem.

"If we exist to improve access to medicines for mothers, newborns, and patients across the disease spectrum, we have to make that journey more seamless. We have a responsibility to the ecosystem, not just to generate sustainable outcomes from it, but to give back and contribute to a virtuous cycle that supports it."

🎧 Listen now to hear more about our vision for transforming healthcare access and building a more equitable, sustainable ecosystem that serves everyone. Available wherever you get your podcasts, or via Every Pregnancy’s link in bio.

12/23/2025

As 2025 draws to a close, we want to thank every Axmed partner, team member, supplier, and health system leader who made this year possible.

Every order fulfilled. Every shipment delivered. Every product reaching the frontline: none of it happens without shared purpose and collaboration.

Together, we’ve expanded access to essential medicines, opened new markets, strengthened procurement systems, and continued to push for a more transparent, equitable model of health supply.

There’s still much to do. But for now, we pause in gratitude.

Wishing you a restful break, a healthy holiday season, and strength for the journey ahead. See you in 2026.

12/19/2025

From fragmented feedback to real-time insights: building better tools for better decisions.

What do you do when your startup grows faster than your feedback systems can keep up?

In this month’s Tech Blog, Derrick Tsorme, Product Designer at Axmed, takes us behind the scenes of how a scrappy experiment evolved into a fully automated AI-powered pipeline, built using Microsoft Teams, Slack, n8n, and a lot of curiosity.

💬 The problem: scattered user feedback across calls, emails, and chats
⚙️ The fix: a seamless feedback-to-insight system that lives where our teams already work
📊 The result: cleaner data, clearer priorities, faster product improvements

This isn’t just a story about tools. It’s about making sure that every user voice, every frontline pain point, and every promising idea makes it to the people who can act on it, without weeks of delays or spreadsheets lost in inboxes.

Read the full breakdown and what’s next for the platform here: https://medium.com//a-teams-bot-a-slack-bot-n8n-and-the-end-of-fragmented-feedback-3537052e5637.

12/18/2025

Axmed and LifeNet International Announce Transformative Partnership to Expand Access to Essential Maternal and Newborn Health Products

Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH), is the leading cause of maternal death in Sub-Saharan Africa. The E-MOTIVE study demonstrated that early detection of PPH using a calibrated obstetric drape combined with a bundle of first-response treatments reduced severe PPH and maternal death from bleeding by 60%.

Today we’re proud to announce a new partnership with LifeNet International, that is bringing these breakthrough findings to the frontlines, equipping health facilities across some of Africa's most under-resourced communities with calibrated drapes, treatment training, heat-stable carbetocin and other critical supplies that enable safe deliveries.

Through this collaboration, heat-stable carbetocin and other critical MNCH products are now reaching frontline facilities like the Presbyterian Health Centre in Fooshegu, Ghana, where more than 120 mothers deliver each month and where zero maternal deaths have been reported in recent months. A testament to the work LifeNet and Axmed are doing to drastically improve the chance for a healthy start to life for delivering mothers and babies throughout Ghana.

This is just the start. By combining LifeNet’s capacity-building expertise with the reach of the Axmed platform, we are building a model for lasting, scalable access. Every mother deserves the chance to deliver safely. Every newborn deserves a healthy start.

Read the full release on PR Newswire here: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/axmed-and-lifenet-international-announce-transformative-partnership-to-expand-access-to-essential-maternal-and-newborn-health-products-302645064.html?tc=eml_cleartime

12/17/2025

Scaling access through state partnerships

At a recent roundtable in Kano, 11 State Drug Management Agencies (DMAs) joined the Axmed team for a focused session on strengthening public procurement systems for maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) commodities.

🎥 In this video, hear from Aisha Isyaku (Executive Secretary, KADHSMA), Gali Sule (Director General, DMCSA Kano), and Mohammed Ndagi Usman (Director of Procurement, NSDHCMA) as they share firsthand reflections on how partnering with Axmed is helping them improve access and efficiency across their systems.

At the heart of the roundtable discussion was the MNCH Matching Fund, a co-financing mechanism supported by the Gates Foundation. The model enables states to double the impact of their health budgets by matching their procurement of essential commodities through the Axmed platform.

Participants highlighted several opportunities the fund offers:

✅ The potential to realize cost savings and achieve faster, more transparent deliveries
✅ Growing interest from states planning their first deliveries
✅ Broad support for the model as a sustainable approach to improving access

By listening to the priorities of public sector partners and responding with practical tools and support, we can help build a future where access to essential medicines is faster, fairer, and more reliable for everyone.

We welcome enquiries from other Nigerian state governments and public health agencies across Sub-Saharan Africa interested in exploring how this model could be applied in their context. Reach out to our team to learn more.

12/12/2025

Health for all is not just an aspiration. It's an achievable systems goal.

This , we stand with World Health Organization (WHO) and partners around the world to push for stronger, more equitable health systems that leave no one behind.

Universal Health Coverage means more than coverage on paper. It means:

🩺 Essential medicines people can afford
📦 Transparent supply chains that deliver when needed most
🔍 Procurement that prioritizes quality and transparency while reducing costs
🤝 Partnerships that drive long-term resilience

At Axmed, we work every day with governments, suppliers, and partners to make this a reality. Through our digital marketplace, we're breaking down barriers to access, making it easier for healthcare procurers to source quality medicines efficiently and affordably.

Every streamlined transaction, every cost saving, every supply chain improvement brings us closer to true universal coverage.

Together, we can build health systems where geography doesn't determine access, and where quality medicines reach every patient, everywhere.

12/11/2025

Next stop: Lomé.

This week, our Director of Business Development, Wilson Nyansah, joins the 2025 Annual Meeting of the Ouagadougou Partnership (OPAM) in Togo: a convening of leaders, policymakers, and private sector actors working to shape sustainable pathways for sexual and reproductive health in West Africa.

Wilson will be speaking on a high-level panel exploring how private sector engagement can support resilient and locally driven SRHR systems, contributing real-world examples of how models like the Axmed platform are already being used to strengthen product availability, enable smarter public-private partnerships, and expand access to essential health products across the region.

We’re honoured to join this conversation and committed to collaborating with governments, procurers, and funders to help shift systems toward sustainability and equity.

📍 Lomé, Togo
📅 18 December 2025
🎙️ Wilson Nyansah, Director of Business Development, Axmed

12/05/2025

Next stop: Dubai.

In 2024 and 2025, Every Pregnancy mobilized over $35 million to support mothers and newborns in fragile settings through their flagship charitable giving Ramadan campaign - channeling hope, care, and lifesaving resources to where they’re needed most.

Their work ensures that more women and babies, especially in fragile settings, get the start in life they deserve. The impact is real. And this year, the goal is bigger still.

Together, these efforts have enabled safer deliveries, reduced maternal deaths, and expanded frontline care for some of the world’s most vulnerable communities.

Starting today, a global coalition of funders, implementers, and advocates will gather at the Every Pregnancy Partner Convening to plan what comes next.

We at Axmed are honoured to stand alongside these partners. Our Co-Founder, Felix Ohnmacht will join discussions to help ensure that when care is promised, health products follow. Because real impact depends not only on funding but on reliable supply, access, and delivery.

Grateful to Every Pregnancy for convening this space for action.

📍 Dubai
📅 5–7 December 2025
💼 Felix Ohnmacht, CCO, Axmed

12/01/2025

🌍 Today is World AIDS Day.

More than 40 million people around the world are living with HIV. While treatment has transformed the landscape of care, too many people in high-burden settings still face fragile supply chains, inconsistent access to medicines, and limited affordability.

In parts of sub-Saharan Africa, nearly 1 in 30 adults lives with HIV, yet hospitals and clinics still struggle to secure the antiretrovirals that save lives.

And yet, progress is undeniable. Over 31 million people globally are now receiving antiretroviral therapy, up from fewer than 8 million in 2010. That means about 77% of all people living with HIV are now receiving treatment. Mother-to-child transmission has fallen dramatically. People with HIV are living longer, healthier lives. With data, science, and global solidarity, the needle has moved.

But that progress is not guaranteed. The sudden suspension of funding programs like PEPFAR has disrupted services for millions of people who rely on donor-supported access to treatment. This isn’t just a financial gap. It’s a crisis measured in missed doses, new infections, and lives lost.

To protect what’s been achieved, and to go further, we need more resilient systems. That means diversifying funding, strengthening national ownership, and making procurement and delivery more efficient, more transparent, and more sustainable.

That’s where platforms like Axmed can make a difference: by facilitating transparent procurement, efficient logistics, and affordable pricing, we support more reliable access to quality ARVs for people who need them, even when traditional donor funding falters.

On World AIDS Day, we join the call to action. The work is not finished: but we know what it takes. Smarter supply chains, lower costs, and shared responsibility can close the gap. Because behind every statistic is a person who deserves care, dignity, and the full promise of public health.

11/25/2025

What does it take to turn promising ideas into lasting impact?

This week in Johannesburg, our CEO, Emmanuel Akpakwu, joins the PKF Lekgotla for Good for a conversation on what it takes to build sustainable initiatives that bridge the gap between capital and communities and how bold innovation can scale to transform the health of millions globally.

With voices from across philanthropy, funding, and social impact, this event focuses on reimagining collaboration: with a spotlight on what real partnership and accountability look like.

📅 November 26, 2025
📍 PKF Octagon, Waverley, Johannesburg
🕒 15:00 SAST

Thank you to PKF Octagon for hosting this important dialogue.

11/18/2025

Looking back at - and looking ahead.

Earlier this month, the global family planning community gathered in Bogotá at a pivotal moment. Demand is rising, budgets are tightening, and the need to rethink how health systems are built and sustained has never been more pressing.

Across multiple sessions, the Axmed team shared perspectives on how constraint can be a catalyst for reform. Here's a final recap:

🔹 Temitayo Erogbogbo, Global Head of Corporate and Public Affairs, opened the week with a call for better alignment across sectors. He spoke about the need to mobilize domestic resources differently, enable local markets to function, and design funding models that bring in other forms of capital beyond donor aid.

🔹 Sofia Radley-Searle, COO & Co-Founder, joined the Financing Spotlight Plenary to share how the current liquidity crunch is forcing a shift. She spoke about how governments are moving toward coordinated, digital-first procurement systems that stretch budgets further. The Axmed platform supports this shift by reducing costs, improving visibility, and enabling smarter purchasing.

Throughout the week, one message stood out: disruption can drive change. But it requires shared tools, strong coordination, and a clear commitment to doing more with the resources we already have.

📸 Swipe through for scenes from Bogotá and thank you to all our partners and peers who continue to push the conversation forward.

11/12/2025

Automating with purpose. Scaling with precision.

As the Axmed platform continues to grow, so does the complexity behind the scenes. This month’s tech blog from Axmate and Quality Assurance Engineer Oleksandra Rudchenko dives into the work of our quality assurance team and how we’re using Cypress to automate our testing workflows at the right moment - not too early, not too late.

What we’re solving for:

🔹 Reducing risk of regressions as features scale
🔹 Increasing visibility and speed in debugging
🔹 Cutting demo prep time with smarter mock data�
🔹 Laying the groundwork for structured, scalable testing across teams

These aren’t just technical upgrades. They’re foundational steps that support a faster, more reliable platform - one that delivers real value to buyers, suppliers, and the systems that connect them.

🛠️ Read the full blog by Oleksandra: https://medium.com//finding-the-right-time-to-automate-scaling-quality-in-a-growing-startup-93b6af6db710

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