Women's health innovation, Togo
Togo
Togo's women's health story is driven by government public-health programmes rather than a private femtech sector. The standout is Wezou, a national free-maternal-care scheme launched in 2021 that enrols pregnant women on a digital platform via health-worker smartphones, alongside a Ministry-led national digital health strategy and an HPV vaccine rollout begun in December 2023. Maternal mortality remains high and modern contraceptive use low, with family planning still largely donor-funded. There is no visible venture-backed femtech startup scene; instead, women-in-tech activity centres on state and donor training programmes such as NanaTech.
Maternal mortality ratio (2020, MMEIG estimate) soschildrensvillages.ca
Modern contraceptive prevalence, women in union (2023) sciencepublishinggroup.com
Pregnant women enrolled in the digital Wezou programme (by 2024) togofirst.com
Girls 9-14 vaccinated in the 2023 HPV catch-up campaign ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Latest major news
Recent activity is dominated by public-health milestones: the HPV vaccine introduction, published evidence on a rural obstetric ambulance service, and government reporting on the Wezou maternal programme.
Policy & strategy
Togo's women's health policy runs through national programmes for free maternal care, a family planning scale-up plan, and a national digital health strategy under the 2023-2027 health development plan.
Latest ecosystem moves
Health-tech and women-in-tech activity is led by government and donor programmes rather than startups: the Wezou digital platform, community-health-worker obstetric referral, and the NanaTech women's digital programme.
Key players & programmes
The visible actors are government programmes, an NGO and international agencies rather than commercial femtech companies.
Notable funding & investment
Funding is public and donor-driven, flowing to government maternal-health and family-planning programmes rather than to companies.
Active funders & partners
The financing base is international agencies and foundations working through the Togolese state; there is no dedicated Togo gender-lens venture capital.
White papers & reports
Evidence comes from UN agencies, peer-reviewed studies and government-adjacent policy analyses; note that human rights reporting has documented serious maternal care gaps.
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Policy & strategy
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Ecosystem by organisation type
National free-maternal-care programme with a digital enrolment platform; ~400,640 women enrolled and ~221,802 deliveries covered by 2024 reporting. togofirst.com
Runs an integrated primary-care and free rural ambulance model with the Ministry of Health, lifting complicated-obstetric-case coverage to 66.5% in Northern Togo. jogh.org
Ministry of Health eHealth reference centre built with the Fondation Pierre Fabre; early services include maternal-infant tele-ultrasound and teledermatology. fondationpierrefabre.org
Ministry of Digital Economy programme training women entrepreneurs in digital tools and e-commerce; first cohort of 45 women completed in Lome. togofirst.com
Supports family planning supplies and SRH under the 2024-2026 country programme; funds a large share of contraceptive commodities. unfpa.org
Backed the December 2023 HPV vaccine introduction and 2023 catch-up campaign for girls aged 9-14, against cervical cancer. gavi.org
Notable funding & investment
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Sources and references
Every figure and claim above links back to a public source. 15 references, updated 2026-08.