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Kenya races to become a specialist healthcare hub

Kenya · 22 June 2026 ·

A patient undergoes cancer screening at the Integrated Molecular Imaging Center (IMIC) located at the Kenyatta University Teaching Referral and Research Hospital.

Lucy Wanjiru | Nation Media Group | https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/corporate/health/kenya-races-to-become-a-specialist-healthcare-hub-5501288?st=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiJ9.eyJhdWQiOiIxIiwianRpIjoiZjc5YjcxMTEwMWMxZDQ3MzQzMGJmNGM5YzE2MGM0ZmM2MjRmOWY2NWQ3YTFhN2NmNmZjNjJiZmU4OWQ0NWU0ZGIyZjM2NTFhYzkxODFhYjciLCJpYXQiOjE3ODE4NDUwMTIuNTU4MTg2LCJuYmYiOjE3ODE4NDUwMTIuNTU4MTg5LCJleHAiOjE4NjA4MTQ2MTIuMjcyMjg3LCJzdWIiOiI5MTY4Iiwic2NvcGVzIjpbXX0.oGgp0uTu2OG-BZr1uq_eAQm8duCI9jHYMlZgkYtZQUKmP9ErzhX2H52TEW8yV1L0EDyrpnDy28r9QyB8aNBUILeMiEJeCONiFP-XJ1Q6vuW22S8IqeFRdJvfg-2C5YlvnG1i9vJumpgP8ZoWzNOJc5PR92YqNIWobCddNdt6TyZ7s161ch17JvTEV2MlIEwimJWvu58AGpIJ8YfcE8hA253e9YK6PYaM6DiHrgSe5V4KK_nomqqT57FoOjrhq7qkokY_l35PTa9Az8TVcwRzSTqeJksB_FNCiqfnLKeRJaKf0cjc4_5GvJThZ3_6PNzWwORhPIHdWNjFXLPyBw5-NeVhNmenDo_XYHYXgmNAsQurGlvK2saygJe43H-ZHq0d-xCJiqhfnsgFdfP4c1JrG_WgcU0HnUa89iJlhSfYsugDPd5SFtV3GOkstDpZZcam-QT2yW7x4y30W9oFlwfRmMB0XWP_uaB5z1MI6Zi3-Ifyf2B8gQ-W60pXju5Xz0sGcnPRmAGEAvM2yf-R1XN4Var4QfqQdwVgXtcAGigCOecD40300w3RR_5NO0s07R_ZmkOQg8aDl_1KjutMONPzyQD0tKrYJzXN82YWPiFfaN8M50NKbIch1fzaLYeahHpxOqojGHdp4-hPGFfebMhgpGt4gnCNsne8mDLjVt35akE&xp=2592000

Media Source: Business Daily (Africa)

Date: 22 June 2026

Kenya is emerging as a destination for international investment in specialist healthcare, with foreign and regional providers moving in to address "the growing burden of non-communicable diseases and the shortage of advanced cardiac, cancer, and neurological care." Rashid Khalani, chief executive of Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi (AKUH-N), linked this to roughly $7 billion in annual medical spending leaving the African continent, noting: "Many believe treatment abroad is cheaper, yet when airfare, accommodation, and post-treatment care are factored in, that perception often proves false." Outside Nairobi, the Aga Khan network's Kisumu hospital completed a Sh1.4 billion expansion in early 2024, growing from a 70-bed facility to a 123-bed secondary-to-tertiary hospital anchoring a catchment of roughly 6.6 million people. Meanwhile, AKDN, AFD, and the Gates Foundation launched a $12 million East Africa Comprehensive Cancer Project targeting women's cancers across Kenya and Tanzania, expected to reach around 7.4 million people.

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