With a drug and medicine market worth more than $20 billion, access to affordable, high-quality products remains a major challenge for Africa. CFAO Healthcare strengthens the healthcare offer on the Continent by producing and distributing pharmaceutical and medical products and services.
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Boulogne-Billancourt, April 07, 2025 – CFAO Healthcare, a major player in pharmaceutical distribution in Africa, and the OPALS Foundation (Organisation PanAfricaine de Lutte pour la Santé) today announce the joint publication of a white paper entitled “Securing the medicine distribution network in Africa”.
This publication aims to raise awareness of the major role of the official medicine distribution networks on the African continent by describing the main actors and networks. It highlights the importance of a reliable and secure supply to ensure the integrity of pharmaceutical products and the health of patients. It also provides an overview of the presence and impact of falsified medicines in Africa.
Read full press release, on this link.
A broad range of healthcare services
Thanks to an efficient logistics platform, the integration of the supply chain and its many anchoring points, CFAO Healthcare is the privileged interlocutor of the largest international pharmaceutical laboratories. Historically wholesaler, distributor and importer of drugs and OTC products, it is also expanding into licensed production for the private sector, and in production of medical kits for the public sector.
A specialist in pharmaceutical logistics
We supply wholesaler-distributors in over 53 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and 6 French overseas territories through our subsidiaries Continental Pharmaceutique and E.P. Dis. Our expertise stems from having complete control over every aspect of pharmaceutical logistics, in particular of the cold chain ensuring medicines are kept in an optimal environment every step of the way, from warehouses to pharmacy shelves.
Around 40,000 m2
of warehouse and logistics space
+97 000 orders a year
Serving government bodies and NGO’s
We supply generic medicinal products, medical devices and equipment to NGOs, hospitals and clinics through our subsidiaries Missionpharma and Fazzini.
We have also expanded our offering by developing our own PharmaDanica® brand of medical consumable to provide pharmacists with
high-quality products at affordable prices.
Manufacturing medicines
We are licensed to manufacture locally for a number of companies through our subsidiaries Propharmal in Algeria and Maphar in Morocco.
These operations create local jobs and help the regional sharing of expertise gained from leading international pharmaceutical companies.
It also contributes to the construction/consolidation of the industrial network in Africa.
+50 partner laboratories (manufacturing and import under license)
