Ghanaian Health Tech Startup Rivia Acquires Ghanaian SaaS Company Waffle to Expand

Ghana-based healthtech leader Rivia, announced today the acquisition of Waffle, a Ghanaian SaaS company specializing in software for small and medium-sized businesses. The acquisition is expected to accelerate the digitization of Rivia’s network of primary care clinics and streamline the company’s operations.

The acquisition brings Waffle’s hospital and inventory management software under the Rivia umbrella, which was recently rebranded as RiviaOS. Waffle founder, Victor Nara, joined Rivia as its chief technology officer. The RiviaOS platform functions as a Healthcare-as-a-Service (HaaS) solution, allowing healthcare providers to access features like appointment scheduling, a booking engine, services storefront, video consultations, e-pharmacy, e-lab, vitals capture, billing, expense, and revenue and inventory management. The platform also offers cost-effective AI-powered health diagnosis on-demand. Through this acquisition, Rivia aims to become the leading network of high-quality
primary care clinics in emerging markets, operating with an asset-light model.