Niger Healthtech Startup Likita Care Wins USD 67 K Africa Prize For Engineering Innovation

Likita Care, a Niger-based healthtech startup founded by Mamane Kabirou Ousseini, has won GBP 50 K (approximately USD 67 K) after being named the winner of the 2026 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, organised by the Royal Academy of Engineering.

The startup develops locally manufactured medical monitoring devices that combine connected hardware, clinical software and artificial intelligence to support patient, cardiac and prenatal monitoring.

Its technology is designed to address the difficulty hospitals face maintaining imported medical equipment. More than 70 units have been deployed across five medical centres in Niger.

Likita Care plans to use the prize money to accelerate commercialisation in Niger and prepare for expansion into neighbouring West African markets