Earlier this year, representatives from The Pathology Network (TPN) joined the Ghana Health Market Tour, hosted by Yunik Global in strategic partnership with the Healthcare Federation of Ghana (HFG).

The tour brought together health-sector leaders, investors, operations experts and innovators to examine how Ghana’s diverse health ecosystem operates in practice.

Ghana stands at a pivotal moment in its healthcare evolution. With a strong clinical workforce, expanding private-sector investment and rising demand for specialist services, the country is well positioned to strengthen the diagnostic systems that enable timely cancer and NCD care.

The Ghana Health Market Tour provided an opportunity to see firsthand where collaboration, operational support and digital infrastructure can accelerate this progress.

A Health System Building Momentum Through Collaboration

Across public, private and mission facilities, the tour highlighted the depth of Ghana’s clinical expertise and the commitment of its healthcare professionals. It also revealed areas where collective action can strengthen the systems that support them.

Partners collectively recognised opportunities to:

• expand specialist diagnostic capacity

• streamline biopsy and reporting pathways

• support rising demand for NCD and cancer services

• enhance specimen movement and status visibility

• deepen digital integration where facilities are ready

• reinforce coordination across clinical teams and institutions

A visit to St Joseph’s Hospital in Koforidua illustrated how partnerships can address shared challenges. Dr Collins, a dedicated pathologist, described the long journeys sometimes required to obtain peer input, a reminder of how digital connectivity can help specialists collaborate more efficiently and reduce delays for patients.

Platforms like Spes360 can complement Ghana’s momentum by supporting clinicians, laboratories and referral networks with clearer, more connected diagnostic pathways.

Yunik Global: Operational Leadership for Regional Health Systems

Yunik Global, a Kenyan consulting and implementation firm led by CEO Rahel Getachew, plays a growing role in healthcare transformation across East and West Africa.

With expertise spanning healthcare management, operational improvement, organisational design and digital implementation, the Yunik team brings practical execution experience to the complex task of strengthening health systems.

Their excellent leadership during the tour helped bridge high-level strategy with on-the-ground realities, creating a shared understanding of where operational strengthening and digital tools can support Ghana’s evolving healthcare sector.

This work was formalised during the tour through a significant milestone: Yunik Global signed an MOU with the Healthcare Federation of Ghana, committing to capacity building, investment facilitation and sector-wide advocacy. It is the kind of long-term, cross-border partnership that can anchor systemic reform.

Rivia: Catalysing Investment and Collaboration

Rivia, whose collaboration made the visit to St Joseph’s Hospital in Koforidua possible, has played an important role in fostering investment and strengthening ties between innovators, investors and providers.

Their commitment to improving patient experience, healthcare operations and clinical outcomes reinforces the shared conviction that sustainable transformation requires multi-stakeholder alignment.

Rivia’s facilitation during the tour enriched the group’s understanding of Ghana’s market dynamics, highlighting where investment, technology and coordinated operational support can create meaningful impact.

What the Tour Revealed: A Country Ready for Diagnostic Transformation

Across conversations with clinicians, health-system leaders and facility managers, several clear opportunities emerged:

• Coordinated diagnostic pathways that reduce reliance on individual clinicians to bridge system gaps

• Digital reporting and specimen tracking that improve turnaround times and transparency

• Standardised biopsy workflows that strengthen the cancer-care pathway

• Regional networks of specialist support, reducing the burden on individual pathologists

• Operational investment to modernise laboratories and improve quality

• Cross-sector partnerships to accelerate transformation

• Infrastructure that connects rather than replaces existing systems

These opportunities align closely with TPN’s mission to build a governed, continent-wide diagnostic grid capable of supporting early detection, quality assurance and equitable access.

TPN’s Perspective: Infrastructure as the Foundation for Change

As an organisation focused on strengthening Africa’s diagnostic systems, TPN views Ghana as a pivotal country. Its strong clinical base, growing private sector and increasing demand for quality diagnostics create the conditions for a high-impact transformation if the underlying infrastructure is aligned.

Through its Spes360 platform, TPN can provide:

• structured pathology workflows

• test-ordering governance

• transparent specimen tracking

• coordinated communication between clinicians and labs

• regionally aligned reporting standards

• an interoperable foundation for multi-facility diagnostic networks

For Ghana, this kind of infrastructure has the potential to reduce delays, support clinicians like Dr Collins, and standardise pathways across diverse hospital environments.

A Cross-Border Collaboration That Signals What’s Possible

The Ghana Health Market Tour represented more than a learning exercise. It demonstrated how African-led, African-driven solutions can shape a new era of diagnostic strengthening grounded in collaboration, operations and practicality.

The tour affirmed a simple truth: transformation does not come from technology alone. It comes from:

• governance

• coordination

• partnerships

• and a shared willingness to build systems that work across institutions, not just within them.

The tour also highlighted the importance of cross-sector partnerships, with essential contributions from the Healthcare Federation of Ghana (HFG), Medical Credit Fund, Unumed and Rivia, whose coordination and commitment made this collective exploration possible.