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PSGH awards Momentum App by Aide Chemists as Ghana’s Best Online Pharmacy

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Best Online Pharmacy Winner

Aide Chemists has been awarded Best Online Pharmacy in Ghana by the Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana (PSGH) at the 2025 Pharma Excellence Awards held at the Mövenpick Ambassador Hotel in Accra.

The honour, presented in the presence of key stakeholders and the Minister of Health, recognises Aide Chemists’ outstanding contribution to digital pharmaceutical service delivery in Ghana.
According to the official citation from PSGH:

“In recognition of outstanding innovation, accessibility, and customer-centric services in the digital pharmaceutical space. Your commitment to safe, reliable, and timely delivery of healthcare solutions has set a new standard for excellence in online pharmacy services. Honouring your leadership in transforming digital healthcare access.”

At the centre of this recognition is the Momentum – Your Health App Aide Chemists’ flagship digital health platform, which has transformed access to pharmacy services across Ghana. The App provides a seamless and intuitive interface, empowering patients to manage their health needs conveniently and effectively.

Momentum enables free access to licensed pharmacists, allowing users to seek professional advice at no cost. It offers 24/7 online access to a wide range of medicines, ensuring timely support for everyday health concerns. Users also benefit from discounted pricing on medications, home and office delivery services, as well as the option to collect orders from Aide Chemists locations or partner pharmacies—helping them to avoid long queues and reduce waiting times. Patients are further rewarded through the Aide Merit Scheme, a loyalty programme that accumulates points for each transaction, encouraging regular and proactive health management.

To make payments easy and secure, the app supports Mobile Money services (MTN, Telecel, AT) and major bank card options (Visa and Mastercard), offering users a variety of flexible payment channels to complete their orders with confidence.

Built on an AI-native infrastructure developed in partnership with Causal Foundry and supported by the Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub, the app delivers reliable, real-time experiences that prioritise security, accuracy, and personalized care.

Pharm. David Frempong Addo, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of Aide Chemists, reflected on the significance of the moment: “Receiving this award from PSGH and being selected by HealthTech Hub Africa reflects our deep commitment to transforming pharmaceutical care through technology. Momentum is designed to make healthcare personal, accessible, and truly impactful for every Ghanaian—regardless of geography or income.”

Further underscoring its growing reputation, Aide Chemists has also been selected to join the HealthTech Hub Africa 2025 Cohort—a prestigious accelerator based in Kigali, Rwanda, and supported by the Novartis Foundation, Patrick J. McGovern Foundation, and Global Fund. The programme brings together the continent’s leading digital health innovators to scale impactful, sustainable solutions within public health systems.

Abigail Amma Afriyie Abora, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Aide Chemists, added: “Being named Best Online Pharmacy in Ghana and joining the HealthTech Hub Africa 2025 cohort affirms our belief that technology is the future of healthcare delivery. These milestones inspire us to deepen our digital innovations and expand our impact across Ghana and beyond.”

With both national acclaim and international recognition, Aide Chemists is setting a new benchmark for tech-enabled pharmaceutical care. The Momentum – Your Health App continues to be a vital resource for patients across Ghana, offering affordable, reliable, and timely healthcare services wherever they are.

The application is currently available on the Google Play Store for easy download, bringing modern healthcare access directly to the hands of users.

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Aide Chemists selected for the 2025 HealthTech Accelerator Programme.

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Aide Chemists, a tech-enabled pharmacy chain, has been selected for the 2025 HealthTech Hub Africa Accelerator Program. This initiative, led by the Novartis Foundation and implemented by Villgro Africa and Jhpiego, supports startups integrating digital health solutions into African public health systems.

Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Accra, Aide Chemists operates over 20 pharmacy outlets across Ghana, primarily in suburban and rural areas. The company serves over 20,000 registered clients and impacts over 30,000 patients monthly through medication dispensing, counselling, and diagnostic services.

Aide Chemists leverages digital platforms to enhance healthcare delivery. Their Momentum App offers a 24/7 online pharmacy, telepharmacy consultations, and medication therapy management. Additionally, the Aide ERP system streamlines operations for their pharmacy network.

The 8-month accelerator program offers Aide Chemists a comprehensive range of resources to scale its innovative digital health solutions, including mentorship, technical support, funding, and opportunities to collaborate with public sector partners. The program aims to validate and scale innovative health solutions that address challenges such as limited healthcare access and workforce shortages in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Aide Chemists Partners with Harvard Business School & Ashesi University for Strategic Growth

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Aide Chemists Ltd recently partnered with Harvard Business School and Ashesi University students through the Immersive Field Course (IFC) program. This marks our second collaboration in two years, showing our commitment to innovation and digital health growth.

This year, the student team worked on boosting adoption and engagement with the Momentum Your Health App. Their goal was to help more people access medicines easily and improve brand loyalty. Through research and analysis, they shared valuable recommendations that will shape the app’s next phase. These insights will help us enhance user experience and scale our impact in pharmaceutical e-commerce.

At Aide Chemists, we believe in continuous improvement. Working with top institutions like Harvard Business School and Ashesi University helps us combine global best practices with local insights. This ensures we offer the best healthcare solutions to our customers.

We sincerely thank Harvard Business School and Professor Hakeem Belo-Osagie for selecting Aide Chemists. We also appreciate the dedicated students who worked hard to provide strategic insights. Their input will drive our next phase of growth.

As we implement these ideas, we will focus on expanding customer engagement, improving digital access to medicines, and enhancing pharmaceutical e-commerce. This partnership strengthens our mission to build a customer-friendly digital health ecosystem in Ghana.

Aide Chemists Co-Founder wins Health & Wellness Award at 40 under 40 awards

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The Co-Founder of Aide Chemists has emerged as the Health & Wellness(Orthodox) award recipient at the just ended 40 under 40 Achievers Award held at Kempinski Gold Coast Hotel in Accra on October 8, 2021.

 

 40 under 40 is an initiative from Xodus Communications Limited which seeks to identify, honour, and celebrate a cross section of the nation's most influential and accomplished young business leaders under the age of forty from a wide range of industries.

 

The prestigious award is a recognition of his dedication and commitment in building the healthcare sector as well as being a highly respected advocate for best practices in the field of pharmacy.

 

Speaking to the media after receiving the award, Pharm David Addo expressed gratitude to God, his family, friends, staff ,and clients for their commitment to pushing the vision and mission of the companies he is involved with.

He also thanked the people of Akyem Tafo of the Abuakwa North Constituency of the Eastern Region for their support over the years.

 

''I am honoured and humbled by this award. I have come far from ground zero to this level. My story can be a case study in business schools. Without the support of the Ghanaian people and particularly the associates at the companies, I won't have come up here tonight. There is more to be done for Ghana and I pray the youth would be willing to lend a hand.''

 

David Addo took the opportunity to call on government and all healthcare stakeholders in the industry to invest more into the pharmaceutical sector to make it more attractive for the youth to venture to unearth more talents in the country.

 

''I call on the Government, especially the Ministers of Health & Trade, to pay attention to small scale pharmaceutical manufacturers in Ghana because they are the future of Ghana's pharma landscape. They can support us with machinery and working capital to grow into big pharma over a period of time. Next time they provide grants to pharma sector, a percentage should go to small scale pharmaceutical sector.

 

Aide Chemists is a leading pharmacy chain in Ghana with branches and franchises in four regions of Ghana. Curist Pharma is an importer and distributor of products to Ghana Health Service while its sister company, Darl Chemical Industries Ltd, is a manufacturer of small-scale pharmaceutical products.

 

Pharm. Addo started his business with a capital of GHS 5,000 ($3,000) in 2010 and through perseverence  and dedication ,he gives employment to Pharmacists and their support staff. He is an alumnus of the prestigious Achimota School.

 

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Aide Chemists sets pace, wins ‘Emerging Brand of the Year’ award

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Aide Chemists Ltd, a chain of retail pharmacies that deliver quality and affordable branded generics products, emerged winner of the 'Emerging Brand of the Year' award at the maiden Ghana Pharma Awards held in Accra.

 

 

Run by a determined young woman seeking to succeed in a male dominated profession, Aide Chemists, a leading retail pharmacy chain in the country has a firm focus of becoming the first pharmaceutical retail of choice in Ghana and the West Africa sub-region, offering affordable but quality products to clients. Mrs. Abigail Amma Abora Addo, the CEO of Aide Chemists, said the opportunity to enter the retail space was desirable because some pharmacy owners usually lack requisite industry experience to enable them provide the pharmaceutical care service required to achieve profitability while serving the community.

 

''We were seeking to correct shortfalls and thus acquired our first retail shop in 2012 from a local pharmaceutical producer and turned it into a profitable pharmacy with increasing year on year turnover'', she said. The company further acquired two more outlets in 2014, beginning the growth of Aide Chemists' retail chain. In 2015, Aide Chemists expanded into other regions in the country with 20 outlets, selling prescription and over the counter drug to customers. Aide Chemists plans to have presence in all ten regional capitals and key district capitals by 2019, and to increase its retail outlets to 60 by 2021.

 

The Company's unique proposition of strategically placing its retail pharmacies in vulnerable communities, which are considerably underserved, coupled with its unique branding and ambience is a total departure from what you see largely in such communities.

 

On the corporate social responsibility front, Aide Chemists offers free health and medical screening every other month to better the lives of the vulnerable in deprived communities, testing for malaria, blood sugar, and typhoid and providing medication to the beneficiaries where necessary and within its remit. ''In 2017, we organized a health screening in Koforidua, Mataheko, Kumasi and Ashalley Botwe with an average of 600 people benefiting per location'' she said. Mrs. Addo said she was very happy about the award '' because it not only improves our brand's image but collaborates our efforts as seen and appreciated. It also confirms our goal to be the pacesetters in terms of branding and service delivery''.

 

The Ghana Pharma Awards brought together the major players in the pharmaceutical industry in Ghana and provided the platform to recognize individuals and companies that play significant roles in the growth and development of the industry. As the premier awards event in the industry, it sought to recognize distinction and promote the interest of the industry - locally and internationally by rewarding excellence within the industry. The event celebrates thinkers, creators, and strong advocates, individuals and companies that are committed to driving the industry forward.

 

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