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AfroCentric Health Limited, is the healthcare arm of AfroCentric Investment Corporation Limited (AfroCentric) and houses AfroCentric’s healthcare assets.

Formerly Lethimvula Investments Limited, AfroCentric Health Limited’s vision – Creating a World of Sustainable Healthcare – is shared by the companies operating under the AfroCentric Health umbrella. Our shared vision ensures that each company focuses on using its core competencies to deliver sustainable healthcare solutions.

This is reflected in our business structure and house of brands.

Medscheme

Medscheme is the largest health risk management services provider and third largest medical scheme administrator in South Africa. The company serves over three million people through a broad network of branches conveniently located throughout South Africa, Africa and Mauritius.

Driven by AfroCentric Health's vision, Medscheme has consistently delivered innovative, affordable health risk management and medical scheme administration solutions. These solutions focus on achieving sustainability through effective health risk management complemented by careful management of costs and a relentless drive for operational efficiency.

The company's unmatched combination of client-centricity and expertise is founded on proven excellence in corporate governance, world-class information technology and health risk management. These position Medscheme as the ideal business partner for corporate clients or medical schemes seeking to offer products and services of exceptional quality, to their members and employees.

Visit www.medscheme.com

Helios

Helios IT Solutions (Pty) Limited is an innovative ICT services provider that specialises in the healthcare industry. The company views technology as a strategic enabler that allows the delivery of service excellence in an affordable and sustainable manner.

The company's primary focus is on offering technology-based solutions to the healthcare industry in South Africa, however Helios has also extended its reach into the rest of Africa (with a specific focus on Zimbabwe and Swaziland) and internationally.

Helios offers comprehensive IT services that encompass the use of a range of networking, development and IT administrative tools. The company's product range is a key differentiator. Guided by many years' experience, the product offering focuses on streamlined administrative processes that create efficiencies and sustainability within the healthcare industry.

Visit www.heliosits.com

Allegra

Helios owns a 51% shareholding in Allegra (Pty) Limited, which has positioned itself as a strategic information technology partner to its customers within the healthcare sector. Allegra develops and supplies integrated knowledge management solutions that assist healthcare providers and funders to:

Add value to the patient's quality of life
Increase the income per patient, while containing total healthcare costs
Improve business processes to maximise profitability

Allegra's integrated solutions consist of a series of modules that work together or independently to deliver sustainable healthcare.

Visit www.allegra.co.za

Aid for AIDS

Aid for AIDS designs, develops and delivers truly unique and encompassing programmes that help businesses and medical schemes support and manage people living with HIV/AIDS.

Shaped by many years of clinical research and extensive expertise, Aid for AIDS' methods are considered the industry standard by healthcare professionals both locally and internationally. Our programmes understand the needs of patients and equip them with the treatment and tools necessary to help them to lead normal and fulfilled lives.

Visit www.aidforaids.co.za

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