AfrikNexus Healthcare Ltd connects globally sourced, high-quality specialty pharmaceuticals with the healthcare professionals and institutions that need them, combining international product access with deep local market expertise.
A local understanding
The market we serve.
Nigeria's total pharmaceutical market represents a multibillion-dollar frontier powered by Africa's largest population and a rising specialty care burden, where the serviceable demand concentrates around millions of people and fragmented healthcare facility networks.
Connecting global expertise with local healthcare needs.
Why the company exists
Behind every medicine, there is a person.
In recent times, several international manufacturers have responded to the rapidly changing environment by restructuring their operating models. That is a commercial decision and we do not criticise it. But it leaves a gap between a company that owns a medicine and a patient who acutely needs it, and that gap is where AfrikNexus is positioned to bridge.
How we work
Trust is built into the way we work.
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Integrity, backed by accountability, transparency and evidence-based operations.
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We lead with empathy, respect and a genuine commitment to improving lives.
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Regulatory and safety obligations sit with a director, as an integral element of our governance and risk management framework.
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We pursue the highest standards in everything we deliver. Pharmacovigilance and quality assurance are held by a named member of our leadership.
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We work through qualified partners and channels as our strength lies in alignment and shared integrity.
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Our commitment to market access is total: a solution reaches a nation only when it reaches every community within it.
Our leadership
Global careers. A local commitment.
AfrikNexus was founded by 3 pharmacists whose careers were built inside multinational pharmaceutical companies, in commercial leadership, market access, regulatory and quality affairs. Between them, they have more than 50 years in the industry and have run businesses across West Africa.
Oyefunke Jaiyesimi
B.Pharm, M.Pharm, MBA · Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director
A healthcare executive with a 25-year record of driving commercial excellence and system-level impact. She has held senior leadership roles at premier multinational organizations including AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline, and Johnson & Johnson, where she served as Country Manager. Combining full P&L accountability with a dual discipline in Clinical Pharmacy and Marketing Management, she seamlessly bridges corporate vision with local execution across public, private, hospital and retail channels. Proven in leading high-performing teams, strengthening governance frameworks, and driving digital transformation, her career is defined by successfully launching specialty therapeutics and scaling healthcare access in complex markets.
Ehizele Okordion
Pharm.D, MBA · Co-Founder, Commercial and Market Access Director
Fourteen years in pharmaceutical sales and marketing leadership, including at GlaxoSmithKline, with commercial responsibility across eight African markets. Her expertise covers brand management, go-to-market strategy, product launches, omnichannel marketing, key account management and commercial operations.
Uchenna Ugwuleke
B.Pharm, M.Sc (Pharm) · Co-Founder, Regulatory and Compliance Director
Fourteen years across clinical, community and industrial pharmacy, including ten years in regulatory affairs and quality assurance spanning generic importation, local manufacturing and multinational organisations including GlaxoSmithKline and Johnson & Johnson. She has led new product introductions, lifecycle management, divestments and portfolio transitions in English-speaking West Africa, alongside market access work tied to public sector reimbursement.
