Description

The ubiquity of mobile connectivity presents opportunities to improve healthcare in South Africa by using mobile platforms to provide health services. This market insight examines how the healthcare and ICT sectors have merged in the mHealth market. It considers the complexity of the mHealth landscape, which has many participants still uncertain of their roles in the broader market. Market challenges, drivers, and restraints are provided. Further, overviews of key market participants as well as the regulatory environment are given. The base year is 2012, and the forecast period is 2013 to 2019.