Alan acquires Senegal’s Tanel in rare Francophone healthtech exit

Alan, the French health insurance company, has acquired Tanel, a Dakar-based digital health startup operating in Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire, for an undisclosed amount that marks its first move into Africa. The transaction closed in June and gives Ventures Platform, AAIC Investment, and a group of angel investors a full exit and breaks almost every pattern the African exit market has recently shown. The deal further reinforces that an African startup can be built for a global acquisition, as Tanel