When Sangu Delle returned to Ghana after degrees from Harvard, Oxford, and Birmingham, he didn’t come back to simply lead, he came back to build. Two institutions, in fact: a venture investment firm and a pan-African healthcare network. That dual mission has made him one of the continent’s most consequential architects of systems change.
In 2006, he founded Golden Palm Investments (GPI), a holding company with a mission to build world-class African tech companies. At the time, most capital came with foreign mandates and short timelines. GPI took the long view.
Early bets on companies like Andela, Flutterwave, and mPharma helped shape Africa’s digital economy. As of 2025, portfolio companies have raised more than $1.2 billion in follow-on funding, with GPI managing over $100 million in assets, solidifying its status as a foundational investor across the continent’s tech scene.
Healthcare at scale: Building a future where clinics and code converge
As CEO of CarePoint (formerly Africa Health Holdings), Delle now leads a network of 65+ clinics across Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, and Egypt. These aren’t just medical outposts, they’re nodes in a smart, connected healthcare ecosystem delivering over 1 million patient engagements annually.
With telemedicine platforms, mobile outreach units, and an expanding surgery footprint, CarePoint is actively reshaping healthcare across Africa. In 2023, the company raised $18 million to expand its technology infrastructure underscoring investor confidence in its hybrid model of on-the-ground care backed by digital intelligence.
Institutions beyond business: Water, mental health, and education
Before GPI and CarePoint, there was Cleanacwa, a nonprofit Delle co-founded in 2007. The mission? Simple but profound: ensure clean water and sanitation in under-resourced communities. Over 15 years, the organization impacted more than 200,000 people across 160 Ghanaian communities before concluding its work in 2022.
That same year, Delle launched the Sangu Delle Foundation, a grant-making nonprofit focused on education, mental health, and job creation, three pillars he believes are core to Africa’s long-term social resilience.
Dr. Sangu Delle is no longer just an emerging African leader, he’s a continental architect. With clinics in cities, investments in code, and reforms across policy and education, he’s building the kind of Africa that doesn’t wait for global permission, it sets its own standard.
