Manje
A platform that lets people abroad pay for their family's healthcare back home in Africa, directly.
Overview
- Role
- Product Designer
- Team
- Designers and developers
- Platform
- Landing page, Web app
The mission
“Healthcare should not be something you send money and hope for.”
That is Manje’s mission. Millions of people living abroad send money home, and much of it is meant for healthcare. But cash can be spent on something else, and medical bills often arrive with no warning.
Manje lets them pay insurers and hospitals back home directly, so the money becomes care.
My role
I was a Product Designer in a team of designers and developers. I designed new features, improved existing screens, and maintained the landing page and web app.
Afua’s story
Meet Afua Doe. She lives abroad and wants her mother, Akosua, to be covered back home in Ghana. Here is how Manje helps her.
1. She finds Manje
The landing page makes one promise and one ask: “A secure way to find and fund quality healthcare in Africa”, then Purchase Insurance. On her phone, Afua starts by selecting her mother’s country.
2. She buys a plan for her mother
Afua fills in her own details, then her mother’s, on one form. The price stays beside the form, so there are no surprises. She picks Ahomka Gold, a health and life plan from SIC Life, and pays by card or Apple Pay.
3. She adds her mother’s details
Akosua was born in 1958 and needs some help. The form allows for that: it asks whether she needs assistance, and accepts an estimate if her exact date of birth is unknown.
4. She looks after the whole family
Afua covers more than her mother. Her Beneficiaries page shows Akosua, Grace and Richmond on active plans, and Belinda with no plan yet, so she can see who still needs cover.
5. She keeps track
Your Insurance Plans shows each plan and its status. Before the first purchase, the page simply says “No Insurance Plan” with a button to buy one. If a hospital sends a bill that insurance doesn’t cover, a notification tells her, and she can pay it directly under Billings & Payments.
Impact
Manje has a growing number of users abroad, each supporting several family members, and paying for their healthcare is now seamless. Manje is live in Ghana and Zambia. See it at manjehealth.com.
