Our Membership
The KAPI – Industry Alliance of Health Products and Technologies is a membership-based association established in the late 1960s. We represent manufacturers and innovators across pharmaceuticals, health technologies, diagnostics, and digital health. KAPI is the industry voice promoting efficiency in the pharmaceutical industry for improved access to high quality, safe and effective medicines, health products and technologies for diagnosis.
The Association’s Membership is open, subject to the approval of the Board of Directors of the Association to companies as follows;
- Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM, being manufacturers of medical devices and In- Vitro Diagnostics) or their representatives in Kenya.
- Kenyan companies engaged in the improvement of healthcare in Kenya through Research and Development of new innovative medicines, health technologies, services, digital innovation companies and allied products.
- The allied products shall include cosmetics, nutritional supplements
- Kenyan companies engaged in the manufacturing of pharmaceuticals according to internationally- accepted standards of good manufacturing practice and quality control. Upon attainment of specific SRA or WHO accreditation or standard marks
- Foreign companies engaged in the manufacturing or marketing of pharmaceuticals in Kenya according to internationally- accepted standards of good manufacturing practice and quality control and/or represented by a Kenyan company in Kenya.
- Kenyan companies involved in the distribution of products manufactured by companies in (1) and /or (2) above and which must conform to the Code of Ethical Practice and Kenyan Law. A Kenyan Company is duly registered according to the Laws of Kenya.
- Other entities as may be described by the Board from time to time with the associated governance articles
Our membership is structured into three (3) categories in line with our mandate and offering to the different players within the Kenyan pharmaceutical industry. These include: