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Kasha is Africa’s leading digital health platform, combining e-commerce, last-mile delivery, and AI-driven insights to make quality health and wellness products accessible across the continent. With a strong focus on women’s needs, Kasha empowers individuals by offering trusted products, clear information, and the freedom to choose what best fits their lives, while ensuring reliable delivery even in hard-to-reach areas.

In a world of rising customer expectations, reputable brands perpetually see the need to move at the speed of technology to catch up. Therefore, KTO Digital was launched to offer unfathomable expertise across the entire customer journey, including technology, digital commerce, IT consultancy, ERP/CRM, UX/UI, data aggregation, brand production, and communication to offer end-to-end solutions that deliver trailblazing innovation.