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A response to real needs on the ground

The objective was clear:

• reduce the handling of cash,
   
• make cash payments easier to process,
   
• and speed up the validation and delivery of orders to pharmacies.
   

With Orange Money, pharmacists can now settle their purchases in just a few seconds, without having to travel, while benefiting from immediate order processing.

Fluidity, traceability, and security

This solution, deployed several years ago, has become a true operational efficiency driver:

• Full traceability of payments made via Orange Money,
   
• Instant collection, accelerating the entire logistics chain,
   

Improved recovery and more reliable financial flows.
 

On November 7, 2025, UbiPharm Congo organized a training session in Brazzaville for pharmacists, in partnership with the UPSA laboratory.

This meeting is part of ongoing initiatives aimed at strengthening training and maintaining close ties with healthcare professionals.

Bringing together 42 participants, the event gathered several members of the management team and the Board of Directors.

From November 6 to 9, 2025, UbiPharm Gabon took a group of fifteen pharmacists to discover the south of the country for a new edition of Club Ubi, a unique initiative combining training, conviviality, and personal development.

DII, the IT subsidiary of the UbiPharm Group, took part in Café Coaching 2025 at the University of Rouen to meet and support the talents of tomorrow.

Training, connecting, and valuing pharmacists across the region — that is the goal of Club Ubi, an initiative launched by UbiPharm Gabon in 2022, now preparing for its 4th edition, to be held from November 6 to 9, 2025, in the southern part of the country.

Born from a spirit of inclusion, Club Ubi was created to give pharmacists located far from Libreville the opportunity to actively participate in UbiPharm’s professional training sessions and exchanges. This traveling concept reflects the Group’s commitment to strengthening local proximity, fostering collaboration, and ensuring fair access to knowledge.

Over the years, Club Ubi has grown into a true community network of pharmacists, united by the desire to progress together. Each edition combines training, sharing of best practices, and friendly moments, helping to strengthen the bond of trust between UbiPharm and its pharmacist partners.

True to the Group’s spirit, Club Ubi blends knowledge and experience, incorporating a touristic and cultural dimension that highlights the local richness of Gabon — an original way to reinforce professional ties in an atmosphere of openness and exchange.

From November 3 to 9, 2025, UbiPharm is taking part in the World Medicines Safety Week, also known as #MedSafetyWeek, organized by health authorities around the world.
This international campaign aims to raise awareness among healthcare professionals and the general public about the safe and responsible use of medicines, as well as the importance of reporting adverse effects.

As part of Pink October, UbiPharm Guinea organized two days of activities focused on prevention and awareness around women’s cancers.

On Sunday, October 5, several employees of PlanetPharma, the French subsidiary of the UbiPharm Group, took part in the La Reinette race in Belbeuf, a sporting and solidarity event organized as part of Pink October, the month dedicated to raising awareness about breast cancer screening.

From September 23 to 28, 2025, in Bamako, UbiPharm Mali had the honor of participating as the official partner of the 20th edition of FESPAO (Federation of Pharmacy Students of West Africa). The event was held at the Bamako International Conference Center (CICB) and brought together nearly 400 pharmacy students from eight West African countries.

The event was held in the prestigious setting of the esplanade of the SAWA Hotel gardens in Douala and brought together more than 2,000 participants from across Africa and beyond.

The story began in 2009, driven by an ambitious vision: to bring to Benin a responsible pharmaceutical distribution model rooted in the collective good. On 1 April 2014, UbiPharm Benin was granted its operating licence, marking the start of its first deliveries just a few months later. A symbolic date for a journey that was anything but accidental.

In just ten years, the Beninese subsidiary of the UbiPharm Group has grown into a robust structure, recognised for its reliability, close ties with healthcare professionals, and unwavering commitment to its core values: Customer Satisfaction, Partnership, Innovation, Trust and Social Commitment (SPICE).

The event, both friendly and professional, was led by the UbiPharm Congo team—Mr. OKOMBI, Mr. BATALAHO, and Mr. TOMA—and served as an opportunity to present UbiPharm’s services and offers, its commitments, and the SPICE values: Customer Satisfaction, Partnership, Innovation, Trust, and Social Responsibility.

On June 14, 2025, UbiPharm Burkina celebrated its 30 years of commitment to health in Ouagadougou, marking a major milestone in its journey within the UbiPharm network. This commemoration brought together many key players from the pharmaceutical sector, highlighting the recognition of a key actor in national healthcare development.

Founded in 1994, UbiPharm Burkina is the Group’s third subsidiary. Since its inception, it has pursued a path of sustainable growth, with the ambition of ensuring equitable and secure access to medicines across the entire territory of Burkina Faso. This ambition has been realized through the establishment of a dedicated supply chain, supporting the growth of pharmacies and reinforcing proximity with the population.

In her speech, Ms. Diénéba Diallo, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of UbiPharm Burkina, praised the founding vision of the project: a participatory governance model centered on empowering Burkinabe pharmacists—true partners in the subsidiary’s development. This approach remains today a strategic lever of the Group.

On June 24 and 25, 2025, Pharmafinance proudly celebrated its 35th anniversary. Founded in 1990 pharmacists from Côte d’Ivoire determined to take control of the private sector’s medicine supply chain, the Group laid the foundations for a unique model that led to the creation of PHARMACI HOLDING SA—now UbiPharm SA—at the origin of today’s UbiPharm network.

The events organised to mark this anniversary brought together clients, shareholders, and employees for two days filled with learning and emotion.

As part of its ongoing commitment to continuous improvement, UbiPharm is accelerating its digital transformation by modernizing its logistics processes. The latest advancement is the digitalization of deliveries through the use of rugged ZEBRA handheld terminals, now deployed with delivery drivers across several group subsidiaries.

This innovation addresses clear operational challenges: reducing delivery errors, overcoming the lack of traceability, and improving real-time visibility into field operations. The new system enables optimized route management, automatic status updates, and real-time photo capture of signed delivery notes, all seamlessly integrated into the processing workflow. Drivers benefit from a user-friendly interface specifically adapted to their operational needs.

All data is centralized and synchronized with SAP, providing reliable and instant oversight for management teams. Already adopted in several pilot subsidiaries, this new approach has been positively received in the field. It represents a concrete step forward in the digitalization of the Group’s supply chain, with a direct impact on service quality and partner satisfaction.

UbiPharm continues to demonstrate its commitment to building a more efficient, connected, and sustainable logistics ecosystem.

The UbiPharm Group held the third edition of its annual event In Good Hands by UbiPharm, bringing together nearly 500 participants around the theme "Innovation That Matters", launching the 2025 campaign under the slogan: “Innovation that matters.”

On April 18, the UbiPharm Foundation made a donation of a new solar-powered water borehole in the village of Boulby (Aouré), Senegal, as part of its commitment to healthcare for all.

This initiative continues the Foundation’s efforts across the African continent and in the French overseas territories to improve access to clean drinking water, especially in the most vulnerable areas.

In accordance with French law, the  Economic et Social Unit (ESU), comprising the four specialist subsidiaries PlanetPharma, Gesca, DII and D.T. Pharma, publish their gender equality index. The companies in the UES achieved a score of 91 out of 100 for the period from 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024.

As a reminder, the gender equality index is an overall score made up of four or five indicators (depending on the size of the company):
- average pay gap between men and women ;
- difference in the rate of individual pay rises ;
- percentage of employees receiving a pay rise on return from maternity leave;
- number of women in the ten highest-paid positions.

**The table with the results is only available in French

Following the Board of Directors meeting of UbiPharm Madagascar and the French companies of the UbiPharm group, on Friday 8 November 2024, UbiPharm Madagascar celebrated a major milestone: its 10ᵉ anniversary. The event, held at the Novotel in Antananarivo, marked a decade of success in pharmaceutical distribution in Madagascar. Attended by customers, staff and partners, the festive evening provided an opportunity to look back on the achievements of the past ten years while being focused on the future.

UbiPharm Gabon launched its UbiAcademy Week on 28, 29, 30 May and 4 June 2024. The event brought together 268 pharmacists for four days of intensive training. Speakers included Dr Awore and Mr Ndomo from UbiPharm Gabon, as well as Ms Xaviera Nzamba and Mr Akoumbou.

Key figures such as Dr KonKobo Sibiri, Africa Director, and Mr Kouamé Thierry, UbiPharm Director and CEO of DII, were also present. Always with the aim of being a company that grows with its partners, this event aims to ensure controlled growth and to improve the skills of everyone involved.