In South Africa, homeopathy is a legally recognized profession and, by law, homeopathic practitioners need to be registered with the Allied Health Professions Council of South Africa (AHPCSA). Homeopathic educational standards are closely aligned with those of medicine and to qualify for registration the approved and recognised qualification is a 5-year full-time masters degree (MHSc in Homeopathy or BHSc Complementary Medicine ) from either the University of Johannesburg (UJ) or Durban University of Technology (DUT). The homeopathic profession is represented by the Homeopathic Association of South Africa (HSA), which is a voluntary association recognised by the AHPCSA. (1)
In Kenya, homeopaths are registered through the Kenyan Society of Homeopaths (2), while the charity Abha Light Foundation works at grassroot level in rural areas to provide low-cost homeopathic treatment in villages, using several established clinics as well as travelling mobile clinics (3).
In Tanzania, East-Africa, the non-government organisation (NGO) Homoeopathy for Health in Africa (HHA) provides homeopathic healthcare for over 15,000 people in the Kilimanjaro and Arusha regions. To be able to provide homeopathy for more people and become self-sustaining, a training program for Tanzanian practitioners has been started, with the first cohort graduating as homeopathy assistants in 2025 and continuing onto a professional program in 2025. (4) There are regulations governing providers of homeopathy as well as other traditional medicines such as acupuncture, ayurvedic medicine, herbal medicines, naturopathy, osteopathy, traditional Chinese medicine and Unani medicine. Providers practice in the private sector, in both clinic and hospital settings. The national government issues the licence required to practise. A Traditional & Complementary Medicines master’s degree is available at university level and is officially recognized. (5)
According to the World Health Organisation’s global report on traditional and complementary medicine (2019), homeopathy is used in Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Comoros, Congo, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, Sao Tome and Principe and Uganda (5).
In Ghana, homeopathy is regulated at the national level.
Other homeopathic projects for both treatment as well as training of local practitioners have started in Malawi, Botswana, Swaziland, Ghana, Nigeria, Benin, Uganda and Gambia, some of these under the auspices of Homeopathy Without Borders, a Dutch initiative (6).
References
(1) https://homeopathy.org.za/
(2)Â https://kenyansocietyhomeopaths.org/
(4) https://www.homeopathyforhealthinafrica.org/