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About us

Built on a simple idea: be there when it matters.

Not By Might Medical Supplies exists because good equipment reaches African health facilities far too slowly, at prices that bear little relation to what it costs, and too often turns out to be something other than what was ordered. We set out to be the supplier that does none of that.

Our story

From a catalogue to a working ward.

We started with a single request that nobody else wanted to take on. A clinic needed an autoclave. The quotation they had been given was more than double what the unit was worth, and the only alternative was ordering blind from a listing on a trading platform.

That gap is the whole business. Equipment is not hard to find. What is hard is finding someone who will sell you the model they photographed, deliver it in one piece, and still answer the phone when a part fails eight months later.

So we built the business around removing the friction. We keep a broad range available, quote it plainly with delivery included, check every item before it goes out, and deliver it to the facility door — Accra or upcountry. Then we stay on the end of the phone.

The name comes from Zechariah 4:6 — not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit. It is a reminder about how we would like to work: carefully, honestly, and without pretending the outcome rests on us alone.

An anaesthesia machine being checked before dispatch

Head office

Asafo, Kumasi, Ghana

Delivery nationwide, with installation and after-sales support.

Come and see us

A real office and a stocked store room.

We are not a catalogue and a phone number. This is the office in Asafo, Kumasi and the shelves the stock actually comes off — you are welcome to walk in.

Find usAsafo, Kumasi, Ghana
The Not By Might office in Asafo, Kumasi, with desks and seating for clients
Front office
A second view of the office showing the meeting desk and printer
Where quotes get written
Shelving stacked with boxed medical consumables along the length of the store room
Main consumables store
Wooden shelving holding boxed dressings, gauze and disposables
Dressings & disposables
Cartons of thermal print media and boxed stock on the packing bench
Packing bench
Boxed gloves and consumables stacked on shelves beside the window
Gloves & everyday lines
Shelves of boxed stock ready for picking and delivery
Ready for picking

How we work

Four commitments we can be held to.

Not a mission statement. These are things a client can check, and tell us about when we fall short.

01

Say what the equipment is

No inflated specification sheets and no quietly substituted models. If a unit is a budget line, we will tell you that and explain what you give up.

02

Check it before it leaves us

Inspection is not a formality we tick. Photographs of your actual units, taken before dispatch, are part of every order.

03

Quote the real number

Delivery is part of the cost of owning a machine. We put it in the quote rather than letting it surface on the day the lorry arrives.

04

Answer afterwards

The measure of a supplier is what happens six months later when a gasket fails. We stay reachable, and we keep records of what you are running.

Why facilities keep coming back

One supplier for the whole facility.

Most facilities end up buying from whoever happens to answer, department by department. We would rather be the one number you call for all of it — and the one that still picks up when a part fails eight months later.

A Class B benchtop autoclave checked and ready for delivery

40+

Facilities equipped

Hospitals, clinics and health centres

10 yrs

Supplying Ghana

Working with health facilities nationwide

45+

Product lines

Ward, theatre, laboratory, dialysis and consumables

48 hrs

Typical quote

From your enquiry to a clear all-in price

In their words

What clients tell us afterwards.

We had been quoted almost twice the price elsewhere for the same autoclave. What mattered more was that the unit arrived working, with the manual and a spare gasket in the box.

Procurement Lead

Private hospital, Accra

They sent photographs of our actual beds before they went out, so we knew exactly what was coming. Delivered to the ward door in Kumasi and set up the same afternoon.

Facility Administrator

Mission hospital, Ashanti Region

Beds, a crash cart and the ECG all came from one place on one invoice. Re-ordering the electrodes now takes a single message — they already know what we run.

Medical Director

Polyclinic, Takoradi

Client names are withheld at their request. References available on enquiry for facilities considering a large order.

Next step

Start with a conversation, not an order form.

Tell us the facility, the department and what you are trying to solve. We will tell you honestly whether we are the right people to solve it — and what it will cost if we are.