Altron HealthTech, a division of Altron TMT and a leading digital health provider in South Africa, has partnered with Protege, the platform for AI training data, to bring its expansive multimodal healthcare dataset to the Protege Training Data Platform. The partnership introduces one of the most comprehensive longitudinal datasets from the African continent into the global AI ecosystem.

Altron HealthTech provides a comprehensive, multimodal healthcare dataset covering over 16 million patients across South Africa. The dataset includes richly detailed claims records, longitudinal oncology data, general practice management data, and biometric outputs from wearable devices — all spanning more than a decade of patient history.

Across structured and unstructured sources, the dataset offers deep insights into treatment pathways, diagnoses, medication use, pathology, and imaging. It includes high volumes of clinical documentation such as consultation notes, lab results, scan images, and physician reports, alongside extensive biometric data including heart rate, activity, and sleep trends from wearable devices.

This ethnically diverse and longitudinal dataset supports AI development across key use cases like chronic disease management, clinical decision support, digital therapeutics, and population health analytics. Its breadth and depth across clinical, diagnostic, and behavioral domains make it a valuable resource for building robust, real-world-ready healthcare AI solutions.

“The addition of Altron HealthTech’s dataset marks a significant milestone in making real-world, multimodal data from underrepresented regions more accessible to AI builders,” said Bobby Samuels, CEO and Co-Founder of Protege. “By adding this powerful longitudinal dataset to our platform, we’re giving developers the tools to train and validate models that reflect the complexity of real-world care and support innovation across a wide range of clinical and digital health applications.”

“We’re excited to partner with Protege to bring South Africa’s healthcare data to a global audience,” said Seema Daya, Data Ecosystems Manager of Altron HealthTech. “Our mission is to improve healthcare through technology, and this collaboration extends that mission by enabling AI developers to access data that’s comprehensive, representative, and ready for innovation.”

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About Altron HealthTech

Altron HealthTech is a division of Altron TMT, a South Africa-based technology leader. It provides digital health solutions and manages one of the country’s most extensive healthcare data assets. Altron HealthTech’s longitudinal dataset spans claims, oncology, general practice, and biometric data across more than 14 million patients. Learn more at [Insert Altron Website].

About Protege

Protege is the trusted source for finding and sharing  AI training data, enabling seamless and compliant data exchange. By empowering data holders and connecting them with AI developers, Protege supports the creation of thoughtful AI solutions. Protege’s scientific & strategic approach allows AI teams to quickly discover and license a wide array of curated datasets across industries, expediting the time to obtain AI-ready data for model development.