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Healthtech startup Zuri Health raises $1.3-million to expand across Africa
Kenyan healthtech startup Zuri Health has raised $1.3-million in funding to expand across Africa. The startup which offers mobile-based healthcare…
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Kenyan BNPL company Lipa Later to offer its staff six months paid maternity leave
Buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) company Lipa Later has announced it will be offering all its employees 6-month paid maternity leave effective April…
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Startups
Remedial Health raises $1 million pre-seed funding to digitize African pharmacies
Healthtech startup Remedial Health has raised $1 million in pre-seed funding to digitize neighbourhood pharmacies across Africa starting with Nigeria.…
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Canon unveils radiology printing products at the Arab Health Exhibition
Canon has unveiled a number of radiology printing products and solutions for the healthcare sector. The solutions were unveiled at…
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[Africa Cloud Review] Simon Ngunjiri: Cloud is transforming healthcare in Africa
Cloud computing is one of the leading trends in digital transformation for 2021 and beyond. Leading tech companies have already…
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Opinions & Guest Posts
Tonny Tugee: Connectivity, collaboration, competition – The 3 essential Cs for Africa’s growth
Africa’s population is rapidly expanding. In fact, forecasters predict that the continent’s population will nearly triple by 2050. This could…
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[Column] Howard Plaatjes: Technology – Decades of Disruption
It’s safe to say that the past 10 years of technology have been stratospheric in the disruption they’ve brought and…
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This Kenyan organization is installing hand hygiene devices in commercial and public spaces in Nairobi to create awareness about Covid-19
Tippy Tap Kenya, a Nairobi-based community-based organization dedicated to creating awareness and solutions to barriers of accessing WASH (Water, Sanitation…
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Tech for humanity: Preparing for the next phase
ICT has been critical to fighting the Covid-19 pandemic and transforming society over the long term. But the key to…
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Startups
Boehringer Ingelheim launches Venture4Change idea competition for university students in Kenya
Leading pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim has launched a Making More Health Venture4Change idea competition for university students in Kenya. Boehringer…
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Boehringer Ingelheim rolls out training programme for local health innovators
Boehringer Ingelheim, one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies, has called on innovators in Africa to adopt viable business models…
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BUSINESS
Breaking access and awareness barriers in hypertension and diabetes care through mobile
Tiba Yako program was launched today in Kenya, which strives to break the access and awareness barrier between hypertension and…
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Startups
E-healthcare startup MYDAWA secures $3M funding from Africa HealthCare Master Fund
Kenya’s leading e-healthcare platform MYDAWA, has secured a $3M investment from Africa HealthCare Master Fund. This is the first round…
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Startups
Applications for the Sanofi VivaTech challenge extended to February 22nd
Global pharmaceutical company Sanofi has announced the extension of the registration period for the call for proposals for this year’s…
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Startups: Here’s how to qualify and apply for the Sanofi VivaTech challenge
Pharmaceutical company Sanofi recently launched three challenges for African healthcare startups to find innovative solutions that can help improve access…
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Opinions & Guest Posts
Stick to your New Year’s Resolutions this February thanks to LG’s wearable tech
Following the long Christmas holiday, an obsession to cut weight is back! Despite Njaanuary, the need to keep fit remains…
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Startups
Sanofi VivaTech challenge calling on African startups to innovate health, here’s how to apply
Sanofi Kenya has launched three challenges for African startups in partnership with VivaTech. The challenges are for the startups to…
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Johnson & Johnson has Launched a US$50,000 Africa Innovation Challenge 2.0
Johnson & Johnson has launched the Champions of Science Africa Innovation Challenge 2.0, a continent-wide competition calling on African innovators to…
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Opinions & Guest Posts
Nurturing Africa’s Growing Private Healthcare Market
Dustin Homer, Director: Client Solutions for Fraym The African socio-economic landscape – much like its geographical landscape – is characterized…
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