Tag: Healthcare

Across rural Africa, millions of people walk into primary health centres every year unable to access even the most basic diagnostic services. It is...

Across Africa, access to genomic insights is often reserved for well-funded laboratories or large hospitals. Yet, Genomic Platform, a Nigerian healthcare startup, founded by...

As millions of women face fragmented healthcare, stigma, and limited access to licensed experts, VivaFemini, a new Nigerian startup is poised to transform the...

MEDSYN360, a Nigerian startup founded by Enenemibofori “Ene” Wakama, is creating an integrated healthcare ecosystem designed to bridge the gap between patients, doctors, and...

Débbo Africa, a women’s health startup founded by Nigerian doctors Dr Zara Modibbo and Dr Aisha Wanka, is on a mission to close Africa’s...

For Nigerians who are blind or visually impaired, it is a daily struggle to live, as existing assistive tools are either prohibitively expensive or...

Across Kenya, small chemists serve as the first point of care for most citizens, handling primary health needs and selling medicines. Yet despite their...

ZimbosAbantu Healthcare on Wheels, founded in 2021 by Chiedza Mushawedu, is tackling Zimbabwe’s rural healthcare crisis head-on. In areas where people often walk 15 to...

When Egypt confirmed its first COVID-19 case on 14 February 2020, the country was thrust into a diagnostic crisis. Test kits were scarce, imports...

For decades, Africans battling rare diseases have faced years without diagnosis, no registries to turn to, and little chance of finding matching donors. Now,...

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has launched a self-service health insurance portal, a digital platform that allows Nigerians to sign up for health...

When most people hear blockchain, their minds jump to Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies. But the truth is that blockchain, the technology behind crypto, is...