Nigerian healthcare data management startup, Helium Health has secured $7 million investment from Dubai-based Global Ventures. This round of funding also had participation from AAIC, China’s Tencent and Noor Sweid. Launched in 2014, the startup was poised to digitize Nigeria’s health sector by helping hospitals transition from the paper-based records system

The Kaduna State ICT Hub has granted financial resources for the production of  ‘sophisticated’ ventilators whose prototype was fabricated by Dalhatu Usman, a 200-Level student of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria.The Chief Executive Officer of KAD ICT Hub, Engr. Yusuf Bashir, said the firm provided the fund and resources

Nigerian e-health startup 54gene has partnered First City Monument Bank (FCMB) and the Ogun State Government to pilot its first COVID-19 mobile laboratory, aimed at expanding testing across the country. Launched in 2019, 54gene is a research, services and development company founded that utilises human genetic data from diverse African populations to

The President has announced plans by the Government to invest heavily in healthcare infrastructure, across the country, to ensure that every Ghanaian has access to quality healthcare. President Nana Addo Dankwa, who announced this said, this year, it will begin the construction of 88 hospitals in the districts without hospitals.

On 3 March, the World Health Organization published estimates that the global production of personal protective equipment would have to ramp up by 40% to meet the surge in international demand¹. Breaking the numbers down to the regional level implies that Africa alone needs 15.3 million masks, 5.2 million gowns, 273,300 goggles,

The Nigerian military says it has successfully produced a ventilator using local content and has begun mass production of Personnel Protective Equipment (PPE) kits and more units of ventilators to cushion its shortage in the country and boost the fight against the deadly Covid-19 (Coronavirus). John Enenche, Director, Defence Media