IBM Health Corps, in partnership with the American Cancer Society (ACS) and the Clinton Health Access Initiative, has developed a new eHealth platform intended to help improve cancer care in sub-Saharan Africa. Referred to […]
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Garmin Expands Fitness Wearables in Africa
Garmin has partnered with MTN to launch a range of wearable tech watches in Ghana to encourage people to live a more active lifestyle. The GPS navigation and sports tech […]
mHealth Improving Access to Essential Medicines in Nigeria
A new mHealth programme called SMS for Life 2.0 has launched in Kaduna State, Nigeria to increase the availability of essential medicines and improve care for patients across the region. […]
Tanzania Rolls Out mBirth Registration
The Tanzanian Registration Insolvency and Trusteeship Agency (RITA) in collaboration with local mobile phone operator, Tigo, has developed and deployed a new mHealth solution, called mBirth, to register births in […]
Uganda Embraces Tech to Improve Healthcare
Ugandan healthcare service delivery company, The Medical Concierge Group (TMCG), is effectively using technology to provide easy access to timely and relevant health information from qualified health professionals to improve […]
Dr CADx Develops Diagnostic Solution for Developing Countries
Zimbabwean startup, Dr CADx, has developed an eHealth diagnostic system to help doctors analyse medical images in regions that have a shortage of radiologists. The startup was founded in August […]
Hello Doctor Driving Access to mHealth Services
During AfricaCom 2016, the continent’s landmark event dedicated to the telecoms and technology industry, Director at Hello Doctor, Dr Michael Mol, presented a keynote case study on driving access to […]
mHealth Aids HIV Treatment in Lesotho
The Vodafone Foundation is pioneering a mobile phone-based HIV programme designed to scale-up HIV treatment programmes in Lesotho, where an estimated 23% of the population is HIV positive. Vodafone recently […]
Nigerian eHealth Startup Tests ‘Robo Doctor’
Nigerian eHealth startup, Aajoh, is currently beta testing an artificial intelligence (Al)-based app designed to listen to a patient’s symptoms and provide diagnosis. The startup, which launched earlier this year, […]
Sub-Saharan Africa to Reach Over 1bn Mobile Subscriptions by 2022
The Ericsson Sub-Saharan Africa Mobility Report reveals that while total mobile subscriptions penetration in the region is currently 85%, this number is expected to reach 105% by 2022 with over […]
$7m Grant to Boost Africa’s Breakthrough Health Solutions
The Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa (AESA), an initiative of the African Academy of Sciences and the New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD), in partnership with the […]
Zipline Raises $25 Million to Deliver Medical Supplies by Drone
Zipline, a US-based robotics startup that’s using drones to deliver medical supplies to clinics in Rwanda, has raised $25 million in Series B funding to expand its operations across Africa […]