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Unique approach to data needed in Kenyan healthtech
Technology has taken off in Kenya like wildfire, with the healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors becoming the latest industries to embrace its benefits. The good news for patients and practitioners alike is that the rapid uptake of health and medical technology…
Digital Health Cape Town announces finalists for Accelerator Programme
On 19 January 2018, South Africa’s first dedicated digital health accelerator, Digital Health Cape Town (DHCT), announced their top finalists for their inaugural Accelerator Programme designed to foster local eHealth innovation. The selected finalists have each developed innovative eHealth solutions…
Kenyan emergency startup launches rescue service
Flare, a Kenyan emergency services platform that was launched in December 2017, has introduced a new product that consolidates ambulance service providers into one network. The “Rescue” product, will ensure that users have access to medical assistance within 15 minutes…
Lesego Digital Village to address healthcare challenges in North West
Samsung launched the Lesego Digital Village in North West, South Africa on Friday, 08 December 2017. This facility aims to provide primary health care and learning solutions for residents in the area. The area is remote and health services are inaccessible…
Uber like app for healthcare launches in Ghana
Ghanaian e-health startup Eiko Health has launched Kenko Doctor, a new platform that allows users to book appointments with doctors via a mobile app. The app has initially launched on IOS but the company says that Android and USSD options…
Netcare to use robots to fight off viruses and bacteria
On Tuesday 28 November 2017, South African healthcare group, Netcare announced the adoption of new robots that seek and destroy viruses and bacteria within minutes. As healthcare facilities the world over face a daily challenge to prevent the spread of…
Solar project brings relief to Malawi health facilities
As part of its ongoing commitment to developing the healthcare infrastructure in Malawi, the country’s Ministry of Health, through the Global Fund Project Implementation Unit (PIU), has embarked on a $3,7-million project to install solar energy at 85 health facilities…
Interview: MobileODT using AWS cloud to save lives
IT News Africa recently spoke to Ariel Beery, the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of MobileODT, in an interview which looks to how the use of next-generation smart medical devices can impact healthcare in Africa. MobileODT is inspired by creating…
Innovative initiative to strengthen primary healthcare underserved areas
Dr. Raymond Campbell, a urologist, has created a mobile medical application that aims to enhance patient care and decrease the cost of primary healthcare in South Africa. The solution includes a bus that can be used to reach underserved communities…
Apple’s healthcare solutions to address need for transformation
Imagine a world in which all healthcare data was centralised. A world where both patient and provider had access to a patient’s full health record. One where an outpatient, recovering from a heart attack, could share their heart rate with…
AfricaCom 2017: New digital health conference stream added to AfricaCom agenda
Mobile technology is without doubt the next great ‘enabler’ in healthcare in Africa. A mobile phone has become a biosensor, a laboratory, a scanner and a data processor and e-Health is rapidly proving its potential to improve workplace efficiencies, increase…
Nigeria: e-health startup Mobicure wins $100,000 Expo Live grant
Nigerian e-health startup Mobicure has been awarded an Expo Live grant from organisers of the next World Expo, being held in Dubai in 2020, for its child focused application called OMOMI. The app helps expectant mothers and parents of children…
How analytics and machine learning can save your life
More than 11,000 people died during the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, or nearly 40% of all reported cases. The virus was relentless, hopping between Guinea, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Liberia, before making its way to the UK, US…
Interview: Tantine continues to educate Rwandan teens
A lack of awareness of reproductive health knowledge by many young people in Rwanda has prompted the creation of Tantine, which is an online platform that aims to inform and advise individuals about reproductive health knowledge. The platform was created…
Medicine beyond boarders: Telemedicine in South Africa
Telemedicine, a term which literally means “healing at a distance”, speaks to the use of technology to overcome geographical barriers, and increase access to health care services. This is particularly beneficial for extending medical services to communities that lack access…
How your phone use is affecting your health
The amount of time we spend on the phone – either for business or personal use – can have a harmful effect on our overall health. The concerns about how posture and phone use influences well-being is not a new…
