As the world searches for solutions to current public health problems especially the coronavirus, one biotech company continues to show vital signs. Global aircraft manufacturer Airbus announced that it has entered a partnership with Koniku. The latter is a California-based company using biology and silicon technology to create solutions in a variety of sectors. Koniku’s […]
Editor’s Note: On the 5th of May, based on an investor’s interview with Reuters, we originally reported that Helium Health had raised $7 million in investment. We have now updated this story to reflect that the complete raise was in fact $10 million from a Series A round according to new reports. Helium Health, a […]
Biotech company 54Gene has increased Nigeria’s laboratory testing capacity for COVID-19 with a mobile laboratory in Ogun, a state in the southwestern region. In addition to its DNA biobank lab in Lagos, the number of molecular laboratories in the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control’s network of coronavirus test centers rises to 17 as of press […]
Nigeria joins Ghana in easing major lockdowns. But the underlying numbers are different Anxiety over a potentially damaging economic crash has prompted Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari to ease coronavirus lockdowns in the Federal Capital Territory, and in Lagos and Ogun states. Mobility restrictions went into effect on March 30 and were extended for an additional […]
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) will repurpose a set of equipment designed for HIV and tuberculosis tests to accelerate COVID-19 testing. Chikwe Ihekweazu, director general of the NCDC, said this on an audience participation video session on Thursday evening livestreamed on Facebook and Twitter. NCDC received the first set of supplies of the […]
Nigerian health company 54Gene has closed a $15 million round to scale its genome data bank operations and research collaboration efforts in Africa. The round was led by Adjuvant Capital, a US firm whose fund focuses on investing in companies working on drug development and health research. Adjuvant is backed by the International Finance Corporation, […]