Healthcare innovation

7 Africa-focused digital tools helping in the COVID-19 fight

ecosystem

30th March 2020

Following its call for technology-based tools to help tackle the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria and across Africa, Ventures Platform has selected its first set of winning projects. The seven startups whose tools have been selected from a shortlist of 15 will receive US$1,000 grants, workspace, legal services and mentorship from the Ventures Platform team. The […]

Op-Ed: Slow and Steady is the Recommended Course for Healthcare Innovation

people, startups

Guest Author

24th May 2019

Contrary to popular belief that you will lose out to a faster mover, the healthcare race is not always to the swift. Slow and steady progress is how you build a true moat and win the race in healthcare.

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At EduTech, Olufemi Shonubi is pushing the boundaries of tertiary education in Nigeria

My Life In Tech, people

Kay Ugwuede

5th August 2020

My Life In Tech is putting human faces to some of the innovative startups, investments and policy formations driving the technology sector across Africa. You only need spend a few minutes with Olufemi Shonubi, General Manager at EduTech, to feel the depth of his fervour to change the way Nigerians learn especially in her tertiary institutions. […]

Doctors don’t often listen to women, simple digital tools can make them pay attention

Features

Kay Ugwuede

5th August 2020

This is a summary of journalist Nana Aisha Salaudeen’s story: a sharp pain registers its presence in her lower abdomen and disappears in 2015. In 2016, it returns with a vengeance and begins an unending series of hospital visits amidst sharp, debilitating pelvic pain, heavy bleeding and the incessant need to pee. Countless medical tests […]

Nigeria’s bike-hailing wars didn’t take off in Ibadan but SafeBoda is making some progress

Features

Olumuyiwa Olowogboyega

4th August 2020

“We’re trying to get drivers to care about their daily earnings. Within the first three months, we had twenty drivers that earned ₦4.4 million ($11,335),” Babajide Duroshola told TechCabal

Tokunboh Ishmael: Pragmatic thesis of an African impact investor

TechCabal Live

Abubakar Idris

3rd August 2020

Tokunboh Ishmael, Managing Director of Alitheia Capital, says her firm’s investment thesis is based off the impact investment strategy. She backs companies that have good business models and good impact on the common man.

TechCabal Weekly Podcast: Africa sees another big exit and investors are excited about Jumia once again

Podcast

Olumuyiwa Olowogboyega

3rd August 2020

This week on the TechCabal Weekly podcast, we talk about exits, Airtel Africa’s recently released quarterly reports as well some excitement over Jumia stock.

The Next Wave: Regulatory mixed bags

The Next Wave

Victor Ekwealor

3rd August 2020

The Next Wave: Regulatory mixed bags Share Tweet Share Share Share Preview Tackling funding bias AUGUST 2, 2020 This newsletter is a weekly in-depth analysis of tech and innovation in Africa that will serve as a post-pandemic guide. Subscribe here to get it directly in your inbox every Sunday at 3 pm WAT. Hello, See, […]

Digital Nomads: The social media influencer trying to build a digital nomads community in Bali

Digital Nomads

Olumuyiwa Olowogboyega

31st July 2020

“In Bali, tourists get a one-month visa on arrival, but what a lot of people do is a visa run. One day before the visa expires, they leave the country, get back in and get another one-month visa. Some people have been doing this for eight years.”

Factsheet: What to expect from VC due diligence at the pre-seed and seed stage

Factsheet

Alexander O. Onukwue

31st July 2020

You are reading Factsheet, our series of specific guides on experiencing and using technology platforms in Africa. Whether you are looking for knowledge on getting your African film on Netflix, raising a seed round or finishing an online design course, we are covering all that. — A partner at a venture capital firm likes your […]