Sometime last year, my Editor-in-Chief, Goke, was hospitalised for days alongside his son after they broke down with what he described to me as “a strange type of malaria.” One day, he is up and about, doing his regular work and the next, he is hinged to a hospital bed battling a disease that no […]
Nigerian health tech startup 54Gene has announced the completion of a lab capable of carrying out whole genome sequencing of humans. Abasi Ene-Obong, the startup’s CEO, said the lab is powered by Novaseq 6000, a best-in-class sequencing technology solution produced by American biotech company Illumina. Located in Nigeria, this lab is the product of a […]
Since the term was coined in 2016, femtech, a sub-sector in health technology dedicated to creating solutions that address female wellbeing continues to gain traction and attract VC funding globally. In Africa, however, the space is still very much in its budding phase. This segment is dedicated to telling stories of innovators, their solutions, the […]
Nigeria has a grave deficit of medical doctors. For every 5,100 patients in the country, there is only one doctor available. In mental health care, the numbers are grim. For every 800,000 patients, there is only one available psychiatrist according to figures from the Association of Psychiatrists in Nigeria. When you add the gross lack […]
Since the term was coined in 2016, femtech, a sub-sector in health technology dedicated to creating solutions that address female wellbeing continues to gain traction and attract VC funding globally. In Africa, however, the space is still very much in its budding phase. This segment is dedicated to telling stories of innovators, their solutions, the […]
My Life In Tech is putting human faces to some of the innovative startups, investments and policy formations driving the technology sector across Africa. Since 2017 when Advantage Health Africa launched its first venture, the organisation has positioned itself to be able to solve the healthcare needs up until the last mile through a number of […]