Innovations in Healthcare

Business, Entrepreneurship, Features, Healthcare, startups

30th January 2019

On Friday, January 25, 2019, our TC Townhall: The State of Healthtech in Nigeria, convened leading healthcare innovators, investors and public health stakeholders to discuss the challenges and opportunities in the sector. Here are some key highlights from the townhall:

Kenya’s Red Cross has built an app you can use to call an ambulance

Healthcare, News

Osarumen Osamuyi

5th April 2016

We expect the #KRSApp to launch on both the iOS & Android App Store April 6, 2016

Innovations in Healthcare is Accepting Applications from ‘Ridiculously Awesome’ Healthcare Entrepreneurs

Developers, ecosystem, Events, startups

Olumuyiwa Coker

29th July 2015

The organization is accepting nominations through August 2015.

More From TC

Expanding Access to Personal Investment Options for Nigerians

Apps, Business

Wole Olayinka

21st February 2019

Until recently, potential investors had to go to asset management companies, brokerage firms, private portfolio managers or investment firms to complete the very formal process to invest. But a new crop of mobile and web apps are leveraging tech to make investing more accessible through digital ‘retail’ investment platforms–drawing in beginner investors along the way.

Yorlang is Proof Yoruba and Other Local Languages Can Evolve with Technology

Developers, Education, people, Technology

Wole Olayinka

19th February 2019

A programming language isn’t something ordinarily considered capable of making a cultural statement. But Anuoluwapo Karounwi has done just that with Yorlang, a programming language designed to write small programs using Yoruba, a language native to South Western Nigeria.

For Nigeria’s Young Working Population, the Future Of Work is Flexibility

people, startups

Akindare Okunola

18th February 2019

As the world around us evolves, how we work reflects that evolution in the creation of new work tools and roles as well as changing job market dynamics.

Cybersecurity Plays Catch-up as Tech Expands to New Sectors

Business, ecosystem, FinTech, Internet, Technology

Kay Ugwuede

15th February 2019

As the Nigerian tech sector continues to expand and internet penetration trudges on, is our cybersecurity infrastructure growing in tandem?

Mapping Women in Tech Initiatives

Education, Funding, people, startups, Technology

Kay Ugwuede

11th February 2019

We’re documenting Nigerian initiatives increasing the number of women and girls in tech, and we need your help.

Fisayo Fosudo’s YouTube Channel Makes Money, But Not From YouTube Alone

people

Akindare Okunola

11th February 2019

Like other successful Nigerian YouTubers, he’s discovered a way to locally monetise the more than 26k subscribers that follow his channel.

A Tale of Two Cities with Senior Software Engineer Adebayo Adesanya

people

Wole Olayinka

8th February 2019

Adebayo Adesanya went from leading a tech team in Lagos to joining a Berlin-based financial services company as a senior software engineer. He shares the highs and lows of working at home and abroad.

Making Ageing Less Lonely for Nigeria’s Elderly Population

people, startups

Kay Ugwuede

7th February 2019

A growing number of companies are working to improve physical and mental health for the country’s seniors.