Wellvis is a digital health solutions company founded by young Africans — Wale Adeosun, Ayomide Owoyemi, Segun Mustafa and Moshood Abdullateef — who wanted to… Read More »How the Internet Gives Africans Access to Healthcare Services and Products
By Simeon Tassev, Managing Director and Qualified Security Assessor at Galix Healthcare institutions, particularly hospitals, have long been a tempting target for cybercriminals. These institutions… Read More »Healthcare And Cyber Security – The Time For Resilience Is Now
Jessica and her co-founders chose their company name from Epione, the Greek goddess associated with soothing of pain and that is exactly what the team… Read More »Meet Epione’s Jessica Chivinge – South Africa, Zimbabwe
A change in the way we see, and deliver, healthcare has been a burgeoning investment in start-ups in the sector. In 2017 alone, the estimated… Read More »Investing In Change: The Start-ups Changing Healthcare Through Innovation
A key highlight of the event was the unveiling of GE Healthcare’s new budget-conscious ultrasound system, the Versana Essential GE Healthcare (www.GEHealthcare.com) has kicked-off a… Read More »GE Healthcare Advancing Universal Health Coverage in Ghana
Medical tourism has been in existence for centuries. It is traveling outside of one’s area of residence to another area, with the primary objective of receiving medical services in the destination location.
Consider this. One million Kenyans fall into poverty every year due to catastrophic out of pocket health expenditures. For the almost four in every five Kenyans who lack access to medical insurance, the fear that they are just an accident or serious illness away from destitution.
As the world’s population ages, the number of people suffering from chronic diseases increases and medical technologies becomes more sophisticated, the cost of delivering healthcare… Read More »Harnessing the True Value of Healthcare PPPs in Africa
Africa.com caught up with Jasper Westerink, CEO of Philips Africa, during the World Economic Forum in Durban. Philips Partners with the Government of Kenya and the… Read More »LISTEN: Innovative Community-Centered Solutions To Improve Access To Primary Healthcare
