REMA : Save lives with E-Health
Founded by Sedric Degbo, REMA is an Ivorian startup that aims to improve the quality of medical decisions by connecting all African doctors through a mobile app that allows them to publish, discuss, resolve pat...
Cameroon: An app to facilitate the link between patients and blood donors
Four young Cameroonian women have developed an application that links patients and potential blood donors.
Aged between 13 and 14 years old and enrolled in the fourth grade at Quality International School in...
East African countries seek funding for a common e-health strategic plan
The countries of the East African Community (ECA) have called on development partners to roll out a digital health strategic plan. The plan, which runs from 2019 to 2028, aims to transform the provision of heal...
A Ugandan wins first Innovation Award for developing a malaria test without a blood test
A young Ugandan software engineer won the African Innovation Award for developing a device to screen for malaria without a blood test, according to the Royal British Academy of Engineering.
Brian Gitta, 24, ...
In Africa, start-ups save lives
From Cameroon to Morocco, start-ups make digital a weapon to fight against medical deserts. Some of them will be in Paris for Viva Tech.
It flies to the rescue of future mothers to remote areas, even shaken ...
Access to health in Africa: Ten African start-ups selected by Sanofi for Viva Technology
The French multinational, Sanofi, a partner of Viva Technology, an international event dedicated to the growth of start-ups, digital transformation and innovation, has selected 10 African start-ups who will be ...
Thea: telemedicine to overcome the deficit of doctors in Africa
Founded by Dr. MONKAM TSOKAM Eloi Hermann, Thea is an application that allows any patient regardless of their geographical location to chat in real time with a doctor or health professional via a smartphone or...
Five African inventions to look out for in 2017
Here are five African inventions which may take off in 2017.
An electricity grid for the whole village
Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESProblem: A total of 1.3 billion people worldwide currently don't have elec...
Black Owned Ride-Sharing App to Compete with Uber, Lyft in U.S. and Abroad
With the immense success of companies like Uber and Lyft, ride-sharing technology has boomed into a multi-billion dollar industry within the past decade.
Now a new platform is looking to stake its claim in t...
Tech Hubs in Africa: Basking in the Limelight
Tech hubs (also referred to as ‘knowledge labs’, ‘incubators’, or ‘co-working spaces’) are the shining beacons of every startup ecosystem in Africa, writes David Winkelmann.
They’re cited by journalists as e...
WATCH: Madagascar starts using drones to deliver essential healthcare services
Madagascar has become the latest African country to leverage drones to deliver essential healthcare services to remote rural communities. Clinical lab samples collected from far-flung villages are transported v...
The Cameroonian with a business management tool for the informal sector
From the fruit seller at the side of the road to the fisherman supplying a market, informal businesses account for the majority of economic activity on the continent. The space is made up of necessity entrepren...
Africa Will Build The Future Says Zuckerberg, Visits Kenya On First African Trip
The future will be built in Africa, Facebook FB +0.26% CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in Nigeria, before travelling to Kenya, the “world leader” in mobile money, on his first visit to sub-Saharan Africa, a surprise t...
5 African e-courier startups to watch
Last mile logistics and delivery are the bane of many a business across Africa. And so in true form, the continent’s tech entrepreneurs are solving the problem, increasingly making courier and delivery service...
iKON tracker: A young African entrepreneur turns a crisis into a business opportunity
Adedayo Charis, an engineering student and entrepreneur from Nigeria, currently residing in Australia, is set to launch his tracking device startup iKON Tracker. iKON Tracker is a tech device that can be attach...