McKinsey offers four scenarios of Covid-19’s economic impact on Africa Published by Kartik Jayaram and Acha Leke and Amandla Ooko-Ombaka and Ying Sunn on 2 April 2020 McKinsey modelled four scenarios for how differing rates of COVID-19 transmission would affect Africa’s economic growth.
Coronavirus will hit African economies hard Published by Richard Li on 12 March 2020 The global economic outlook is looking grim and this is indeed not good news for the African continent.
Technology is reinventing the healthcare space in Morocco Published by Staff Writer on 14 February 2020 How non-profit foundation Lalla Salma has turned to Microsoft Power BI to track and analyse data.
The journey so far: Abisola Tolu-Odutola, CEO, Mumspring Published by Jaco Maritz on 18 November 2019 ‘As an entrepreneur, everyone is your boss: your employees, your investors, your customers. You now have multiple bosses.’
Why this award-winning company had to shut down most of its operations in Cameroon Published by Thomson Reuters Foundation on 10 November 2019 Cameroonian nurse-turned-entrepreneur Melissa Bime won international fame and funding but faced one major problem: working in her own country.
Startup snapshot: Nigerian AI-driven platform helps reduce health insurance fraud Published by Staff Writer on 28 August 2019 Nigeria-based Curacel provides intelligent fraud detection and claim fast-tracking technology for African health insurers.
South Africans skip lines, get medicine from vending machines Published by Thuso Khumalo on 15 July 2019 Sorry, but you do not have permission to view this content.
The journey so far: Ola Brown, CEO, Flying Doctors Nigeria Published by Justin Probyn on 14 February 2019 ‘Leading is not really about being a boss. It is more about serving and helping people to grow and improve their skills.’
The journey so far: Precious Lunga, CEO, Baobab Circle Published by Justin Probyn on 3 January 2019 ‘I am one of those people who put 100% into whatever I am doing, so side hustles would never work for me. It has to be all in!’
Profit-making idea: Using tech to improve access to healthcare and finance in low-income markets Published by Justin Probyn on 28 November 2018 Tech can be the key to solving lower-income market challenges.
Could Rwanda become Africa’s healthcare leader? Published by Elissa Prichep and Alline Akintore Kabbatende on 11 September 2018 Rwanda is taking a long-term view of its healthcare system and building the foundations for a precision medicine approach to patient care.
Due Diligence: Alta Semper identifies untapped formal retail potential in Nigeria and Ethiopia Published by Michael Avery on 3 August 2018 ‘Nigeria and Ethiopia are Africa’s most populous nations and have two of the lowest penetrations of formal retail in Africa,’ says Alta Semper CEO Afsane Jetha.
From warehouse to patient: mPharma’s approach to increasing the accessibility of medicines in Africa Published by Gregory Rockson on 12 June 2018 mPharma is building a more scalable version of CVS Health in Africa using the Airbnb model.
Startup snapshot: Nigeria’s Smaart Health – a doctor in your pocket Published by Justin Probyn on 16 November 2017 ‘Very few Nigerians have heard of artificial intelligence.’
