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Guinea: Ebola death toll reaches 70
At least 70 people are reported to have died from Ebola hemorrhagic fever in Guinea, according to a statement from the West African nation's health ministry.
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Mobilium Global builds health Smartphone app for Africa
Mobilium Global has architected and built the first android “Made For Africa” mobile health and wellness, free and free to use smartphone application for specific use by, for, and of Africans.
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- Health Care, Technology
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mHealth startup Telemed secures venture capital from The African Group
Telemed Medical Services is an Ethiopian startup responsible for the country’s popular mobile health and medical consultancy service, Hello Doctor, and has recently announced it’s raised funds from US-based VC group The Africa Group (TAG). The Ethiopian engineering consultancy that, among other things, specialises in mobile health consulting is giving up a 25% stake of Telemed and plans to further address a crucial demand for health-related service delivery.
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- Health Care, Investing
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Startup wants West Michigan devices to improve medical care in developing world
Three young entrepreneurs want to leverage the strength of West Michigan’s medical device capabilities to commercialize new products that could help improve care in the developing world.
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- Environment, Health Care
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The World’s Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Food
Newly engineered foods. A TV show satirizing big AG. Farming practices that reduce greenhouse gases. Here are the companies that are cooking up new ideas and changing how we think about our food.
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- Agriculture, Environment, Health Care
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Breathing Life Into Ethiopian Health Care: Firm aims ‘to set the bar as high as possible’ as country’s only medical device manufacturer
There were no medical device manufacturing companies in Ethiopia. That is, until Tiffani Diage, Fasil Kiros and Birhanu Assefa Belay found the funding for a start-up firm to make mechanical resuscitation devices.
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Health app targets African users
UK-based mobile strategy company Mobilium Global hopes to capitalise on smartphone penetration in Africa by launching the Smart Health application, to promote health and wellness among users on the continent.
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‘Learning together’ to grow a business in the plains of Tanzania
When Hailey Chalhoub and Eliza Madden, both 22, were sent to Tabora in northeastern Tanzania to help its residents with a nascent food processing business, they had their marching orders: make a profit.
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- Education, Health Care
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