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Pan-African Early-Stage Firm Ventures Platform Closes Fund, Hits $46 Million
Ventures Platform, a Pan-African early-stage venture capital firm, has closed its fund at $46 million as it looks to double down on “category-leading” companies across the continent.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: Can Insurance and Telemedicine Revolutionize Healthcare in Africa?
How can we ensure that these 343 million will actually get affordable health insurance? Three actions immediately stand out.
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- Health Care, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Firm Invests $6 Million In AfyA Care To Boost Healthcare Delivery in Nigeria
AfyA Care is a healthcare group providing integrated healthcare services including hospital care, health insurance and health technology services in Nigeria.
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- Health Care, Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Kenyan E-Health Startup Zuri Raises $1.3 Million Pre-Seed to Expand Product, Launch in New Markets
Kenyan e-health startup Zuri Health has raised a US$1.3 million pre-seed round of funding to grow its product offerings and expand into new markets.
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- Health Care, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Zuri Health Chalks Up $1.3 Million to Expand Across Africa
Kenyan-based health tech startup offering mobile-based healthcare has received $1.3 million funding to expand across Africa.
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- Health Care, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Cameroonian E-health Startup Waspito Raises $2.7 Million Seed Funding Round
Cameroonian e-health startup Waspito has raised a US$2.7m seed funding round to grow its user base in its home market and expand to Ivory Coast.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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VEON’s Banglalink Launches Bangladesh’s First Digital Health Aggregator Platform
VEON this week announced that its Banglalink mobile operator in Bangladesh has launched Health Hub, the country’s first integrated digital health platform.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Analysis: How Drug Companies Are Sidestepping the WHO’s Technology Transfer Hub in Africa
Once the platform has been fully developed and tested in Cape Town, it will facilitate technology transfer to at least 12 low- and middle-income countries.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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