Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [20/04/2020]

SA startup Healthcent is making its healthtech platform, Signapps free for all users in public-sector hospitals over the duration of the Covid-19 period.

This, while startup Beat Drone, which uses drones to spray farm land, has been contracted by a Nigerian state government to help tackle Covid-19.

With the coronavirus (Covid-19) headlining news all over the world, Ventureburn has launched a regular daily roundup on the virus and how it is affecting Africa’s tech startup sector.

Those with any news releases relating to Covid-19 and Africa’s tech startup sector can send these to editor@memeburn.com.

SA startup Healthcent is making it healthtech platform Signapps free for all users in public-sector hospitals during the Covid-19 period

Here then is the latest on the coronavirus and African tech startups:

Healthcent provides platform for free: SA startup Healthcent is making it healthtech platform, Signapps free for users in public-sector hospitals over the duration of the Covid-19 period. The platform provides real-time, malleable, collaborative data collection and patient care co-ordination through a mobile app. A real-time, on-line patient thread is created when the patient is admitted and data is then collected and shared. Healthcent was founded in 2017 by Andrew Davies (pictured above) and Michael Gluckman. Last year the startup received investment from Allan Gray and Umkhathi Wethu Ventures (see this story).

Drones to disinfect neighbourhoods: Nigerian startup Beat Drone, which uses drones to spray farm land, has been contracted by a Nigerian state government to help tackle Covid-19, Disrupt Africa reported in an article today. The startup is providing the Ondo state government in Nigeria drones that will aid in disinfecting neighbourhoods.

Surveying Nigerian startups: Nigeria’s Co-Creation Hub (CcHub) is calling on startups and small businesses to tell them in a survey how the pandemic has affected their business and what sort of help would be appropriate. This, while the UK-Nigeria Tech Hub is conducting a similar survey.

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Featured image: Healthcent CEO Andrew Davies (Supplied)