Oh the weather outside is frightful, but it’s not snowing in the south-western tip of Africa. The wind’s howling and four seasons are constantly…
Kenya-based diagnostics startup Ilara Health raises $735k
Nairobi-based healthtech startup Ilara Health has raised $735 000 in seed funding from a group of angel investors and venture capital (VC) firms. The angel investors…
Merck is looking to partner with 20 healthtech startups in new programme
Merck has launched a joint startup programme, which will give 20 top healthtech startups an opportunity to partner with the German science and tech firm….
MMH Accelerator to offer up to €50k in funding to African healthtech startups
Selected Ghanaian, Kenyan and Nigerian late stage healthtech firms — including those solving for animal health — stand to benefit from up to €50 000 in funding from this year’s Making More Health (MMH) Accelerator programme.
Ghanaian healthtech company mPharma secures over $9m in Series-B funding
mPharma aims to increase patient access to affordable high quality medications. The company — which was founded in 2013 by CEO Gregory Rockson, CPO Daniel Shoukimas and CTO James Finucane — currently operates in Ghana, Nigeria, Zambia and Zimbabwe, and has a research and development office in Israel.
