healthtech

Amgen forges ahead with generative AI to expedite advanced therapies

California-based biotechnology pioneer Amgen has announced an expanded collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to utilise generative artificial intelligence in streamlining the discovery, development…

Dakar summit set to boost healthtech start-ups across Africa

Building upon the success of the inaugural summit in Kigali, Rwanda earlier this year, the Senegalese capital, Dakar, is gearing up to host a…

Remedial Health’s $12m win: Boosting Africa’s pharma chain

Remedial Health, a leading African healthtech start-up, has secured $12 million in an equity and debt funding round. The company specialises in developing solutions…

Kasha lands $21m for pan-African scale-up

East Africa’s leading digital health access platform, Kasha, has announced a successful Series B fundraising round of $21 million, led by Knife Capital, a…

Zoie Health closes pre-seed round to fund expansion and growth

Impact investor E Squared Investments participated in a HealthTech transaction led by 4DX Ventures in a pre-seed extension funding round into Zoie Health. According…

DataPathology raises $1m seed round with AZUR Fund

DataPathology, an African healthtech start-up specialising in digital pathology, has raised its second seed round of funding. The round, amounting to $1 million, was…

SA healthtech start-up honours nurse heroes

AfriNurse celebrated International Nurses Day by honouring the top 50 nurse heroes in the country at a gala dinner. The event marked the culmination…

SA private equity firm partners with Irish-based fund

Innov8 Group Holdings, a South African private equity firm focused on bringing innovative technologies to the African medical industry through its investments, announced its…

Healthtech can learn from Africa’s fintech revolution

Founders Factory Africa chief executive Bongani Sithole looks at what the healthtech industry can learn from Africa’s fintech revolution. Covid-19 had a profound impact…

LIQID lands $1.75m to pioneer sight-saving ocular implants

A South Africa-founded healthtech start-up, LIQID Medical, has secured investment to the tune of R30 million (about $1.75 million) from the SAB Foundation, an…

How will economic downturn affect healthtech investment?

Amid global uncertainty, the real winners when it comes to investment will be those that back ventures solving real problems for people on the ground. Sam…

Rwanda healthtech start-up uses AI to improve lives

Drug stock-outs and shortage of medical equipment in health facilities in Rwanda are becoming a thing of the past, thanks to an innovation that…

Cape Town healthtech start-up offers home-based services

People in need of healthcare services no longer need to visit hospitals and GP practices where they will be made to wait until a…

Healthtech start-ups inspire with HIV project breakthrough

An HIV-related artificial intelligence project by two healthtech start-ups has led to a breakthrough for people in sub-Saharan Africa. This, as keeping the world’s…

DabaDoc partners with Orange to launch a medical video-consultation service

Moroccan healthtech startup, DabaDoc, and Orange, the French multinational telecommunications corporation, have joined forces to launch DabaDoc Consult, a brand new service allowing the…

Nigerian healthtech startup, Reliance Health, raises $40M in Series B

Reliance Health, an emerging markets-focused digital healthcare provider, has completed a $40M (R622 426 000,00) Series B funding round led by General Atlantic, a…

Kenyan healthtech startup, Afya Rekod, raises $2M in seed funding

Kenyan based healthtech startup, Afya Rekod, has raised $2 million (R30 608 600,00) in seed funding. The round was led by Mac Venture Capital, a…

mPharma draws Lux Capital into historic African investment

Ghanaian pharmacy and healthtech start-up mPharma raised $35 million in a successful Series D funding round that drew participation from JAM Fund, Unbound and,…

Early-stage VC Fifty Years leads $1.1m HealthLeap pre-seed

South African healthtech start-up HealthLeap closed a successful $1.1 million pre-seed funding round led by deep tech investor Fifty Years. The firm is renowned…

Applications now open for health focused accelerator in Africa

The Making More Health (MMH) accelerator, organised by Ashoka, is currently in its fourth year and aims to unlock the potential for growth, impact,…

Augmental Technologies courts investors for Tracto mental health app

Healthtech startup Augmental Technologies is engaging with investors to accelerate the development of Tracto, its app for neurodiverse children. The South African startup’s app…

Stellenbosch University, UTF invest R7 million in healthtech startup BioCODE

Stellenbosch University (SU) and the University Technology Fund (UTF) have invested R7 million in healthtech startup, BioCODE. The investment will assist the startup to…

Nigerian healthtech platform 54gene secures $25-million

Nigerian healthtech platform 54gene has secured $25-million in a Series B funding round led by Cathay AfricInvest Innovation Fund. The round also included participation from Adjuvant Capital, KdT Ventures, Plexo…

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