Sector Verticals

ZAVA teams up with Mojo for an AI-powered home male fertility test

ZAVA has launched an at-home male fertility testing with Mojo and its AI-powered microscope. The sperm test kit is unique to the UK market, providing full clinical laboratory results for at-home testing without the stress and awkwardness...

New high-tech imaging reveals details about a rare eye disorder

Using a new imaging technique, researchers from the National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National Institutes of Health, has determined that retinal lesions from vitelliform macular dystrophy (VMD) vary by a gene mutation. Addressing these differences...

Colorado youth gain better access to behavioural health services

With the toll the pandemic has taken on youth in terms of isolation, missed experiences and fragmented learning, children and younger people are struggling to access resources to address their increased mental health needs. Colorado Access, one of the...

Converting plastic waste into a useful healthcare and education platform

The Community Tablet is an innovative mobile digital infrastructure that has been used as an e-school and e-healthcare platform in Africa for the past six years. Built and developed in Mozambique by a young Mozambican team, the Community Tablet played a...

Nexsan: Using storage solutions to scale  

Massive data growth has changed the way SMEs operate, with it becoming increasingly critical for small businesses to store, protect and manage their data at scale. We explore how two US-based organisations used solutions from Nexsan to ensure their data was...

Egypt’s Ministry of Health and Population partners with Altibbi on blood plasma donation project

Altibbi, the Middle East’s first and largest digital health platform, has announced a new partnership with Egypt’s Ministry of Health and Population, on the Blood Plasma Project to collect blood plasma and manufacture its derivatives....

GE Healthcare and Afya Rekod partner to simplify access to medical records in Africa

GE Healthcare and Kenya-based startup Afya Rekod have announced a strategic collaboration that seeks to transform care delivery through improved access to personal health data in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa. The partnership will give patients an...

App offers employers a self-care resource for working parents

Mindful Mamas, a maternal wellness company that launched its mindfulness app in 2020, has announced that the app is now available for employers to offer as an employee benefit. In 2020, 9.8 million working mothers reported...

Two out of three UAE companies have enhanced medical insurance cover for employees

Now that UAE organisations have successfully navigated the uncertainty of 2020, and with government initiatives such as the 1,000 digital start-ups programme and mega-events such as EXPO 2020 invigorating the economy, businesses are turning their attention...

Vodacom and Mondia launch maternal health service in DRC

Pan-African telecommunications company Vodacom DRC and Mondia, a private mobile technology company driven by innovation, have announced the rollout of the Mum and Baby maternal health service across the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Mum and Baby is a...