Business Africa · 6 min read
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Africa Global · 6 min read
Africa’s Essential Medicines Face a Heat-Stability Test
Unitaid’s US$10.9m SHIELD project will study heat and humidity risks to medicines in Kenya, Nigeria and Senegal, with validation in South Africa.
Read the storyNigeria · 6 min read
Helium Health’s $2.5m Grant Targets AI Maternal Care
Google.org has selected Nigeria’s Helium Health Foundation for its AI for Government Innovation challenge. The company says the maternal-care project aims to reach 1.9 million additional women across four states over three years.
Read the storyArticles
Africa Global · 7 min read
South Africa’s NEV Boom Is Not Yet an All-Electric Revolution
Africa Global · 7 min read
Africa’s One Billion Internet Goal Faces a 906 Million-Person Usage Gap
Nigeria · 9 min read
Aeon’s $1 Million Round Tests Nigeria’s Market for Homegrown Cybersecurity
Africa Global · 6 min read
Ghana’s Digital Asset Rules Face Their Real Test: Trust Beyond the Law
Africa Global · 7 min read
Ghana’s KNUST Readies Photonics Lab Launch for African Health and Safety Research
Africa Global · 7 min read
Rwanda Could Add 1.07 Million Mobile Internet Users by 2031, GSMA Says
Africa Global · 7 min read
Reported Mafab-MTN Spectrum Talks Put Nigeria’s 5G Competition in Focus
Africa Global · 6 min read
Cairo-Founded Synapse Analytics Raises $13M for Bank AI Decision Systems
Business Africa · 5 min read
Launch Africa Backs South African Water Data Startup Water Ledger Global
Launch Africa has made an undisclosed strategic investment in Water Ledger Global, a South African-founded company building digital records for water use, infrastructure and investment. Its next challenge is demonstrating that better data can support practical projects across African utilities.