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Kenya's Murang'a County and Health Ministry Clash Over Afya.ke Shutdown
A dispute between Murang'a County and Kenya's national Health Ministry over the switch-off of the Afya.ke digital health platform has escalated into a public confrontation. The clash is exposing the fragility of Kenya's public digital…
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South Africa's Ampath Pathology Lab Finds No Evidence Test Results Were Taken in Breach
Latest: Ampath disputes the scale of the claimed 80-million-record breach, with the incident remaining one of Africa's largest potential healthcare data exposures on record
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MyTherapist.ng Uses AI to Navigate Platform, Not Make Clinical Decisions
Latest: MyTherapist.ng adds buy-now-pay-later financing and expands physical session availability, extending its earlier AI navigation model with a new payment product.
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- 2026-10-17Unverified — not yet reviewed
Kenya Health System Switch-Off Row
A dispute between Murang'a County and Kenya's national Health Ministry over the switch-off of the Afya.ke digital health platform has escalated into a public confrontation. The clash is exposing the…
- 2026-10-17Unverified — not yet reviewed
Nigeria Therapy Gets BNPL Option
Nigerian mental health platform MyTherapist.ng has introduced buy-now-pay-later financing for therapy sessions and is expanding in-person service availability. The move pairs a fintech mechanism with…
- 2026-10-16Unverified — not yet reviewed
MyTherapist.ng Sets AI Boundaries
MyTherapist.ng co-founder has explained the platform's approach to AI, drawing a clear distinction between using artificial intelligence to assist navigation and explicitly avoiding AI-driven…
- 2026-10-15Unverified — not yet reviewed
Jubilee-FSD Back Kenya Insurtech Push
Jubilee Insurance and FSD Africa have formed an alliance with seven insurtech startups to expand insurance access in Kenya, according to new reporting. The partnership is being flagged as a…
- 2026-10-15Unverified — not yet reviewed
Nigerian AI Cuts MRI Time 90%
A Nigerian AI scientist is preparing to roll out software claimed to reduce MRI scan time by 90 percent, with plans for deployment in Nigeria. The development is being cited as a credible health-AI…
- 2026-10-15Unverified — not yet reviewed
Ampath Clears Patient Data Breach
South Africa's largest pathology provider Ampath has found no evidence that test results were accessed or taken in a data breach, following an investigation. The incident remains a cybersecurity…
- 2026-10-14Unverified — not yet reviewed
Boehringer Bets €50m on Africa Health
Boehringer Ingelheim has disclosed a €50 million impact fund targeting women's health, last-mile delivery and e-pharmacy in African and other emerging markets. The deployment is being flagged as a…
- 2026-10-13Unverified — not yet reviewed
Kenya DHA Pilots Health Data Network
Kenya's Digital Health Agency CEO has explained the referral system linking hospitals, insurers and patients digitally, framing the initiative as a live test of national health data infrastructure.…
- 2026-10-13Unverified — not yet reviewed
FCT Hospitals Defy Nigeria Cashless Policy
Patients at hospitals in Nigeria's Federal Capital Territory are alleging that cash payments are being demanded despite the country's official cashless policy, revealing a gap between policy intent…
- 2026-10-13Unverified — not yet reviewed
Nigeria Viral Health Comms Model
A profile of Nigeria's Aproko Doctor model highlights how viral, accessible health communication is reaching low-literacy digital audiences at scale in the country. The approach is being flagged as…
- 2026-10-10Unverified — not yet reviewed
Ghana Targets Local Vaccine by 2027
Ghana has set a target to produce its first locally manufactured vaccine by 2027, a milestone that would mark a rare biotech manufacturing achievement on the continent. The timeline represents an…
- 2026-10-09Unverified — not yet reviewed
Zambia Resolves Health Data Dispute
Zambia has signed a health cooperation agreement with the United States following a dispute over data-sharing terms, raising questions about sovereign data governance that are being flagged as…
- 2026-10-08Unverified — not yet reviewed
Ghana Pilots Digital Bed Tracking
Ghana's government has begun a pilot of a national emergency bed management system offering real-time visibility into hospital bed availability, described as a concrete govtech deployment addressing…
- 2026-10-07Unverified — not yet reviewed
Kenya's First Ebola Death Confirmed
Kenya has confirmed its first Ebola case following the death of a patient in Nairobi, a development with potential cross-border health security and business continuity implications for the East…
- 2026-10-07Unverified — not yet reviewed
Africa's AMR Data Gap Exposed
New reporting identifies a critical shortage of antimicrobial resistance surveillance data across Africa, framing the gap as both a public health crisis and a healthtech buildout opportunity. The…
- 2026-10-07Unverified — not yet reviewed
Ivory Coast Tests Health Financing Model
Côte d'Ivoire is developing a new bank-financing model for its private healthcare sector, a structure analysts say could be replicated to mobilise commercial capital for health infrastructure across…
- 2026-10-05Unverified — not yet reviewed
Nigeria PHC Maternal Care Gaps
Documented reporting from Nigerian primary healthcare centres reveals that staff shortages and electricity failures are directly undermining maternal care delivery. The findings provide concrete…
- 2026-10-03Unverified — not yet reviewed
i3 Closes Four Africa Health Deals
i3 has announced four new pan-African healthtech partnerships with Gates Foundation backing, signalling a meaningful commercialisation pipeline for health technology across the continent. The deals…
- 2026-10-03Unverified — not yet reviewed
Nigeria Builds National Health Data Platform
Nigeria is developing a national digital health architecture designed to integrate disparate health information systems and create a unified patient record framework across the country. The…
- 2026-10-03Unverified — not yet reviewed
Kenya HMIS Deadline Extended
Kenya's Health Minister has extended the deadline for the transition to a national Health Management Information System to 30 October, while ordering a hard cutoff on the existing SHA portal. The…
- 2026-10-02Unverified — not yet reviewed
Africa Healthtech Targets First Unicorns
A pan-African forum has publicly challenged Africa's healthtech sector to produce billion-dollar companies, setting a unicorn ambition as a benchmark for sector maturity. The call is being tracked as…
- 2026-10-02Unverified — not yet reviewed
Morocco Pushes Robotic Surgery
Morocco's T2S Group and healthcare operator Akdital have announced an expansion of robot-assisted surgery capabilities in the country, signalling growing medtech ambition in North Africa's largest…
- 2026-10-02Unverified — not yet reviewed
SA E-Scripting Transforms Clinical Flow
Case study reporting documents the integration of electronic prescription systems into South African clinical workflows, with vendor accounts citing improvements in efficiency and patient outcomes.…
- 2026-10-02Unverified — not yet reviewed
Nigeria Health Gaps Await Tech Fix
Analysis documents the structural gaps in Nigeria's healthcare system and frames them as an opening for technology-led solutions, though the piece does not identify specific new investments or…