What AI means for Healthcare in Africa

Africa is unfortunately popular for being riddled with Healthcare issues. Some of this is due to unfair branding, but there’s a lot of truth to the issue. Sub-Saharan Africa’s health expenditure as...

Huawei Boosts Ghana’s COVID-19 Fight through ICT

Leading Global ICT Company, Huawei has once again supported Ghana’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic through the use of innovative technology. The Tech giant has this time donated two...

KRACHI WEST HOSPITAL TO SECURE EQUIPMENT FOR MEDICINE PRODUCTION

The Krachi West hospital this year will be securing equipment to enable them produce basic medinces at the hospital. According to Dr. Hilarious Abiwu, the medical superintendent of the facility, this initiative...

UBER-LIKE APP FOR HEALTHCARE LAUNCHED IN GHANA

Ghanaian e-health startup Eiko Health has launched Kenko Doctor, a new platform that allows users to book appointments with doctors via a mobile app. The app has initially launched on IOS but...

APOLLO HOSPITAL PARTNERS MICROSOFT TO INTRODUCE AI AT ITS CARDIO SEGMENT

Apollo Hospitals has partnered with Microsoft to bring innovations of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to the cardiology segment in its healthcare. The partnership they say, will help secure new machine learning models to...

TEAM OF YOUNG ENGINEERS DEVELOP BAMBOO WHEELCHAIRS IN GHANA

A team of young engineers have developed bamboo wheelchairs to help support physically challenged individuals in the country. The team have been working for the Bright Generation Community Foundation with technological support...

SCIENTISTS DEVELOP TINNY HAND HELD DNA SEQUENCER

An international team of scientists working at a lab at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have developed a tinny hand held DNA sequencer. The technology works by passing long strands of...

Digital Health Access Launches Mobile App in Ghana, Uganda

Digital Health Access (DHA) has launched its mobile app, to connect users with health professionals in Ghana and Uganda. The e-health startup, connects users with doctors, pharmacists, nurses, lawyers and counsellors via...

AI Outperforms Doctors with Breast Cancer Diagnosis

Researchers from Google Health and the Imperial College of London, according to BBC designed a computer model on X-ray images from about 29,000 users. The...

First West African “Autism Aid App” Launched

The Autism Ambassadors of Ghana led by Alice Mamaga Akosua Amoako, have introduced the first Android Autism App, to aid people living with Autism in West- Africa. The initiative she said, is...