The Netherlands' Deputy Ambassador to Kenya, Joris van Bommel, led a group of Dutch healthcare companies to Kisumu County in order to explore potential partnerships aimed at enhancing healthcare infrastructure. 14 Dutch enterprises were on a mission from the governor, Prof. Anyang' Nyong'o, to examine potential trade and health ties between his administration and the Netherlands. Bommel stated that the Netherlands is eager to establish.... Read more »

Posted on : Thursday , 1st December 2022

Tanzania's commitment to provide access to specialised and super-specialized healthcare services was given a boost as the Ministry of Health signed an MoU with Egypt's Alameda Healthcare company. Prof. Abel Makubi, permanent secretary in charge of the Ministry of Health, noted that this was the government's seventh similar agreement, following those with Kenya, Burundi, Rwanda, Israel, India, and Turkey. According to him, the MoU with.... Read more »

Posted on : Friday , 11th November 2022

The Ethio-American Doctors Group (EADG) and the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) recently signed a contract in Addis Ababa for the construction of the first phase of the EADG healthcare centre located. A cutting-edge hospital that provides top-notch healthcare will be built as part of the project's first phase in three years. The contract was signed by Li Minggang, managing director of CCECC, and Tesfaye Fanta,.... Read more »

Posted on : Friday , 11th November 2022

Egypt has reaffirmed its commitment to helping Tanzania raise the standard of healthcare services offered there. Mohamed Gaber Abulwafa, the Egyptian ambassador to Tanzania, reaffirmed the promise while presenting medical supplies to the Medical Stores Department (MSD) office in the Dar es Salaam region. He stated that through the Egyptian Agency of Partnership for Development (EAPD), his nation will continue to support the Tanzanian.... Read more »

Posted on : Tuesday , 11th October 2022

In an effort to implement KAIZEN principles at the Ethiopian Pharmaceuticals Supply Service, the delegation headed by Dereje Duguma, Ethiopia's Minister of Health, engaged KEMSA and benchmarked their operations (EPSS). According to KEMSA CEO Terry Ramadhan, the operating system helped the organisation rank among the best in sub-Saharan Africa. KEMSA's CEO said that the idea has helped the authority's transparency and end-to-end.... Read more »

Posted on : Monday , 10th October 2022

The two officials got together to talk about ways to improve their nations' sisterly relations' bilateral pharmaceutical collaboration. Minister Dr. Benbahmed received a briefing from Ambassador Nebiat, who also described the regulatory and distribution framework for pharmaceuticals in Ethiopia. Ethiopia offers a significant trade and investment potential for the pharmaceutical industry in Algeria. He continued by saying that, in accordance.... Read more »

Posted on : Thursday , 25th August 2022

The Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) has secured an anchor tenant, Ash Biomedical Diagnostics Limited, ready to invest initial $100 million capital in the production of a variety of medical equipment in the freshly approved Medical/Pharmaceutical Special Free Zone in Lekki, Lagos. This was hinted at by Mr. Adesoji Adesugba, NEPZA Managing Director, after a meeting with the company’s team led by its Managing Director/CEO,.... Read more »

Posted on : Wednesday , 13th July 2022

Egypt - Novartis Egypt, together with Sandoz Egypt, its division for generics and biosimilars, partnered with health authorities and industry stakeholders to support the success of Africa Health ExCon, the region’s first all-encompassing platform to position the continent as a hub for health innovation and trade. Organized by the Egyptian Authority for Unified Procurement (UPA), Africa Health ExCon was held under the patronage of.... Read more »

Posted on : Wednesday , 13th July 2022

President Uhuru Kenyatta met with executives from San Raffaele Research Hospital, a renowned private hospital in Italy managed by group chairman Kamel Ghribi, to sign an agreement for the construction of a National Teaching and Referral Neuropsychiatric Centre in Karen/Ngong. The 600-bed hospital will be developed on an 80-hectare plot of land purposely to handle the East African country's rising mental disease burden. The country also.... Read more »

Posted on : Wednesday , 1st June 2022

BioNTech has reached an agreement to investigate the oral delivery of mRNA vaccines. The German mRNA  specialist will investigate the potential for a lipid nanocrystal (LNC) platform to enable new vaccine formulations  in collaboration with Matinas BioPharma. BioNTech was thrust into the biotech big leagues by the pandemic, as the vaccine it found and produced with Pfizer  became a cornerstone of COVID-19 vaccination.... Read more »

Posted on : Wednesday , 13th April 2022

This investment, according to Pfizer, will provide jobs and opportunity for highly qualified health professionals. Pfizer, a multinational pharmaceutical corporation, has announced that through its relationship with the Biovac Institute, it will spend R255 million in South Africa's pharmaceutical sector. Patrick van der Loo, Pfizer's regional president for Africa and the Middle East (AfME), made the news at the Sandton Convention.... Read more »

Posted on : Wednesday , 13th April 2022

IFC recently announced that leading endoscope manufacturer KARL STORZ has become the newest company to join IFC's Africa Medical Equipment Facility, assisting Africa's healthcare providers in further strengthening their services in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. KARL STORZ's participation in the Africa Medical Equipment Facility (AMEF) will assist smaller healthcare businesses in East and West Africa in purchasing or leasing.... Read more »

Posted on : Wednesday , 9th March 2022