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Interview: CARE Hospitals, CEO, Dilip Jose

CARE Hospitals, the Indian chain, has just been bought by the private equity group, Abraaj, in a deal that is rumoured to value the enterprise at 1,850 crores INR (US$273m). Here we speak to CARE’s CEO, Dilip Jose, about future plans and how he expects CARE to function within Abraaj’s international network.

Interview: Alex Alexander, managing director, Ciel Healthcare Africa

Ciel Healthcare, part of Mauritian investment group Ciel, has been making waves in recent months. After increasing its stake in Ugandan HMO’s International Medical Group (IMG) in July 2015, it has just bought part of Hygeia, Nigeria’s largest health provider. We speak to Ciel Healthcare Africa’s managing director, Alex Alexander.

Asklepios plans expansion

Asklepios, the big German hospital chain, is sitting on €560m from its Schuldschein issue and would hav eaccess to other lines of credit. We talk to its owner, billionaire Berndt Grosse Broermann, about the sectors and geographies where Asklepios, 2015 revenue estimated at €3.15bn, plans to grow.

Revolutionary health wallet app targets low income patients

M-Tiba, a ‘mobile health wallet’ aimed at low-income patients to spend on healthcare, is launching in Kenya. Created by PharmAccess Foundation and CarePay, it works in partnership with Safaricom, the largest mobile operator in the country with 25.1m users and 1,800 public and private healthcare services providers. We look at its possible impacts.

Diaverum makes largest ever acquisition in Romania –and heads for Oman and New Zealand

Europe’s biggest renal care provider Diaverum has bought 100% of Romanian group International Health Systems (IHS), number two in the country, in its largest acquisition to date. Dag Andersson, CEO of Diaverum, talks about the group’s plans to further diversify services and to expand to Oman, New Zealand and potentially China.

Interview: Amit Thakker, founder, Kenya Healthcare Federation and Avenue Healthcare

With the East African region expected to grow GDP 6.7% in 2016, according to the African Development Bank, it is no wonder foreign investors are pouring in. An IFC report from 2007 estimated 60% of health financing is from private sources and 50% of health expenditure is spent on private providers. The HMO model, in particular, is attracting a growing middle class.

Interview: Rajat Goel, CEO and Co-Founder of Eye-Q Hospitals

The Indian eye-care chain, Eye-Q Hospitals, is expanding fast. In March, it secured US$10 million of investment from the IFC and existing backers Helion and Nexus Venture Partners. This will help to build 65 hospitals in India within the next five years. But Eye-Q is also targeting virgin territory such as smaller cities and the African market. We spoke to Goel about the challenges of India and why he’s decided to look abroad.

Interview: Mark Britnell, Chairman and Senior Partner for the Global Health Practice, KPMG

Author of the recently published book In Search of The Perfect Health System, Mark has got through three passports in six years as he tours the world looking at healthcare systems. We talk to him about uberisation, telehealth, innovation in elderly care and the role of private healthcare providers as governments around the world roll out statutory healthcare insurance.

Interview: Dr Richardson Ajayi, CEO, Bridge Clinic

In many Emerging Markets, entrepreneurs face the same journey from a business based entirely on the reputation on of a single doctor to the development of a corporate. Here we look at how Dr Richardson has built Nigeria’s largest fertility clinic and lab chain and his plans to build a complete integrated healthcare platform.

Aetna reconfigures international model around killer app

US insurer Aetna has developed a customer app which is part of a wider strategy to reconfigure healthcare services around the world, particularly in Emerging Markets. We talk to Richard Di Benedetto, president of Aetna International.

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