The European sale and leaseback healthcare property market grew by 33% in 2014, a new study by Your Care Consult reveals. We speak to Stéphane Pichon, managing director at Your Care, about the market and its prospects.
POCT (Point-of-Care-Testing) has been heralded as the next frontier in medical diagnostics. Together with Theranos, the new US innovator, it is also often portrayed as a threat to the traditional lab landscape. Is it?
In the Developing World, PPPs are a hot topic. When widespread issues of poor infrastructure development, low quality services, in-efficiency and over-capacity hamper public healthcare sectors, PPP projects can help.
The two largest private equity investors in Africa, Abraaj and the Investment Fund for Health in Africa, are both raising new funds. So how are they progressing and what are their strategies? We investigated at the Africa Healthcare Summit in London.
In 2013 private equity investment in Africa rose 130% to $3.3bn, yet African healthcare service operators tell us that finding serious investors is all but impossible. That is reflected in the coupon on a recent bond issue and in the failure of Hygeia, the largest Nigerian private operator and HMO to find a buyer. Why, given that cash payments make up 80% of sales in many countries and many governments are ready to welcome private operators. We spoke to experts at the Africa Healthcare Summit in London.
Morocco is passing new legislation promoting private investment. The country is slowly opening up to foreign capital, in particular from emerging economies and the Gulf region.
Hong Kong will continue to increase funding for healthcare, the government announced this week. In the 2015-2016 budget, allocation to the Hospital Authority (HA) will reach $49 billion, up nearly 50%, according to local news reports.
Private equity fund Abraaj, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), German institutional investor DEG and French group Proparco are set to partner up to improve private healthcare in Egypt and Tunisia via the North Africa Hospital Holdings Group (NAHHG).
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