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Africa: Five definites, four maybes and nine no-nos

Health is becoming big business in parts of Sub-Saharan Africa. As its countries become more urban and populations become more affluent, private operators are seeing opportunities to invest, and to make a difference to people’s lives – particularly as public health sectors struggle to cope. African healthcare expert Dan Schönfeld, former head of investments at Vital Capital, offers his personal assessment or where he would, and wouldn’t recommend putting your money.
March 13, 2018

Jack-of-all-trades French player plans €1bn in revenue by 2022

French healthcare platform Doctegestio has been buying heavily in health and social care over the last few years, reaching a revenue run-rate of €240m which makes it a top 20 player in the country. We talk to its healthcare COO Benjamin Vitre about the thread holding a seemingly disparate group of healthcare assets together, and where he hopes the company will be in five years time.
March 12, 2018

Nairobi Hospital is expanding – and open to discussion with investors

We caught up with Gordon Odundo, CEO of the 350-bed Nairobi Hospital in Kenya, at Africa Healthcare Week in London. He tells us the group is developing a new 100-bed pediatric hospital in the city to open by the end of the year, with longer-term plans to move the main hospital to an adjoining new-build site as part of a plan to double its capacity.
March 7, 2018

Tribeca exports low-cost LATAM model to Africa

Colombia-based investment fund Tribeca Asset Management has launched a low-cost health care service in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Fund founder Luc Gerard tells Healthcare Nova why Africa was the right target for an investor from LATAM looking to export its low-cost model.
February 26, 2018

South African budget hits private health spending: sign of things to come?

We talk to our contacts in South Africa about what the new president and today's mid-term budget mean for the private health sector. Two measures were singled out in discussions, while the new incumbent has surprised onlookers by signalling that the much-discussed national health insurance bill will be put to parliament in the next few weeks. 
February 21, 2018

HCG plans international market expansion

Healthcare Global, the largest Indian cancer hospital chain, had recently acquired facilities in Kenya to establish its 1st comprehensive center outside India. As part of long-term strategy, in the next few years, HCG plans to have presence in Africa, SE Asia and the Middle East. Chairman and CEO, Dr. BS Ajaikumar, who is speaking at HBI 2018, explains.
February 19, 2018

Saudi group turning hotel into hospital in Egypt

GCC operator Elaj Group has reportedly paid US$10m for an unused luxury hospital in Egypt with a view to turning it into a multi-speciality hospital. We talk to a hospital design consultant who has done this in India and claims its 25% cheaper than a new build.
February 15, 2018

Interview: Dr Rajgopal Thirumalai, Vice President, Global Medical & Occupational Health, Unilever

Unilever runs a global health and prevention programme in over 90 countries for its 169,000  employees. How? What does Dr Thirumalai (known as Dr Raj) think of the private healthcare services sector? And what changes does he expect in the future? And what does he expect from digital health and AI? Dr Raj is also a non-executive independent director of Apollo Hospitals Enterprise and a speaker at HBI 2018 on April 10-11 in London.
January 31, 2018

Interview: Dr Rajgopal Thirumalai, Vice President, Global Medical & Occupational Health, Unilever

Unilever runs a global health and prevention programme in over 90 countries for its 169,000  employees. How? What does Dr Thirumalai (known as Dr Raj) think of the private healthcare services sector? And what changes does he expect in the future? And what does he expect from digital health and AI? Dr Raj is also a non-executive independent director of Apollo Hospitals Enterprise and a speaker at HBI 2018 on April 10-11 in London.
January 29, 2018
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