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FREE BLOG The four things we learnt at this year’s Global Health Insurance Conference

There's a crisis in healthcare insurance in which traditional players face being squeezed out by large tech-savvy players entering the market and cozying up to providers. But there are also opportunities for insurers willing to embrace change quickly. Healthcare Nova was at the 9th Global Health Insurance Conference in Amsterdam at the end of last month talking to delegates to find out more. These are the four key things we took away.

October 18, 2017

A new way to examine the private sector in the developing world – warts and all

Imperial College London released a framework for assessing the impact of private healthcare providers in the developing world this summer and it’s an interesting read, which suggests private funding will play an ever larger role in the provision of universal healthcare.

October 5, 2017

World Bank moves towards including the private sector in healthcare

There are clear signs that the World Bank increasingly favours working with the private sector in healthcare services. But there is a way to go yet and British NGOs remain intransigent.

October 3, 2017

Interview: Nico de Waal, CEO, PSG Alpha

South African investor PSG Alpha took a 50% stake in nursing home group Evergreen Lifestyle for US$50m this month. The elderly care opportunity in the country is huge, says CEO Nico De Waal, but the problem is knowing where to start with precious little to consolidate.

October 2, 2017

Abraaj acquires majority stake in Kenyan hospital chain

The Dubai-based private equity group has had its 52.6% stake acquisition in Kenyan hospital chain Avenue Group approved by the country's antitrust watchdog.

September 21, 2017

Black-owned healthcare investment company lists in Johannesburg, is on the hunt for acquisitions

RH Bophelo is South Africa's first black-owned healthcare acquisition company. It floated on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in July, and thinks it has found its niche - targeting perviously uncatered for lower to middle income families, and consolidating the small players operating in a highly fragmented domestic market working in the shadow of the big three. Healthcare Nova caught up with CEO Quinton Zunga to find out more.

September 19, 2017

Interview: Dr Kate Tulenko: Vice President of Health Systems Innovation, IntraHealth International

The world needs to produce more surgeons than have ever lived in the next decade. That statistic highlights the massive medical shortage that the world faces today. Our annual Siemens Healthineers survey found that staff shortages were the number one problem for private operators in Emerging Markets and the second most important in Europe.

September 6, 2017

IFC Health Africa entering busiest phase in recent past, says sector lead

The world’s largest development bank investor in private healthcare is hoping to finalise numerous deals in sub-Saharan Africa over the next six months, with the first set to be announced this week, according to the regional head of health.

September 4, 2017

What do private healthcare services really look like today in Africa?: Presentation, Egbe Osifo-Dawodu, Anadach Consulting

What does private health care services really look like today in Sub-Saharan Africa? Here Egbe, a former World Bank/IFC staff who has advised on the sector across the continent, digs into the data, sizing markets and operators. She goes on to look the trends which promise to transform the industry over the next decade.

August 22, 2017

Interview: George Muchanya, deal manager, Growthpoint Properties

South Africa’s first healthcare REIT, Growthpoint Healthcare, will launch this month promoted by the investor Growthpoint. Deal manager George Muchanya talks to Healthcare Nova about the Big Three of Netcare, Mediclinic and Life, and who else might be in the market to sell some of their assets.

July 26, 2017

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