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Interview: Ariel Beery, CEO of MobileODT – turning mobile phones into diagnostic equipment

Are mobile phones the latest in high-tech, low cost diagnostic equipment? The humble mobile is being transformed into a medical tool, and the team behind this transformation say their bolt-on device brings expert clinical diagnosis to previously inaccessible areas. We caught up with Ariel Beery, co-founder and CEO of Israel-based MobileODT - which is in the running for the HBI Best Use of Digital Award at our 2017 conference in April - about his business model.
February 15, 2017

Interview: Dr Nelson Gitonga, CEO of Insight Health Advisors

With experience of supporting the private sector, NGOs, development partners and the Kenyan Government, Dr Nelson Gitonga is well versed in the Kenyan health system. Right now, his services are likely to be in high demand. The country’s healthcare market is buzzing with foreign entrants and local players looking to cash in on a period of rapid growth. In this interview, Gitonga puts recent developments in their historical context and points to some areas of common oversight.
February 10, 2017

Narayana to invest in Nairobi hospital, as Medanta denies speculation

The Indian hospital group Narayana Health, is investing in a new 130-bed hospital in Nairobi to open within 24-28 months, backed by investors the IFC and the Abraaj Group. Medanta Africare, a joint venture between local investors and the Indian RJ Group, was also reported to be building a 200-bed facility in Kenya’s capital. But this is false we heard from the CEO Anil Maini - although it has signed up with a local hospital to offer cardiac surgery and cath procedures.
December 12, 2016

FREE BLOG Narayana’s dilemmas

Indian hospital chain Narayana Health, whose innovations in procurement, process and staffing have cut the price of open-heart surgery to US$2,000, and brought its chairman, Devi Shetty, the status of rockstar surgeon, is entering Kenya - backed by the Abraaj Group and the IFC. This long-term partnership opens up a new frontier for its rapid expansion. It has been years in the making. And, yet, could it still be too soon?
December 9, 2016

FREE BLOG Africa, India and an interesting conference

African unity has proved a somewhat elusive concept. So it is interesting to note that October sees the first Africa Health Business Symposium (AHBS) on October 6-8 in Nairobi, Kenya which brings together private healthcare associations and operators from across Africa. Several themes are sure to emerge – the importance of India, PPPs and how far […]
August 26, 2016

Lancet shows the way in African labs

Dr. Peter Clarke from South African lab group Lancet laid out his pan-African expertise at our 2016 Breaking Barriers conference. What business models work in Kenya? What about Nigeria, to the other side of the continent? Most private equity houses and institutional investors are daunted by Africa, but Lancet has expanded to 11 countries in just 12 years.
May 6, 2016

SRL plans African strategy

Indian lab group SRL is close to deal in Nigeria for a second Africa lab hub and a third is planned for Kenya. Its Congo lab already serves seven countries, CEO Sanjeev Vashishta told Healthcare Nova at the Healthcare Business International 2016 conference.
May 5, 2016
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