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Dr Agarwal bets on Africa

Of all types of Indian healthcare operators none have been as successful in Africa as Dr Agarwal, India’s second largest eye care chain. In just five years, it has grown its African business from nothing to 30-35% of sales. So far, it has 15 clinics in Mozambique, Nigeria, Madagascar, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia, the Seychelles and Mauritius, but it plans to open six this year and to have 40 by 2020. We talk to Dr Agarwal’s CEO S. Rajagopalan.
February 29, 2016

European operators want to run African PPPs

Centres of excellence in healthcare are being planned in Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Nigeria and European companies are lining up to design, build and run them. Representatives from several African health ministries told the African Healthcare Summit that high quality facilities were needed to stem the flow of medical tourists. Regional centres serving multiple countries will open up markets.
February 24, 2016

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.
January 21, 2016

Satya exits Hygeia, Ciel takes up the baton

London private equity house Satya Capital is selling a 63.4% stake in Nigeria's largest hospital group Hygeia to Ciel Healthcare, the IFC, Swiss Re and the US Investment Fund for Health in Africa-II in a US$66.8m deal. The investment is likely to leave Mauritius-based Ciel, which is building a Pan-African chain, in control. Previous attempts to sell Hygeia in 2014/15 failed.
January 14, 2016

Falck gambles on Africa

Danish healthcare provider Falck is starting a primary care operation in Sub-Saharan Africa. The investment is backed by the World Bank's investment arm, IFC, and the Danish Investment Fund for Developing Countries, IFU, The total investment is $100m with the first clinic expected to open in the first half of 2016.
December 18, 2015

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.
November 27, 2015

Interview: Nicolas Weber, Co-Founder, medneo

A new business model in Germany has started to change the operation of diagnostic imaging centres by offering very high quality images at low prices to physicians, hospitals, research institutes and payors. Instead of buying equipment as in the past, customers can buy clinical images – pay-per-use. We talk to Nicolas Weber, one of three ex-Siemens managers who set up the business in 2011. Marcol, the big UK investor most commonly linked to property, is backing medneo which plans a big international expansion.
August 3, 2015

Report: The changing face of the healthcare labour market

The global deficit of healthcare professionals is getting worse. The World Health Organisation estimates the shortage at 7m today rising to 13m by 2035 – or 18m if you include medical technicians. Not to mention the deficits in management staff. Operators need increasingly innovative ways to respond to the HR crisis, driving a paradigm shift in the landscape of medical training, recruitment and operation.
May 26, 2015
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