Health
Everything Africa’s Point publishes on Health, written for professionals who need the decision and the number, not the noise.
Kenya Starlink trial produces striking results
A Grow X Education and CEMASTEA study of Starlink satellite internet in 30 Kenyan schools found that within one month of installation, teachers using digital tools rose from 57% to 82%, students completing digital…
Sudan seals $51m AfDB water deal
Sudan signed a $51 million agreement with the African Development Bank and UNICEF on June 4 to convert three stalled water projects into a single…
Dis-Chem accelerates with 34 new pharmacies
Dis-Chem Pharmacies will open 34 new stores in its 2027 financial year as it accelerates its integrated healthcare platform strategy. The expansion…
South Africa’s NHI loses in ConCourt
South Africa’s Constitutional Court struck down the Certificate of Need provisions in the National Health Act on May 18, removing the state’s power…
WHO declares Ebola continental emergency
WHO declared the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in DRC and Uganda a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on May 16. Africa CDC followed with…
ConCourt puts SA’s NHI on trial over corruption risk
South Africa’s Constitutional Court began hearing the NHI Act challenge on May 5, with justices probing whether Parliament conducted meaningful…
SA startup raises $5.2m for AI TB stethoscope
Cape Town’s AI Diagnostics raised $5.2 million to scale its Ostium AI-powered digital stethoscope, which screens for tuberculosis by analysing lung…
SA’s Biovac wins $108m to build Africa’s vaccine factory
Cape Town’s Biovac has secured €75 million from the EIB and $20 million from the IFC to build Africa’s first end-to-end multi-vaccine manufacturing…
Nigeria health sector records major gains
IN SHORT: Nigeria’s health minister Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate says the sector is recording significant progress across primary care, maternal health,…
Two million Kenyans with epilepsy, 80% untreated
Up to two million Kenyans live with epilepsy. Four in five receive no treatment. New EPInA research shows the burden is wider than recorded because…
Ghana rescues 500 child trafficking victims
Ghana’s IJM has rescued more than 500 child trafficking victims since 2015, with 235 arrests and 70 convictions. The decade of results is real. The…
Nairobi cleans up. Can it become a habit?
Nairobi’s Dandora clean-up, led by Dr Joyce Kithure, raises a deeper question: what turns a community event into a permanent shift in how a city…
44% of SA professionals overwhelmed despite coping
South Africa’s Profmed 2025 Stress Index, drawn from 4,000 professionals, finds stress has shifted from isolated episodes to a persistent…
Tanzania cuts maternal deaths by 80%
Tanzania has slashed maternal mortality from 556 to 104 per 100,000 live births and cut under-five deaths from 67 to 43 per 1,000, earning President…
Africa’s youth mental health goes digital
Economic pressure, insecurity and stigma are driving a mental health crisis among young Africans. A growing pan-African digital movement is trying…
East Africa’s cyber gap is now a macro risk
82% of African organisations cannot find enough cybersecurity professionals, the highest recruitment gap in the world, as East Africa recorded 842…
India and Ghana Just Signed Four Health Deals. 70% of Ghanaians Will Feel It.
India and Ghana signed four institutional agreements in Accra that open clinical training, scholarship pipelines, and joint research in Ayurveda and…
Carbon Finance Can Cut the Cost of a Clean Cookstove from $50 to $3. Africa Has No Better Option.
Africa’s clean cooking crisis is not a technology problem — it is an affordability problem. Carbon finance is the only mechanism that can discount a…
Africa’s Biometric ID Rollout Is Locking Out Millions
A new study across ten African countries finds biometric digital ID systems costing over $1 billion are excluding millions from essential services,…
Ghana Bans Alcoholic Energy Drinks by March
Ghana’s FDA has ordered all pre-mixed alcoholic energy drinks off the market by end of March 2026, citing evidence that combining alcohol with…
Zambia Rejects $1 Billion US Health Deal Over Secret Mining Demands
Zambia has pushed back on a $1 billion US health funding agreement over a hidden clause tying the aid to mining sector collaboration and sensitive…
Zimbabwe Halts All Raw Mineral Exports to Force Processing at Home
Zimbabwe has suspended exports of all raw minerals and lithium concentrates with immediate effect, including consignments already in transit, in a…
Pesalink and PAPSS Link Up to Cut the Cost of Cross-Border Payments Across Africa
Kenya’s instant payment network Pesalink has partnered with PAPSS to enable 24/7 cross-border transfers settled in local currencies, connecting over…
Despite the Hardship, African Youth Are the World’s Most Mentally Resilient
A major new global study finds that the top five countries for youth mental health are all African — Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Zimbabwe and Tanzania —…