Health

Public health, healthcare investment, pharmaceutical manufacturing, and health policy across Africa. Africaspoint covers disease outbreaks, health system reforms, drug regulation, and the continent’s growing ambition to produce its own medicines — reporting that serves health professionals, investors, and policymakers alike.

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…

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…

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…

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…

Nigeria health sector records major gains

IN SHORT: Nigeria's health minister Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate says the sector is recording significant…

Namibia rejects Starlink licence application

IN SHORT: Namibia's communications regulator CRAN has formally rejected Starlink's application for both a telecommunications…

Stanbic launches women’s banking in Ghana

IN SHORT: Stanbic Bank Ghana has launched Obaa Sima, a dedicated women's banking proposition targeting…

Ghana makes UN history on slavery

IN SHORT: Ghana tabled a resolution at the UN today declaring the transatlantic slave trade…