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.

Africa Targets Its $2.5 Trillion Capital Pool to Accelerate Cross-Border Infrastructure

African heads of state have launched the Africa Infrastructure Financing Facility (AIFF), a continent-led mechanism to unlock Africa's $2.5 trillion…

Tinubu Expands Healthcare Funding to 13500 Facilities

President Tinubu has announced the expansion of Nigeria's primary healthcare funding to cover 13,500 facilities, backed by over N98 billion…

Qatar Bets $103 Billion on Six African Nations

Qatar's Al Mansour Holdings has announced a $103 billion investment across six African nations as part of a broader Gulf…

WEF report: investing in blue foods could create 3 million African jobs and add $17 billion to GDP

A World Economic Forum report finds that strategic investment in blue foods, including fish, shellfish, and aquatic plants from Africa's…

US-Iran truce sends oil crashing

A US-Iran ceasefire agreement and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz have sent Brent…

MTN’s MoMo is going super app

MTN Group Fintech has partnered with Ant International, the global payments firm behind Alipay, to…

AfDB backs Arua airport in Uganda

The African Development Bank has approved $180 million to upgrade Uganda's Arua Airport into an…

South Africa braces for June 30

South Africa's police service has activated joint operations in all nine provinces at a projected…