Author: Tajudeen Adegbenro

GlobalLogic, a Hitachi Group Company, and digital engineering specialist have been selected by Inspira Technologies to develop an algorithm-based platform that will empower ART device – an Early Extracorporeal Respiratory Support system targeting respiratory failure patients such as those diagnosed with COVID-19. Inspira Technologies created the ART that allows the…

Thinking and questioning oneself has proven to be a useful and reliable approach for learning and retention since it allows you to apply what you have learned to new situations. Students who ask themselves questions are on their way to becoming metacognitive. Metacognition simply refers to being aware of, analyzing,…

According to a Deloitte analysis, the potential for telehealth in Africa is huge and promising as mobile connectivity improves and innovations that could potentially bridge the doctor-patient ratio gap emerge. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread across Africa, mPharma, a Ghanaian health tech firm, is proposing to create 100…

Earlier this year, Ampersand Health and Calpro AS, a Svar Life Science firm, announced a partnership that will see the CalproSmart Self-Test integrated into Ampersand’s My IBD Care, a behavioural science-based digital treatment software for persons suffering from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Incorporating the CalproSmart Self-Test into the app will…

BioCODE, a South African health-tech startup has raised an investment of $473,000. The investors include Stellenbosch University (SU) and University Technology Fund (UTF). BioCODE will use the investment to develop a quick inflammatory test. The Chief Director of Innovus, the university’s Technology Transfer and Innovation Division explained more about the…

In South Africa, October marks breast cancer awareness, and regards this, the CEO and founder of Medsol, Kathryn Malherbe is currently developing a much-needed tech solution to breast cancer screening. Currently, the innovative local entrepreneur is working on developing AI Software and deep machine learning (DML) to facilitate the identification and…

Fifty African tech startups have been awarded equity-free funding by Google for Startups through its US$3 million Black Founders Fund Africa. The fund supports early-stage black-founded startups on the continent in order to bridge the existing fundraising gap for black startup founders in Africa’s fast-growing technology landscape.  Google has offered…

Luas Diagnostics launched an enhanced test to determine immunity to covid-19 post-vaccination or infection. The upgraded offering follows the development of a smartphone app and data management software that is specific to the Luas product, by Bond Digital Health. Chembio Diagnostics Systems of New York manufactured the immunity test. It…

d6 Group, a Gauteng-based edtech company has secured an undisclosed amount of funding from Knife Capital, NuState Ventures, and Hlayisani Growth Fund Stellenbosch. Cloud-based communication and management is reportedly the most widely used in Africa and plans to make use of the secured investment for expanding its services and company internationally.…

The initiative is designed to motivate learners to keep up with their schooling in the current difficult circumstances. Three South African schools – Ndzondelelo High School in Gqeberha, Khwezi Lomso Comprehensive School, and Le Reng Secondary School in Ladybrand will receive tablets, food parcels, internet data, and other covid-19 relief…

If you have attended staff meetings, you would agree that at a certain point, you had the feeling that the meetings were just a waste of time. Sometimes you wished the meeting could have been conducted through email to save the stress. Teachers majorly experience these unexciting situations. This article…

Proscia, a provider of digital and computational pathology solutions has released results on new technology that utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) to help automatically detect melanoma, the deadliest skin cancer form with a high level of accuracy. The study was conducted at the Thomas Jefferson University and the University of Florida…

An international team of scientists and public health professionals developed a cough monitoring smartphone app, Hyfe, which is seeing its technology integrated into research in Spain in collaboration with the University of Navarra and involving more than 800 participants. The first time research in epidemiology will be done with the…

Fomo, a local food app that connects users with special restaurants or events has collaborated with V&A Waterfront to promote events and restaurants that are held at the shopping center V&A Waterfront is globally known as a lifestyle and shopping destination, the collaboration will bring impressive strive for possible development for…

Global society is faced with one of the major challenges which are equal and equitable access to quality education. Socio-economic status, gender, race, geography, and disability play a huge role in when and how we learn and the resulting opportunities education presents. The covid-19 pandemic has added more to the…

Learning capabilities from student to student differ; the same goes for their ability to adapt to situations especially with the advent of e-learning. Contrary to popular opinion that learning online would be much easier than the traditional face-to-face way of learning, students are finding it difficult to transition. This has…

A leading AI & data-led company, CropIn in line with its goal to assist in providing solutions to the food security challenges in the world has collaborated with Mucheki Consulting to integrate digitization in the African agricultural ecosystem. The partnership is expected to solidify the presence of CropIn in Africa which will…

Pacific Research Laboratories, the parent company to Sawbones, and Numalogics, a subsidiary of Spinologics have partnered to develop computational modeling and simulation software applications for the orthopedic medical device industry. In a competitive space, orthopedic medical device manufacturers look to bring products to market in a more efficient way. Computational…

In recent years, there has been a surge in the agtech startups in Africa since 2018. Funding in the agtech sector has also risen to 121% between 2016 and 2017 according to the 2018 Disrupt Africa Report. Since then a Briter Bridges report listed more than 280 agtech ventures in…

A pilot scheme has been launched in the West Midlands that allows patients to undergo a procedure to detect causes of the stomach or digestive complaints in the privacy of their homes. Patients awaiting an endoscopy (a procedure where a camera is fed into the bowel with the aid of…