Author: Tajudeen Adegbenro

The Government of Benin Republic sent a delegation to seek President Muhammadu Buhari’s intervention for Nigeria to assist the nation in producing rice. The move aims to abolish the smuggling and rice importation in the two countries. The delegation sent met with the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof.…

In light of Nigeria’s preparation to scale agribusiness, the Green Innovation Centers for the Agriculture and Food Sector Program (GIAE), which is funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) has partnered to launch 18 months project to scale-up…

Roche has launched the Accu-Chek Instant system, a new “connected” blood glucose monitoring (BGM) system that complements and facilitates Roche’s integrated Personalised Diabetes Management approach (iPDM). iPDM is a patient-centered, holistic therapeutic approach to diabetes management with the ultimate goal of streamlining care and improving clinical outcomes. iPDM focuses on…

The B-Cure Laser, a low-level laser therapy (LLLT) system that allows chronic pain sufferers to alleviate their pain, has been released in the United Kingdom. The mobile, compact, non-invasive LLLT system has benefited people suffering from chronic pain across North America, Europe, and Asia, with 76 percent of B-Cure Laser…

The UK-based specialist in DNA and RNA analysis, PCR Biosystems, has launched a range of IsoFast Bst Polymerase reagents for rapid, robust and sensitive DNA and RNA amplification. The Bst polymerase has the ability to displace nucleic acid strands, therefore the need for the high-temperature denaturation step linked with conventional…

Preply, an edtech marketplace, announced an additional approximately €29.4 million of funding, which is a sum that supersedes the platform’s total fundraising efforts since 2013. The UK is language learning platform’s biggest European market and is one of the leading European economies with a high interest in language learning. The…

Villgro Africa is seeking innovative solutions that address the lack of access to both quality and affordable health services, which are technologies in low-income populations on the African continent. The early-stage incubator has a particular preference for scalable and sustainable models led by a multidisciplinary team with the least viable…

GSV Ventures co-founded by Deborah Quazzo and Michael Cohn, has raised $180 million in its second fund, specifically focused on scaling edtech startups globally. Presently, the enterprise manages $277 million in cumulative assets, including its closed debut fund in 2016. The newly secured fund will support GSV to invest in…

The platform teaches women essential breastfeeding skills and provides personalized expertise and emotional support on a 24/7 basis. Dr Chen Mao Davies, on International Women’s Day, was awarded an Innovate UK Women in Innovation Award. This is one of only the 40 awards out of 750+ applicants. Kathryn Green, the…

Brain in Hand, a digital self-management system for people suffering from autism, learning difficulties, and mental challenges have been announced as one of the 12 high-impact innovations for the NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) for 2021. The NIA fellowship has also been awarded to Heather Cook, the Director of Partnerships at…

Axis Spine Technologies has raised £2.2 million in a round led by ACF Investors, with additional funding from Mercia’s EIS funds. Mercia was the first investor when Jon Acros founded Axis in 2017. This is the first investment from ACF Investors’ new Delta Fund, a fast-track investment fund for UK…

A company that specializes in EHF (Electrospun Healing Fiber) technology for wound healing and skin regeneration, Nanomedic Technologies, is glad to announce the outcome of a new peer-reviewed analysis that shows promising outcomes when its Spincare system is used to treat superficial and partial wounds and burns. Published in the…

A residential care home in Cumbria and a complex specialist centre in Nottinghamshire are testing an innovative telemedicine unit, allowing GPs to complete overall assessments on patients without leaving their practice. The Teki-Hub, initially developed by Dr Stephen Katebe and Dr Omobolaji Iji to aid GP provision in remote areas,…

A biotechnology company, Avacta Group, has announced that its AffiDX SARS-CoV-2 rapid lateral flow test detects B117, or Kent, variant, the D614G variant and the original strain, which are dominant COVID-19 variants. Most viruses, SARS-CoV-2 virus included, mutate with time into slightly different variants. Some of these newly formed variants are more…

On Monday, the Federal Government revealed its plan to increase the agricultural extension workforce to 75 000. This will cut across various value chains to ensure efficient and self-sufficiency in food production, which is in tandem with global best practices. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mohammad Nanono, made…

About The Company Biobeat was established in 2014, and it is an Israeli developer of advanced wearable AI-powered Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) solutions for hospitals, long-term care and pharma/CRO drug development and clinical trials. Biobeat’s patient monitors (wearable wrist and chest monitors), adopted by healthcare facilities globally, perpetually collect patient health…

Medtech firm Smith+Nephew and Huma, a digital health company, have launched their remote patient monitoring app for orthopaedics surgery. About 250,000 patients are on waiting lists for orthopaedic operations as a result of COVID-19 complications, with UK surgery running at 50% of its usual capability. In a quest to restart…

A smartphone-controlled wearable therapeutic electroceutical device, Nerivio, uses the body’s endogenous pain regulation mechanism to tackle migraine pain. Nerivio, an FDA-cleared product and a drug-free alternative to traditional migraine treatments can be used for the treatment of both episodic and chronic migraine. Established in 2016, Theranica is made up of…

Sensyne Health, the clinical AI Company has received the UK regulatory approval for its SYNE-COV machine learning algorithm that accurately predicts the risk of COVID-19. SYNE-COV performed an analysis on more than 60 variables in the patient’s electronic health record to predict the possibility that a patient that tested positive to…

A leading Nigerian life insurer and a member of the SANLAM Group, FBNInsurance partnered with Collinson, a global travel insurer, to launch SmartHealth International, a market-specific international health insurance product for severe medical conditions. The partnership between the two firms aims to bridge the health insurance gap between the national…