Author: Tajudeen Adegbenro

A new study shows it is now possible to perform first-line treatment for knee osteoarthritis without a need for a face to face physiotherapist. This treatment is very effective, delivered digitally and there is no need for the patient to have a face-to-face treatment with the physiotherapy. The study led…

According to studies performed at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), it is now possible to quickly detect brain blood vessel pathology that may result in some psychiatric and neurological conditions such as stroke, traumatic brain damage and epilepsy and some neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer’s disease. This study was carried…

It’s now the seventh year of the President’s Startup Challenge organization which support and fund those who won the competition. The setup of The Pistoia Alliance President’s Startup challenge group is to help start-ups in getting better healthcare innovation and changing research and development through funds supply and long-term collaboration.…

Agritech startup DeHaat has acquired FarmGuide, a B2B Software as a Service (SaaS) platform. The details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Farm Guide’s data science and spatial technology will be merged with DeHaat’s existing platform to build a full-stack platform for agribusiness. The development was made a month after…

An AI-based robotic glove could soon help people recover muscle grip in their hands after it got the support of the Edinburgh Business School’s (EBS) Incubator, based at Heriot-Watt University. An engineering graduate aspires to help millions of people after creating a robotic glove enabled by artificial intelligence to enhance muscle grip. He…

To curb the challenges of vitamin A deficiency in Nigeria, the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and SANO Foods are advocating for Orange Fleshed Sweet Potato (OSFP) flour and puree to be a substitute for wheat in confectioneries and bread. Both organizations stated that the adoption of biofortified crops like maize,…

The current pandemic has influenced the need for responsible food production and an increase in food security. To develop new partnerships and connections towards achieving this goal, The 2021 World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit is a vital platform that helps create new business partnerships and hasten the pace of innovation to develop a…

The Lagos state Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Minister of Works and Housing Babatunde Fashola commissioned a semi-mechanized abattoir in Bariga to check the unhygienic and illegal butchering of meat. The semi-mechanized abattoir will assist in enforcing the amendment in the state’s red meat sector by providing the platform for animals…

An online agric radio and e-commerce platform has been established to help drive the agric sector to improve the Nigerian economy. The initiative is set up to make farming easier for farmers. An agricultural promoter, AfricanFarmer Mogaji group head, who is also the chairman of agribusiness and agro-allied sector, Lagos…

Scientists at the Human Brain Project have developed a computational tool that helps locate areas where epilepsy seizures develops in patients’ brain. Currently, the team uses EBRAINS to help enhance the efficiency with high resolution brain atlas data. With an ongoing clinical trial, the development aims at providing surgeons a…

INBRAIN Neuroelectronics an outgrowth of Graphene Flagship, is developing graphene-based brain implants to treat brain disorders. In Europe, about 165 million people are plagued with neurological or mental illness. It is predicted that one out of three people in Europe is liable to suffer from brain disorders in their lifetime.…

A South African agritech startup, Skudu has raised funding from one of Africa’s pioneering agrifood tech investor, AgVentures, to help in its strive in becoming one of the topmost online marketplaces for agricultural produce and inputs in Africa. AgVentures stated that currently, the online marketplace leaves consumers with lots of choices to…

Debo engineering, an agritech startup established in Jimma developed an app that automatically detects and categorizes plant diseases through image detection after running the image through an algorithm. Over the years and in the present day, farmers are only able to detect crop diseases with their naked eyes, as a…

Konga, Nigeria’s e-commerce firm aims to transform agriculture in Nigeria by making use of e-commerce to reach rural farmers so they can have better access to farm inputs at affordable rates. To achieve this feat, Konga partnered with UKAid-funded Frontier Technology Livestreaming for easy access to rural farmers across the…