Changing the narrative on Africa.
A single-dose oral treatment for sleeping sickness is pushing Africa closer to eliminating one of its most persistent tropical diseases. After decades of complex and often dangerous therapies, a three-tablet, one-day cure could allow health workers to diagnose and treat patients in a single visit.
MediBora uses simple symptom reporting, SMS and clinician dashboards to flag risks before they become emergencies.
When healthcare engineer Lisa Mutheu joined the East Africa Biodesign fellowship, she anticipated a year of clinical rotations, design challenges and long hours spent shaping early-stage medical concepts.
African governments have agreed on a 10-year agenda to overhaul how the continent trains, deploys, and retains its health workforce. The agenda positions education reform, governance and labour-market alignment at the centre of Africa’s health-system competitiveness, ahead of the agenda’s formal launch in 2026.
Boxing legend Mike Tyson is the latest to return “home” to Africa, joining a growing list of A-list celebrities tracing their roots back to the continent and drawing global media attention to the host nations.
A new European financial backing of BioNTech’s mRNA vaccine facility in Kigali marks a defining step in Africa’s long-term pursuit of health and industrial self-reliance, moving the continent’s vaccine manufacturing ambitions from concept to implementation.
At 34, Adedoyin Adeleke could have chosen a comfortable life in Europe. Instead, he packed his bags, returned to Nigeria, and started tinkering with waste,
Sesnie Zemichael fled conflict in Ethiopia and rebuilt her life in Nairobi, where she co-founded the Bela Risu Foundation. With a background in marketing and
As international funding rapidly recedes, African countries — among those with the highest new HIV infection rates are turning to domestic resources to provide sustainable