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27.01.2025 | Bento Africa under investigation by LIRS and EFCC; CEO Okubanjo denies allegations | Bento Africa, a Nigerian technology HR startup founded in 2019, is facing allegations of failing to remit tax and pension payments on behalf of clients. The allegations, which are now being investigated by the Lagos Inland Revenue Service (... |
13.08.2024 | Navigating the Digital Frontier: The Imperative of Software Supply Chain Security and African Tech Innovation | In the vast landscape of technology, two narratives are emerging: the urgent need for software supply chain security and the vibrant pulse of innovation in Africa. These stories, while distinct, are intertwined in their implications for the... |
07.08.2024 | Global Tech Africa 2024 Conference: A Hub of Innovation and Collaboration | L-R Bunmi Akinyemiju, Founder, Venture Garden Group & Managing Partner, Greenhouse Capital; Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, DG, NITDA; Dr Armstrong Takang -Managing Director/CEO, Ministry of Finance Incorporated (MoFI).
Lagos, Nigeria [July 20... |
05.06.2023 | Helium Health gets $30M, backed by AXA IM Alts and 23andMe’s Anne Wojcicki | Helium Health, the African startup that provides software-as-a-service tools, financing and insights for healthcare providers and public health organizations, has raised $30 million in Series B funding.
The news is coming three years after ... |
02.05.2023 | Unique tech solutions revolutionalising the African healthcare sector | Africa is estimated to have a population of 1.4 billion people, making it the second-largest continent in the world. With the youngest population currently, the continent is projected to be the future of the global workforce in the next cou... |
09.03.2022 | How Helium Health assembled a star founding team | Finding co-founders and hiring employees in the early days of a startup is integral to its survival and growth. Nigerian healthtech startup, Helium Health, navigated this challenge in its early days by putting together a team of first emplo... |
11.11.2021 | Helium Health acquires Qatar’s Meddy in expansion play | Share this article:
Nigerian healthtech startup, Helium Health has announced its acquisition of Meddy, a doctor booking platform in Qatar. As part of the deal, Meddy’s CEO Haris Aghadi and COO Abed Alkarim Khattab will join Helium Health’s ... |
10.11.2021 | Nigeria’s Helium Health acquires Qatar’s Meddy in rare Africa-GCC deal | Nigeria and San Francisco-based health tech startup Helium Health has acquired Meddy, a Qatar-headquartered and UAE-based doctor booking platform, for an undisclosed amount.
The acquisition, termed “a great deal” by Helium Health CEO Adegok... |
11.08.2021 | Beyond funding, MAGIC Fund’s value-add helps early-stage founders scale | For a founder, the startup world is an exciting yet very challenging one.
While there have been many startup success stories over the past two decades, globally, the majority fail to make it past early-stage due to a number of reasons; inad... |
24.06.2021 | 52 Women-Led Startups Driving The Future Of HealthTech And FemTech | The Hero Arm, developed by Open Bionics, cofounded by Samantha Payne, is the world’s first ... [+] clinically approved 3D-printed bionic arm, with multi-grip functionality and empowering aesthetics.Open Bionics |
16.06.2021 | Nigeria’s telco workers strike, Helium Health in Kenya, MarketForce acquires Digiduka | Share this article:
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Today, I’m discussing:
Nigeria’s telecommunications workers to go on strike
Helium Health launches in Kenya
MarketForce acquires Digiduka Planned strike by Nigeria’s telecommunications workers.
The Private Tele... |
08.06.2021 | ROYAL HELIUM LTD.
Royal Helium : Closes Oversubscribed Bought Deal Financing of $17,250,000 | /NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO UNITED STATES NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES/
SASKATOON, SK, June 8, 2021 /CNW/ - Royal Helium Ltd. ("Royal" or the "Company") (TSXV: RHC) announces that the Company ... |
17.05.2021 | ROYAL HELIUM LTD.
Royal Helium Ltd :. Announces $10 Million "Bought Deal" Financing | /NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO UNITED STATES NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES/
SASKATOON, SK, May 17, 2021 /CNW/ - Royal Helium Ltd. (TSXV: RHC) ("Royal" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that... |
23.12.2020 | ROYAL HELIUM LTD.
Royal Helium : Increases & Closes $6.15 Million On Oversubscribed Brokered Private Placement Financing | /NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO UNITED STATES NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES./
SASKATOON, SK, Dec. 22, 2020 /CNW/ - Royal Helium Ltd. ("Royal" or the "Company") (TSXV: RHC) announces that it has inc... |
22.12.2020 | Royal Helium : Increases & Closes $6.15 Million On Oversubscribed Brokered Private Placement Financing | /NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO UNITED STATES NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES./
SASKATOON, SK, Dec. 22, 2020 /CNW/ - Royal Helium Ltd. ("Royal" or the "Company") (TSXV: RHC) announces that it has inc... |
13.08.2020 | The BackEnd: How Helium Health’s backbone for medical-tech solutions works | The BackEnd explores the product development process in African tech. We take you into the mind of those who conceived, designed and built the product; highlighting product uniqueness, user behaviour assumptions and challenges during the pr... |
15.07.2020 | Healthcare in Nigeria is messy; Tito Ovia wants to make it less so | My Life In Tech is putting human faces to some of the innovative startups, investments and policy formations driving the technology sector across Africa.
Tito Ovia is passionate about Nigeria’s healthcare sector. Technology just happens to ... |
09.07.2020 | ROYAL HELIUM LTD.
Royal Helium : Closes $1 Million, Oversubscribed Private Placement | /NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO UNITED STATES NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES./
SASKATOON, SK, July 9, 2020 /CNW/ - Royal Helium Ltd., ("Royal" or the "Company") (TSXV: RHC) announces the closing of ... |
08.05.2020 | Funding roundup: GRAIL raises $390M for cancer liquid biopsy test | “GRAIL is making significant progress with our blood-based, multi-cancer early detection test,” GRAIL CEO Hans Bishop said in a news release. “Nearly 80 percent of cancer deaths result from cancers for which there is no screening test today... |
07.05.2020 | Nigerian healthtech startup, Helium Health, raises $10m in Series A funding | Share this article:
Nigerian electronic medical records startup, Helium Health, has announced the conclusion of its Series A round of $10 million.
The round was co-led by Asia Africa Investment & Consulting (AAIC) and Dubai-based, MENA-... |
07.05.2020 | Nigeria’s Helium Health raises $10m in Series-A round | Nigerian healthtech Helium Health has raised $10-million in a Series-A funding round co-led by UAE-based investor Global Ventures and Singapore and Nairobi headquartered Africa Healthcare Masterfund (AAIC).
The startup made the announcemen... |
07.05.2020 | Nigeria’s Helium Health raises $10m in Series-A round | Nigerian healthtech Helium Health has raised $10-million in a Series-A funding round co-led by UAE-based investor Global Ventures and Singapore and Nairobi headquartered Africa Healthcare Masterfund (AAIC).
The startup made the announcement... |
06.05.2020 | Nigeria’s Helium Health raises $10M Series A for Africa expansion | - |
05.05.2020 | UPDATE: Nigeria’s Helium Health closes $10 million Series A from Dubai-based firm and Tencent | Editor’s Note: On the 5th of May, based on an investor’s interview with Reuters, we originally reported that Helium Health had raised $7 million in investment. We have now updated this story to reflect that the complete raise was in fact $1... |
09.10.2019 | AppsAfrica Innovation Awards Finalists Announced | Share this:
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13.08.2019 | Helium Health is building smart systems to improve quality healthcare and medical data across West Africa | Share this article:
Health providers are often so overwhelmed with manual handling of paperwork and administrative duties, that they give less attention to their primary responsibility of improving the quality of public health.
Although the... |
- | Funding roundup: GRAIL raises $390M for cancer liquid biopsy test | GRAIL, a startup developing a blood test to screen for multiple cancers, added another $390 million to its war chest. To date, the Menlo Park-based company has raised more than $1.9 billion.
In March, GRAIL published a study showing its blo... |
- | Helium Health | “Helium Health provides a suite of cutting-edge technology solutions for all healthcare stakeholders in emerging markets.” |