Health Tech: LifeBank Wins $250,000 StartUp Top Prize at Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative.
Over the weekend, Nigeria's Health Tech space was awash with a piece of super news from far away Ghana - LifeBank has won the grand prize at the inaugural Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative.
When the news filtered in, I was not surprised. Here is why.
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Landmark Genetic Study into the health of 100,000 Nigerians Announced
New study comes as 54gene and leading Nigerian geneticists collaborate to launch a new consortium.
Lagos, Nigeria: 54gene, the African genomics research, services, and development company, has announced the launch of the African Centre for Translational Genomics (ACTG), an initiative established to facilitate translational genomics research by...
54gene Awarded as Technology Pioneer by World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum announced its selection of the 100 most promising Technology Pioneers of 2021 - companies that are shaping industries from healthcare to retail and many more.This year’s cohort includes representation from 26 economies on six continents with a reach far beyond traditional tech hubs like Silicon Valley. 54gene is a...
