Healthcare / 15 posts found

E-health startup wins $64k at #Hack.Jozi Challenge in South Africa

by Iyas A
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Technovera, an e-health startup in South Africa reduces medicine wait times for patients with chronic ailments from hours to minutes. See original article …

Singapore Helps Startups Focussing on Serving the Old and Mentally Ill

by Iyas A
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In Singapore, startups will be taken through a series of workshops including work with the aged and mentally ill, as well as user design and business planning, to come up with sustainable businesses to serve the sector. Those that make it to the last round will also get funding to get started. Great stimulus to socially focuses businesses. See original article …

How a Kenyan health startup is transforming the lives of families — one SMS at a time

by Iyas A
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Magnificent. Totohealth starts its SMS diagnostics while women are still pregnant, and carries on through the first few years of a child’s life. It doesn’t replace a doctor, clearly, but is a heck of a lot more than nothing at all as is often the case in rural Kenya where they operate. Not a charity, but a company which sells its service to parents, they typify what it can mean to do good while building a sustainable business. See more here.

The Egyptian Health Startup Scene – Great Initiative, Little Cash

by Iyas A
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Healthcare in Egypt is a huge issue, and a commensurately large opportunity. There are a number of startups having some early success, but funding is becoming a real issue if they are to continue. See more here.

Can Sean Parker Hack Cancer?

by Iyas A
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He disrupted the music industry with Napster. He was President of Facebook. He helped get Spotify going. And now, Sean Parker is looking to “hack” cancer. By supporting the use of immunotherapy, and finding a model to get 6 titans of cancer immunology research to collaborate, this looks like a pretty heavyweight attempt to get to a cure by alternative means. See more here.