Nigeria

 

Sub-Saharan Africa ‘ready for investment’

HBI reports from the Sub-Saharan Africa panel at HBI 2019, where Teo Sarda, CEO of Sphera, Dr Shrey Viranna, CEO of Life, and Audrey Obara, head of healthcare for Swedfund, talked about how to sustainably invest in Africa. 

Cerba/Lancet JV to expand

Cerba is set to expand its JV with pan-African lab network Lancet into more French-speaking countries.

Interview: Guy Newing, CEO Kinect Hub

HBI speaks to Guy Newing, CEO of Kinect Hub which is an Australia-based tech company piloting a platform which rewards patients for agreeing to share their data.

Abraaj hospital enters Lagos market as mandatory insurance launches

We talk to the advisor behind the largest ever all-share merger in Nigeria's hospital sector, which recently closed, combining an Abraaj-owned group with a Lagos hospital. The deal coincides with the city's mandatory insurance rollout, a reform that could be helping to prompt a surge in new capacity where Nigeria most needs it.

Aster DM makes Nigerian play

GCC and Indian healthcare group Aster DM has signed a partnership with a university hospital in Nigeria to set up centres of excellence (COE) and a telemedicine unit. The group says the facilities will help fill Nigeria's most significant gaps in provision, but a local advisor sees a referral stream in the short-term.

New Nigerian hospital project looks for investors

A new hospital to be built in Lagos as part of an urban development project is looking for investors. We speak to the broker of the deal at real-estate brokerage firm Coldwell Banker Netherland (CBN). 

TPG in for Abraaj’s health fund

Private equity giant TPG Capital has reportedly entered exclusive negotiations to take over the management of Abraaj's $1bn healthcare fund which has assets in Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan and India. It looks to be the end of a protracted saga which contacts say might dampen fund managers' appetite for so-called impact investing in emerging markets.

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