Africa & Middle East

The award places the Centre among the leading innovators in healthcare, particularly in neurotechnology and personalised rehabilitation.

The commitment was announced during a High-Level Emergency Meeting convened by H.E. Évariste Ndayishimiye, President of Burundi and Chairperson of the African Union.

The insurer is using claims data to better understand emerging health risks, with eye health now identified as one of the most significant and fast-growing areas of concern.

Today, Equity Afya serves an average of 130,000 patients every month and has grown into one of Africa’s largest franchised primary healthcare networks.

Through the collaboration, the two companies aim to help healthcare providers improve efficiency, streamline operations, and enhance the quality of care delivered to patients.

The latest upgrades follow the recent arrival of advanced multi-energy radiotherapy machines destined for Mpilo and Parirenyatwa hospitals, part of a broader government initiative to improve access to specialised cancer treatment across Zimbabwe.

The agreements aim to strengthen national health security and create a coordinated response system that can manage future emergencies more effectively.

The African Pooled Procurement Mechanism, led by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, is designed to help Member States aggregate demand for medicines, vaccines, diagnostics, and other essential medical supplies.

Under this agreement, CellSave Arabia will act as the exclusive provider of cord blood, cord tissue, placental tissue, cord vessel, and amnion preservation services.

The development comes nearly two decades after the first human genome draft was completed in 2001 and a decade after Africa’s first human genome sequencing effort in South Africa in 2013.