FirstTesta Launches First Blood Genotype Digitisation In Partnership With SCHAF: Aims to Eradicate Sickle Cell Disease in Nigeria

Oyo State, Nigeria – September 27, 2023 In a groundbreaking partnership between FirstTesta, Nigeria’s rapidly growing tech-enabled unified diagnostic startup, and the Sickle Cell Hope Alive Foundation (SCHAF), over 250 young individuals undergoing their National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) training in Oyo State were introduced to the life-changing world of Blood Genotype Digitization (BGD). This […]

In a thought-provoking post on LinkedIn, and quite typical of him, esteemed academic and technology entrepreneur Prof Ndubuisi Ekekwe has raised a crucial point about capturing value in business, drawing parallels between Twitter’s recent changes, an idea we can extend to the predicament faced by community pharmacies. His insights shed light on the importance of […]

Scholarship has been awarded to Miss OLADEJO Olaide, BSc Microbiology, who graduated with a First Class from the University of Ilorin by her former boss, the CEO of Sybarmedics. Building on her background in Microbiology, Olaide is now enrolled on the Postgraduate Diploma in Point of Care Testing and will get a professional certification in […]

As healthcare practice and business continue to undergo changes and challenges across the world, much focus has been committed to how community pharmacy can be transformed or remodelled beyond its traditional role in dispensing drugs to key into primary care delivery. Chidi Okoro, unarguably, is one of his generation’s finest when it comes to strategic […]

As the World Health Organisation has noted during its 2023 World Health Assembly, it is important to provide access to essential diagnostics for over 80% of the African population who currently lack access to testing. Point of care testing means that patients can be tested at the place of care and at the time of […]

It’s in the newspapers. People pay money to burn their hard-earned money. A group of people meet every year across Nigeria to burn billions of naira in cash. They gather every year in each geopolitical zone across Nigeria. They buy petrol. They pay for the logistics that ensure bundles of cash are brought to the […]

The concept of traditional education has changed radically within the last couple of years. Being physically present in a classroom isn’t the only learning option anymore — not with the rise of the internet and new technologies, at

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