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7 Quick Tips to Get Hybrid Working Right for Your Business

29Aug

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Health Tech, Opinion

7 Quick Tips to Get Hybrid Working Right for Your Business

In a recent report conducted by Boston Consulting Group (BCG), which included almost 209,000 participants in 190 countries, South Africa emerged as one of the countries that would embrace ‘fully remote’ work. Compared to a global average of 24%, 44% of SA respondents said they want to work fully remotely. Moreover, over half of South Africans said their preference in the future will be a job that allows them to work from home at least occasionally. As South Africa experiences its third wave of the pandemic, many companies that had been steadily re-opening their physical offices are being forced to return to remote working. Continue reading

Pandemic Drives Surge in Digital Health Use Across Africa says Vodacom

27Aug

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Africa, Health Tech, Telecommunications

Pandemic Drives Surge in Digital Health Use Across Africa says Vodacom

Across Africa, there has been an exponential rise in the number of people engaging with digital health services through their smartphones, creating a vast potential for countries to deliver access to healthcare digitally. This was a key finding of Vodacom’s e-health policy paper released Tuesday as part of the Africa.connected campaign. Based on research and personal insights from recipients across the continent whose lives have been changed because of these services, this paper tells the story of a continent on the cusp of digital health transformation. The campaign, which was launched earlier this year by Vodacom, Vodafone and Safaricom, aims to accelerate economic recovery across the continent by helping drive digital inclusion. Continue reading

Covid-19 travel pass for South Africa – what to expect

16Aug

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Apps, Health Tech

Covid-19 travel pass for South Africa – what to expect

Covid-19 travel passes have become an international sticking point, as countries and citizens continue to face travel restrictions unless they provide proof of vaccination or a negative test. Parts of the world, including North America and the European Union, have begun to relax restrictions as many of their populations have been vaccinated. This allows businesses to introduce Covid-19 passes, blocking citizens and travellers from entering unless they can show proof of vaccination. Continue reading (Image Credits: Unsplash)

5 insights on using health-tech effectively to realise health equity in Africa and beyond

9Aug

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Health Tech, List & Guides, Southern Africa

5 insights on using health-tech effectively to realise health equity in Africa and beyond

Hosted by BroadReach Group CEO Chris LeGrand, the webinar was joined by panelists Dr John Sargent, Dr Andrew Kambugu, and Rochelle Mountany CAPE TOWN, South Africa, August 3, 2021/APO Group/ -- How can new digital ways of working in the healthcare sector improve outcomes for patients to increase global health equity in the COVID-19 era and beyond? This was the questions tackled by a panel of globally recognised health-tech experts in a recent webinar for the African healthcare community. Hosted by BroadReach Group CEO Chris LeGrand, an internationally recognised leader in public health management, the webinar was joined by panelists Dr John Sargent, the World Economic Forum’s 2015 Social Entrepreneur of the Year, health technology innovator and co-founder of BroadReac...

The impact of Covid-19 on Africa’s tech health sector

8Aug

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Health Tech, Trends

The impact of Covid-19 on Africa’s tech health sector

The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted the growth of the Africa tech health sector with many companies in the space seeing an the increase in digital adoption. With many countries having to shut down due to lockdowns and curfews as a result of covid-19, the impact on movement seemed to present an opportunity for businesses in the tech health space. Continue reading (Photo credit: Unsplash)