Good Health
African stories about healthcare and wellness efforts across the continent.
The Massive Opportunities for African Founders in Health Diagnostics and Last-Mile Care
byThe Insight Desk• Jan 19, 2026
Outbreaks keep exposing diagnostic delays and last-mile gaps, inviting founders to build fast health diagnostics and delivery tools communities trust.
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What African Cities Can Learn from Kigali's Green Corridors
byThe Insight Desk• Nov 3, 2025
Across Africa’s crowded capitals, Kigali’s cleaner air shows how small design choices like tree-lined paths and car-free zones can quietly change urban life.
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Mental Health in Mining Is Becoming a Survival Issue in the DRC and Grassroots Action Is Responding
byBlossom Amena• Mar 22, 2026
Millions depend on artisanal mining, but conflict and poor conditions are driving distress. Local organisations and peer groups are offering practical support.
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The COVID-19 Lessons Every African Healthtech Founder Should Know
byThe Insight Desk• Oct 5, 2025
COVID-19 exposed Africa’s fragile health systems, but it also revealed practical lessons in telemedicine, mobility, and data that founders must embrace.
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Quarraisha Abdool Karim and the Science of Listening
byEzinne Okoroafor• Sep 29, 2025
Her HIV research began with women’s voices in KwaZulu-Natal, proving science moves faster and farther when communities shape solutions.
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Can Nigeria Keep Its Patients From Flying Abroad?
byThelma Ideozu• Aug 31, 2025
As medical tourism drains $1.1 billion a year, new investments promise to make Nigeria a destination, not a departure point.
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As Global Aid Shrinks, Ethiopia and Somalia Fight to Keep Malnourished Children Alive
byBlossom Amena• Jul 27, 2025
Foreign funding cuts have gutted nutrition programs across East Africa. Ethiopia is testing local solutions. Somalia is still waiting, and thousands of children are being left behind.
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What Happens to a Pad After It's Used? In Nigeria, the Answer Is Complicated.
byEzinne Okoroafor• Jul 21, 2025
With no clear disposal path, menstrual waste becomes a silent threat, polluting land, water, and communities.
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This Isn’t Therapy as You Know It. It Might Be Better.
byThelma Ideozu• Jun 11, 2025
In Zimbabwe, grandmothers trained as lay counselors are quietly changing the face of mental health care.
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COVID Crushed Maternal Health in Africa. But It Also Gave Us a Blueprint.
byNaomi Ayibaemi Frank-Opigo• Jun 7, 2025
Innovations born from crisis, like mobile clinics, telemedicine, and community care, are transforming how mothers get care, building systems ready for the next emergency.
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What If We Treated Climate Change Like the Health Emergency It Is?
byEzinne Okoroafor• May 28, 2025
Rising temperatures and deadly diseases are overwhelming Africa’s healths, yet only 8% of climate finance addresses the crisis. It’s time for a shift in priorities.
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Africa's Tech Funding Is Booming But Not Where It Matters Most
byAdetumilara Adetayo• Apr 10, 2025
Fintech startups are swimming in capital while health, food, and climate solutions fight for scraps. Is the investment model broken?
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Can Grassroots Action Prevent the Next Major Disease Outbreak?
byBlossom Amena• Apr 4, 2025
Top-down responses keep failing. Can trust, local knowledge, and early action stop outbreaks before they overwhelm already fragile health systems?
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Millions in Nigeria Have Diabetes, Most Don't Even Know It
byNaomi Ayibaemi Frank-Opigo• Mar 28, 2025
Many won’t get diagnosed until complications arise—why is diabetes so overlooked, and what’s stopping people from getting the care they need?
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When Aid Hurts More Than It Helps
byTomi Abe• Mar 25, 2025
In Nigeria, foreign aid props up broken systems, but does it improve healthcare—or just keep bad policies alive?
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Who Will Keep Paying the Price for Polluted Air?
byAdetoro Adetayo• Mar 19, 2025
Despite contributing the least to global emissions, vulnerable communities face worsening air pollution, rising deaths, and economic devastation—who will act?
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The Silent Epidemic of Gender-Based Violence
byJessica Ireju• Mar 6, 2025
Millions of women suffer in silence as gender-based violence disrupts lives, economies, and security—why is the world still failing them?
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What If Clean Water Was a Privilege, Not a Right?
byBlossom Amena• Jan 26, 2025
Millions live without clean water, facing daily struggles for survival—what happens when this basic need is denied?
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