COVID-19: Hospitals embracing Tele-medicine to keep their business going as patients stay away.
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COVID-19: Hospitals embracing Tele-medicine to keep their business going as patients stay away.

With the rise in COVID-19 cases in Nigeria, hospitals are embracing telemedicine to keep their business going as patients stay away from their facilities due to risks associated with contacts. There has been a rise in remote consultation while tech companies in the country are rising the challenge of plugging the gap with telemedicine services.

Domestic flights re-opened in Nigeria with hike in flight costs
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Domestic flights re-opened in Nigeria with hike in flight costs

Domestic flights re-opened in Nigeria and despite hike in flight costs, flyers trooped out to travel to different destinations across the country after over three months of flight and inter-station travel restrictions.

Limited hours a big challenge for business in Nigeria
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Limited hours a big challenge for business in Nigeria

To limit the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria’s main commercial city, businesses are now allowed to operate on alternate days with limited hours, but this is creating a whole new challenge for business owners in a city where commute alone takes hours due to traffic.

South Africa Goes Back To Work
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South Africa Goes Back To Work

This week will be a seminal moment in South Africa’s fight against the devastating Covid-19 pandemic and depending on how we conduct ourselves, the next seven days could have a lasting socio-economic impact. From an economic standpoint the return of over 8 million people to work will be a massive relief for many businesses who…

Coronavirus Impact: How a fast growing business is now battling to survive
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Coronavirus Impact: How a fast growing business is now battling to survive

A month before the lockdown started Tshepo Mekoa’s logistics business was facing exponential growth. He had hired 16 employees, purchased 9 vehicles and was about to move his business into a new 3000 square metre warehouse – business was looking good. More than a month into lockdown, he’s had to lay off 40 workers, and those that remain have taken a 50 % pay cut – in an instant the company is now battling to survive.

How Innovation is helping combat the coronavirus in Africa
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How Innovation is helping combat the coronavirus in Africa

The coronavirus pandemic is having a devastating effect on healthcare systems around the world, in South Africa a team of doctors have designed a device that protects frontline healthcare workers from being infected with the virus –it’s called the Intubox. We have been finding out how innovation is being used to combat the virus.