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- 24 Jun 2024
Airtel Boosts Sickle Cell Awareness with CrimsonBow Initiative Collaboration
In commemoration of this year’s World Sickle Cell Day, Airtel Nigeria partnered with the CrimsonBow Sickle Cell Initiative to host a well-attended sickle cell awareness and clinic over the weekend,…
- 19 Sept 2022
Heritage Bank joins forces with Gail Sickle Initiative to rescue sickle cell patients
Heritage Bank Plc has upped the ante of its support in the corporate social responsibility space by joining forces with Gail Sickle Initiative to rescue people living with sickle cell anaemia. The…
- 19 Jun 2026
Indwelt Studios Seeks Increased Awareness @ World Sickle Cell Day
Every June 19th, the world pauses to recognize something that, for millions of families, never pauses at all. World Sickle Cell Day is observed across the globe to bring sickle cell disease out of…
- 11 Jun 2020
Brain & Body Foundation And Nigerians in Diaspora Partner to Provide Succour to Sickle Cell Patients
In a bid to increase public knowledge and understanding of sickle cell disease, Brain & Body Foundation (BBF) and the Nigerians In Diaspora Organisation (NIDO), Washington, D.C. Chapter have…
- 31 Jan 2019
MTN Foundation Upgrades Sickle Cell DNA Lab in Lagos
MTN Foundation has completed the installation and upgrade of advanced Prenatal Diagnostic equipment at the DNA laboratory of the Sickle Cell Foundation of Nigeria (SCFN). The handover ceremony…
- 17 May 2023
FG Claims Development of Diagnosis, Drugs for Sickle Cell, Others
Dr Olorunnimbe Mamora, minister of Science and Technology, has said that the ministry through, its agencies, has developed diagnostic process, treatment and drugs for common diseases like sickle cell…
- 16 Jun 2022
Airtel Rekindles Hope for Ahmed, 8-year-old, with Sickle Cell Anemia
The second episode of the award-winning television show Airtel Touching Lives; is set to air on June 18th, 2022, following the pilot episode on Saturday, June 11th. This episode will focus on the…
- 14 Feb 2019
MTN Foundation Reinforces Support for the Protection of Nigerian Babies
In a bid to continue its support for the protection of Nigerian babies, MTN Foundation has reiterated its commitment in aiding Sickle Cell Foundation Nigeria (SCFN) deliver adequate PND services in…
- 8 Dec 2009
Suburban West Africa Launches Telemedicine Scheme
Suburban West Africa, the next generation career IP backbone solutions provider has entered into partnership with National Hospital, Abuja and has launched its telemedicine project on sickle cell…
- 15 Nov 2022
OneHealth Launches App for Africans Living with Non-Communicable Diseases
With the aim of helping Africans living with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like arthritis, high cholesterol, cancer, diabetes, hypertension, sickle cell anemia, heart diseases and so on, live…
- 30 Jun 2016
Diamond Bank, Dangote Foundation, Others Celebrated at NHEA Awards’16
Price Julius Adelusi-Adeluyi, founder and chairman of Juli Pharmacy; Professor Olu Akinyanju, chairman and founder of Sickle Cell Foundation; Diamond Bank, Dangote Foundation and the Ondo State…
- 11 May 2015
MTN Foundation Clocks 10 Today, Spends N11Bn on 341 Projects
With its pioneering status as the first Foundation to be established by a Nigerian telecommunication company, MTN Foundation, the Corporate Social Responsibility vehicle of leading ICT Company, MTN…
- 21 Sept 2019
MTN Equips Aviation Medical Clinics Ikeja Via its WCWDT Initiative
It was all joy and excitement for staff of Aviation Medical Clinics, Ikeja, Lagos state, as they received brand new sets of hospital supplies from the MTN Foundation under its What Can We Do Together…
- 23 Jun 2020
How MultiChoice Invested $2.1Bn in Nigerian Economy in 5 Years - Accenture Report
MultiChoice Nigeria, leading video entertainment provider in Nigeria, recently commissioned Accenture, a top accounting and consulting firm in Nigeria to measure the socio-economic impact of its…
- 21 Jul 2021
54gene Launching Trust to Reinvest 5% of Proceeds on African Scientists, Communities
54gene, the health technology company centered on advancing the field of African genomics to unlock scientific discoveries as well as improve diagnostic and treatment outcomes within Africa and the…
- 21 Feb 2022
54gene’s ACTG Awards $64,000 Scholarship to Further Genomics Research
54gene, the health technology company advancing African genomics research for improved global health outcomes, has announced the awarding of $64,000 in scholarships to four PhD candidates in Nigeria,…
- 9 May 2022
54gene Completes Initial Phase of the Landmark Nigerian 100K Genome Project
54gene, the health technology company advancing African genomics research for improved global health outcomes, has through its non-profit initiative, the African Centre for Translational Genetics…
- 24 Oct 2022
Tourism and Technology Summit Africa Returns in Hybrid Edition with Focus On Designing Africa’s Tourism Playbook
In furtherance of the initiative to drive the digital transformation of the Tourism and Hospitality industry in Africa, Travel Technology Company, My Beautiful Africa, in partnership with Technology…
- 2 Jul 2023
Airtel Nigeria Spotlights the Struggles of Albinism in Episode 2 of Airtel Touching Lives Season 7
Airtel Nigeria is set to reveal the rarely discussed struggles that are associated with living with albinism in Nigeria, in the second episode of Airtel Touching Lives, which was aired yesterday, 2nd…
- 18 Dec 2025
Fidelity Bank Boosts Maternal, Child Healthcare @ESUTH
Fidelity Bank Plc has brought relief to indigent patients at the Enugu State University Teaching Hospital (ESUTH) Parklane, by offsetting medical bills and providing financial support to children…
- 20 May 2008
Science Academy Gets Four New Fellows
Nigerian Academy of Science has announced the conferment of four new fellowships bringing to 130 the total number of fellows in the elite club of scientists in the country. The fellows who would be…
- 12 Jul 2026
Hydrogen Employees Lead Blood Donation Drive to Support Lagos Communities
Hydrogen Payment Services Company Limited has reinforced its commitment to community impact through an employee-led blood donation drive in partnership with the Lagos State Blood Transfusion Service…
- 4 Aug 2008
LG “Nigerian TV†Comes with Mosquito Net
Mr. Tae Joon Park, general manager, Digital Display, LG Electronics West Africa operations has said that the introduction of mosquito net with LG Nigerian TV is the company’s symbolic way…
- 15 Apr 2014
Nigerian Scientists Discover New Malaria Therapy
Scientists at Nigeria’s National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and development (NIPRD) have introduced phytomedicine for the treatment of malaria, ulcer and fungal related diseases. It…
- 29 Jan 2015
Fashola's Wife Commends MTN Foundation as Donations Exceed N1Bn
Dame Abimbola Fashola, first lady of Lagos, has commissioned seven blocks of modern classrooms for the pupils of Hope Primary School, Ikoyi, Lagos, donated by the Committee of Wives of Lagos State…
- 6 May 2015
Kaymu Partners Slum2school, Shares Treated Nets on World Malaria Day
In commemoration of the World Malaria Day, leading online shopping community Kaymu has partnered with NGO, Slum To School, to combat the scourge of malaria in Nigeria through its “Net a child’’…
- 8 May 2015
FG Says Patience Goodluck Now in Congo
The Presidency has said that Dame Patience, President Goodluck Jonathan’s wife, is currently in Congo, along with her colleagues from Africa for the celebration of the 30th anniversary of a…
- 23 Jan 2017
What Does It Mean for Technology to be Innately African?
Microsoft’s flagship Africa technology event, NexTech Africa, is happening soon on 2 and 3 February 2017. At the heart of the event is one key question: What does it mean for technology to be…
- 22 Mar 2017
Nominations Opens for 4th Nigerian Healthcare Excellence Awards
Nigerian Healthcare Excellence Awards (NHEA 2017) portal has opened to the public, as organizers urge stakeholders in the health sector to either make their nominations online or download the…
- 20 Jun 2017
NHEA 2017: Prof. Akinsete, Ohuabunwa to Be Honoured
Professor (Mrs.) Ibironke Akinsete and Pharm (Mazi) Sam Ohuabunwa are to be honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Awards by organisers of the Nigerian Healthcare Excellence Award (NHEA 2017) in…