Smart Applications International, an African digital health firm, has launched two new digital platforms in Zambia aimed at enhancing patient access, hospital management, and insurance coordination.

• These platforms, the Smart Access App and SmartHealth+, digitize healthcare processes from hospital admissions to benefit tracking and wellness monitoring.
• Group Managing Director Harrison Muiru stated that this launch is a key milestone in the firm’s continental expansion strategy.
• Smart Applications currently serves millions of users and over 9,000 medical providers across 11 African countries.

GFP International, a US-based non-governmental organization, has established its African headquarters in Nairobi to address the continent’s growing industrial and manufacturing skills gap.

• The organization plans to invest $100 million in an African Welding School and Training Fund.
• Led by its Founder and Executive Director, Eng. Michael J. Vallez, GFP International aims to build a pipeline of skilled professionals across Africa.
• The initiative will establish Welding and Manufacturing Centres of Excellence, targeting sectors such as energy, mining, agriculture, shipbuilding, and power generation, with long-term goals to create thousands of skilled jobs.