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.

PZ Cussons East Africa, the maker of Imperial Leather, will invest KSh 150 million over the next year to expand its East African operations and refresh its product portfolio. This move aims to allay concerns about the company's regional presence amidst global restructuring.

• The investment will focus on production, distribution, innovation, and targeting younger consumers whose preferences are reshaping the personal-care market.
• Managing Director Sekar Ramamoorthy stated the company has "no plans to divest from the local market."
• PZ Cussons currently holds a 25% market share in Kenya's KSh 20 billion beauty and personal-care market.

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.