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New biography spotlights Ethiopian nuclear medicine pioneer
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A new biography by Yared Tilahun Woldeseslassie traces five decades of work by Professor Tilahun Woldeselassie Woldemichael, whose research and teaching helped build nuclear medicine capacity in Ethiopia and across Africa.
WHX Nairobi draws 8,500-plus visits and spotlights East Africa health market
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World Health Expo in Nairobi 2026 ended at KICC with record attendance, 250-plus exhibitors and a strong push for local manufacturing, digital health and smarter procurement.
WHX Nairobi puts AI and hospital tech in East Africa's procurement spotlight
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East Africa’s hospitals and health systems are moving digital tools from pilots into daily operations, with AI diagnostics, telemedicine and hospital management systems rising on procurement lists.
Africa medical devices market seen doubling to $11.2 billion by 2035
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Africa’s medical devices market is projected to rise from $5.8 billion in 2024 to $11.2 billion by 2035, driven by healthcare infrastructure spending, disease burden and faster adoption of digital diagnostics.
WHX Nairobi aligns with Kenya’s SHA shift as hospitals face new procurement deadlines
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Kenya’s move from NHIF to the Social Health Authority is forcing hospitals to update equipment, digital systems and procurement plans on a tighter schedule.
GAAPP launches African and Middle East alliance on lung health
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GAAPP and 22 member groups from 10 African countries have formed AMEA to push awareness, earlier diagnosis and better treatment for respiratory and allergic diseases.
Serum Pharma expands global supply of APIs, plant extracts and nutraceutical ingredients
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Jiangxi Serum Pharma Industries says it supplies pharmaceutical ingredients and nutritional compounds to customers in more than 30 countries across Asia, Africa, South America, the Middle East and Europe.
Rubidium market seen rising to 11.96 tons by 2035 on 5G, quantum and medical demand
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A Market Research Future report says the global rubidium market will grow from 7.44 tons in 2025 to 11.96 tons by 2035 as 5G timing, neutral-atom quantum computing and cardiac PET imaging expand demand.
IDS Next puts FX Spa on Oracle Marketplace
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IDS Next has launched its FX Spa wellness ERP on Oracle Marketplace, extending its hotel and spa software into Oracle Hospitality environments.
Chris Lord-Alge joins Cure 4 The Kids holiday anthem project
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Five-time GRAMMY winner Chris Lord-Alge will mix Cure 4 The Kids Foundation’s reimagined version of “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” ahead of its Nov. 2 release on major streaming platforms.
Free Wheelchair Mission raises more than $2.5 million in anniversary mobility campaign
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Free Wheelchair Mission said its 2026 Miracle of Mobility events brought in more than $2.5 million, the most in the fundraiser’s history, and will help provide mobility to more than 23,500 people in developing countries.
Shannon Fernando’s TEDx talk on aid and food security is now live
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Shannon Fernando has released her TEDxBeverlyGrove talk, which centers on a 2019 mission to Turkana, Kenya and the longer effort to move Ethiopian crop Enset across an international border into Kenya.
TEDx talk says hunger is a permission problem, not a scarcity problem
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Alabaster International founder Shannon Fernando-Rubera released a TEDxBeverlyGrove talk arguing that hunger solutions already exist in communities but are often blocked by outside systems.
Alabaster International to host immersive gala for women-led food security in Africa
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Alabaster International will hold ETCHED on Sept. 12 at Serendipity Labs Costa Mesa to raise money for its enset program and spotlight women smallholder farmers in Ethiopia and Kenya.
WorldFood Moscow 2026 marks 35 years with India as partner country
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WorldFood Moscow will return to Crocus Expo in Moscow from Sept. 15-18, 2026, with 873 exhibitors from 30 countries, 14 national pavilions and India as partner country.
African ministers back continent-wide push to scale livestock solutions
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Ministers and representatives from eight African countries met in Kigali to align on financing, trade and policy changes aimed at scaling livestock innovations and reducing food import dependence.
KeraLink International tops 4 million lives impacted
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KeraLink International says it has now impacted more than 4 million lives through global vision care programs, with nearly 3 million of those reached since January 2025. The milestone underscores the nonprofit’s push to expand access to eye care,…
Europe cold chain logistics market seen tripling by 2032
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Allied Market Research says the Europe cold chain logistics market could jump from $64.10 billion in 2022 to $239.71 billion by 2032, driven by pharmaceuticals, food, and temperature-sensitive goods.
Instant noodles market seen doubling to $123.45B by 2035
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Market Research Future projects the global instant noodles market will rise from $59.24 billion in 2026 to $123.45 billion by 2035, driven by convenience demand, premium products, e-commerce and urbanization.
Shannon Fernando frames hunger as a permission problem in TEDxBeverlyGrove talk
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Shannon Fernando, founder of Alabaster International, used her TEDxBeverlyGrove 2026 talk to argue that lasting food security depends less on scarcity than on access, trust and institutional permission.
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