Intro
Phew! What a year 2020 has been. The Covid-19 pandemic dominated the year on all fronts. This led to an unprecedented acceleration in health innovation the world over. In Nigeria, we finally saw health care get everyone’s attention leading to progress on many fronts. We saw several health tech companies raise significant funding and telemedicine began to go mainstream among other occurrences. As is now customary, I review the year in Nigerian health tech/ innovation and tease out some themes/ trends to track going into 2021. Click on the corresponding year below to review the 3 previous editions of my annual review/ predictions.
The 2017 edition is useful to review as there are parallels in Nigeria’s current macro-economic situation that make it doubly relevant. Here goes the fourth edition of Docneto’s annual health tech review.
Covid-19
Like me, you’re probably sick of all things Covid. It did, however, define the year so it’s as good a place as any to start a r…
