Abu Dhabi's M42 targets Africa for future growth
Abu Dhabi healthcare company M42 has signed an agreement with Siemens Healthineers, a medical technology company, to collaborate on advancing healthcare transformation in the Global South with a particular emphasis on Africa.
Abu Dhabi-based M42 is targeting Africa for future growth in healthcare, as announced during the Future Health Summit. The partnership with Siemens Healthineers focuses on technology-enabled prevention and screening, aiming to support earlier disease detection and preventive models of care. M42's CEO, Kareem Shahin, highlighted Africa as the next frontier for healthcare transformation due to growing digitisation, a young and educated population, and increasing mobile technology adoption.
The company has already signed a ten-year agreement with Botswana's government for a national genomics programme and digitising health records. Shahin emphasized the importance of prevention over cure and suggested that cloud-based healthcare infrastructure could be a cost-effective solution for African countries, allowing for faster adoption and reduced healthcare expenditures.
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