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1 September 2026
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Interoperability is an operating cost, not a project
The message exchange is the easy part. What keeps an HIE alive is a permanently funded function for identity, terminology and exception handling.
Interoperability
20 August 2026
3 min read
Six African markets, ranked for digital health market entry
Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Zambia, Uganda and Tanzania, assessed on regulatory posture, payer structure, retail density and the unit economics that survive contact with reality.
Market commentary
17 August 2026
3 min read
The patient matching problem nobody budgets for
Every exchange business case assumes patients can be identified. In African data environments that assumption is the largest single risk in the programme.
Health information exchange
13 August 2026
3 min read
FHIR R4 or wait? A practical answer for programme managers
The question is never whether the standard is ready. It is whether your identity, terminology and governance are — because those decide the outcome regardless of the version.
Health information exchange
10 August 2026
3 min read
NDPA 2023 for health technology companies: what actually changes
Most Nigerian health technology companies are processing the most sensitive category of personal data there is on governance designed for a mailing list.
Health data protection
6 August 2026
3 min read
What Lagos State's first telemedicine licence taught me about regulating remote care
Regulators are not obstructive about remote care. They are unresourced, and they will accept a clear clinical governance answer far faster than a product demo.
Telemedicine
4 August 2026
3 min read
Why national EMR procurement keeps failing in African health systems
The failure is almost never the software. It is a procurement process that buys a feature matrix and then asks clinicians to absorb the difference.
Electronic medical records