Equity Bank Uganda has committed more than $50 million to Microhaem Scientifics to support the company’s expansion of medical manufacturing, including a new production facility at Namanve Industrial Park. The scale of the investment was highlighted on August 7 when Equity Bank Uganda board chairman Henry Rugamba, managing director Gift Shoko and other senior executives…
Dr Cedric Akwesigye, the managing director of Microhaem Scientific, has called on African countries to invest in local manufacturing of health products to meet rising demand and reduce dependence on imports. Akwesigye, who founded the Uganda-based manufacturing firm, said the continent stands to gain significant economic value by investing in the health sector. “There is…
Microhaem Scientific (MHS), a Ugandan medical supplies company funded by the Uganda Development Bank (UDB), has dispatched its first consignment of locally manufactured diagnostic kits to the Government of Uganda through the National Medical Stores. MHS produces diagnostic kits that enhance the efficiency, convenience, and accuracy of malaria, HIV, and sickle cell disease diagnoses. Patricia…
