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Africa Lighthouse snaps up Medlane stake

Making moves: Pule
Making moves: Pule

Local private equity firm, Africa Lighthouse Capital (ALC), has sealed the acquisition of a 76% stake in Medlane Holdings, a local day hospital operator, an asset which the investment firm believes will create a splash in the local healthcare sector.

Whilst healthcare remains a sector dominated by public investments, it is a growing area attracting private capital as frustrations over the public healthcare system continue to mount.

ALC will now be the majority shareholder in Medlane and hopes to vastly expand the Medlane business case into novel healthcare niches such as preventative care, complex surgeries, and post-surgical healthcare.

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It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...

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