Ultra-affordable ultrasound startup M-SCAN wins TechCrunch Startup Battlefield Africa

Ultra-affordable ultrasound startup M-SCAN wins TechCrunch Startup Battlefield Africa

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https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/11/ultra-affordable-ultrasound-startup-m-scan-wins-techcrunch-startup-battlefield-africa/

TechCrunch Startup Battlefield Africa just finished in Lagos, Nigeria, where 15 companies took the stage for the chance of winning the $25,000 equity-free grand prize, a trip for two to TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco 2019 and the coveted title of “Africa’s Favorite Startup.”

The winner of the event was M-SCAN from Uganda, which develops portable mobile ultrasound devices (Ultrasonic probes) that are laptop, tablet and mobile phone compatible. The judges were impressed with its scalability potential to make many other medical access devices affordable for Africa, where mother and infant mortality is unforgivably high.