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EASE Holdings BV has promoted Dr. Kanyinsola Oyeyinka to Chief Executive Officer to succeed Imraan Soomra, who will, effective May 1, take on a new role as Non-Executive Director of EASE South Africa, the group’s most advanced unit.

EASE South Africa has secured its first international lender to expand a revolutionary new model that provides clinics and hospitals with access to high-end medical equipment. EASE installs state-of-the-art PET-CT and MRI scanners, surgical robots, and other high-value machines with healthcare providers across South Africa.

Channels TV interviewed EASE CEO, Imraan Soomra, on the recent PET-CT installation in South AFrica.

In a groundbreaking development for regional healthcare, the first pay-per-use PET-CT scanner in South Africa has been commissioned through an innovative Equipment-as-a-Service model introduced by EASE.

A state-of-the-art Da Vinci surgical robot installed this week at Busamed Gateway Private Hospital in Kwazulu Natal, South Africa, heralds a breakthrough for access to cutting-edge medical technology in Africa without the burden of heavy capital investments.

EASE® Healthcare partnered with St. Dominic Catholic Hospital to bring the first MRI scanner in Ghana’s Eastern Region. St. Dominic Catholic Hospital is set to receive Ghana’s first Siemens Magnetom Free. Star MRI scanner – the latest in low-helium MRI technology in a scanner. The new MRI scanner will bring immense impact to patients in […]

African Asset Finance Company (AAFC), a provider of cost-effective access to cutting-edge equipment in emerging and frontier markets through leasing, asset finance, and Equipment-as-a-Service (EASE®), announces the appointment of Imraan Soomra as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Executive Board Member of EASE Holdings BV.

African Asset Finance Company (AAFC) today announced the expansion of its groundbreaking EASE® (Equipment as a Service) Healthcare program in Southern Africa and opened a subsidiary in Johannesburg, EASE® South Africa (Pty) Limited. The Southern Africa regional expansion marks an important step in EASE®’s geographic footprint, which launched last year in Ghana and Nigeria.

Improved access to critical equipment in frontier and emerging markets in fact helps deliver dramatically more positive impact, based on the following findings: Potential to improve access to critical equipment fivefold is clear Improving equipment efficiency can also occur be increased by 300%+ Delivered productivity returns of $31.30 per $1 invested in healthcare are also […]

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–African Asset Finance Company, the leading provider of cost-effective access to state-of-the-art equipment in frontier and emerging markets through Equipment-as-a-Service, today announces the appointment of Imraan Soomra as Officer of the Corporation.

FOCOS Orthopedic Hospital in Accra on Monday outdoored a new, top-of-the-range CT Scanner, a diagnostic medical equipment, heralding the berthing in Ghana of EASE® (Equipment-as-a-Service) healthcare, a subsidiary of the African Asset Finance Company that made the acquisition possible.

A Computerised Tomography (CT) scanner has been installed at the FOCOS Orthopedic Hospital, Accra, to boost healthcare delivery at the hospital and the Patang community.

A CT scanner is used to produce images of the inside of the body to aid diagnosis. It is the first to be installed by Equipment-As-A-Service (EASE®) Ghana Limited, a subsidiary of the African Asset Finance Company (AAFC), in West Africa in line with its quest to improve healthcare delivery in Africa.

EASE Healthcare, a full-service pay-per-scan programme for hospitals, clinics and diagnostic centres and initiated by the African Asset Finance Company (AAFC) for quality diagnostic equipment has been launched in Accra.

The event which saw the installation of a CT Scanner at the FOCOS Orthopedic Hospital in Accra marked the introduction of Equipment-as-a-Service (EASE®) in Ghana.

The African Asset Finance Company (AAFC) has launched its local subsidiary in Ghana, marking the introduction of its Equipment-as-a-Service (EASE®) Healthcare in the country. The event celebrated the installation of a CT Scanner, a diagnostic medical equipment provided by EASE® Ghana at the FOCOS Orthopedic Hospital in Accra.

EASE® Healthcare has launched a pay-per-scan program to revolutionize Ghana’s healthcare equipment access.

The initiative, supported by the African Asset Finance Company (AAFC), introduced Equipment-as-a-Service (EASE®) in Accra.

EASE® Ghana aims to tackle the issue of inadequate and non-functional medical equipment by offering a pay-per-use model.

Equipment-as-a-Service (EASE®) Ghana, a cost-effective equipment solutions provider, has launched its operations in the country by installing a computed tomography (CT) scanner for FOCOS Orthopedic Hospital at Pantang in Accra.

Ghana has taken the lead in becoming West Africa’s first beneficiary of the African Asset Finance Company’s (AAFC) Equipment-as-a-Service (EASE®) healthcare with its first installation at the FOCOS Orthopedic Hospital in Accra.

This feat was cemented after a CT Scanner, a diagnostic medical equipment provided by EASE® Ghana, was installed at the hospital during a brief ceremony, which also announced the presence of the partnership in the country.

EASE® Ghana, a subsidiary of African Asset Finance Company (AAFC), successfully launched yesterday at the FOCOS Orthopedic Hospital.

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EASE®’s innovative pay-per-use program will enable HTS to pay for the installation and use of a new Siemens Magnetom Free.Star Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanner from the cashflows generated by using the equipment. By providing “equipment-as-a-service”, the EASE® Healthcare program is supporting medical organisations like HTS to deliver the highest standards of care to their patients by making access to the latest medical technology more cost-effective.

EASE® Ghana has signed its first customer in the country, introducing its “equipment-as-a-service” model to Ghana’s healthcare sector. FOCOS Orthopedic Hospital is set to receive best-in-class medical diagnostic equipment through EASE® Ghana’s unique pay-per-scan service. The hospital is one of West Africa’s leading healthcare providers and has recently undergone a period of significant growth in patient numbers.

The 2020 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the World Food Programme, but there i still a long way to go when it comes to sustainable food systems, says the CEO of AAFC, Frans VanSchaik.

AAFC intends to use the proceeds to strengthen its equity base for funding and growing a diversified portfolio of equipment leasing contracts in Ethiopia and other African markets, with a focus on agricultural and medical equipment.

African Asset Finance Company (AAFC), a New York-based non-bank financial and equipment leasing firm, closed a $30 million redeemable preferred share offering, led by Roha. The financing was completed in two equal tranches.

With South African Airways collapsing into bankruptcy, the fight for dominance among African airlines has one clear winner – Ethiopian Airlines

To supply USD 150 million agricultural machineries. The first foreign-owned leasing company, Ethio Lease, yesterday signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Agriculture and the Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA) enabling it to lease agriculture machineries to ATA sponsored farmers’ mechanisation centres.

Ethio Lease, the first foreign-owned leasing company, today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) agreement with the Ministry of Agriculture (“MOA”) and the Agricultural Transformation Agency (“ATA”) to lease agriculture equipment to ATA sponsored farmers’ mechanization centers.

Ethio Lease this month became the first foreign-owned company to secure a financial services license in Ethiopia. Simplifying the country’s forbidding bureaucracy would help the country’s leasing market to reach its full potential.

The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) has granted a license on Thursday to Ethio Lease, making it the first foreign-owned entity to receive a financial services license in the country. Ethio Lease, a unit of New York-based Africa Asset Finance Company Inc., was licensed with the initial capital of 400 million birr would purchase equipment […]

The National Bank of Ethiopia granted the first financial services license to a foreign-owned company, Ethio Lease, a capital lease provider, as the Ethiopian Government delivers on its promise to gradually liberalize the economy and create jobs.

Ethiopia has taken the first steps towards liberalising its tightly controlled financial sector by granting a business license to a foreign-owned company for the first time. Read More

NAIROBI, Aug 8 (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s central bank granted a financial services licence to a foreign-owned company for the first time on Thursday, as the government begins to open up the economy of Africa’s second most populous nation.

Ethiopia’s central bank granted its first financial services license to a leasing company that plans to bring into the east African country equipment worth $600 million. Read more

Girma Wake, the former CEO of Ethiopian Airlines, along with eight foreign companies and individuals is forming the sixth lease financing company in the country.