This rapid test kit developed in Senegal is the latest innovation designed to help fight the pandemic in Africa. A small finger-prick of blood, much like an insulin test, is read by the plastic ...

However, with a population of 195.9 million and a fragile health system, solutions like Senegal’s COVID-19 testing kits that can be used at home without necessarily stressing health workers.

For one month now, Senegal has taken its place as a global trailblazer in the quest to invent a rapid testing kit for Covid-19. The west African nation has developed such a kit will not only take ...

TRIALS to develop a $1 covid-19 testing kit that produces results in less than 10 minutes are under way in Senegal. If it works, the test could be a vital tool in sub-Saharan Africa.