The American Hospital Dubai (AHD) is set to establish presence in Nigeria and eight other African countries to reduce medical tourism on the Continent
AHD’s Nigerian offices will be in Lagos, Abuja, and potentially Port Harcourt, Rivers State, featuring a representative office, diagnostic center, and hospital.
Notable investor Prince Tonye Princewill revealed that the other African countries targeted by AHD are Ghana, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Zambia, South Africa, Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Angola.
The hospital’s first African office will open in Lagos on August 12, 2024, with the Abuja office to follow suit.
He said: “I have built quite a number of partnerships but I think one of the prominent partnerships that I have built is the American Hospital Dubai. American Hospital Dubai is one of the top hospitals in Dubai and they want to come into Africa.
“I am their partner in sub-saharan Africa and it is my responsibility to take them to Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Zambia, South Africa, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Angola, you name them. It is my responsibility. So, I am operating with them across Sub-Saharan Africa.
“Their first office is going to be opened on August 12 this year in Lagos. After Lagos, it will be Abuja. In fact, if they arrive here in August, their office in Abuja would be getting set. They want to do it very fast.”
Princewill, however, was concerned that the current political crisis in Rivers State might impede the selection of Port Harcourt as the third office of AHD in Nigeria.
He said: “Of course, everybody will say that one of their natural locations should be Port Harcourt, but here I am struggling to convince them that Port Harcourt is the ideal location for them to establish their office.
“I shouldn’t be struggling, it should be a forgone conclusion, but because of the crisis in the state and the information that people have at hand about people in Rivers State, it is in the negative,” he stated.
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