Diagnosis app scoops Africa health prize

An app that allows rural doctors to seek advice remotely from experts won Africa's first prize recognising new technology that boosts health on the continent

Dakar - An app that allows rural doctors to seek advice remotely from experts won Africa's first prize recognising new technology that boosts health on the continent.

The award's main sponsor, French international public radio station RFI, said the 15,000-euro ($16,700) grant had been awarded in Dakar to Cheick Oumar Bagayoko, "a young Malian doctor and computer engineer".