Local manufacturer races to tap potential in medical technology

AS governments race to prepare for the possibility of an Ebola outbreak in their countries, a local medical device manufacturer, Racer Technology, has already produced a diagnostic kit that can test for the disease.

It is part of a collaboration with a United States start-up, Nanomix, and the test kit is awaiting approval by the US Food and Drug Administration.

The diagnostic tool, which is essentially a microfluidic chip, identifies a disease through changes in fluid properties at micro-level dimensions and enables clinicians to carry out tests at the point of care.