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A month after it laid off 30% of its employees, 54gene, an African-focused biotechnology startup that focuses on genome research in Africa, is shutting down 7RiverLabs (7RL), its diagnostics arm, Techloy can authoritatively confirm.

The lab, which launched in December 2021, with the goal of bringing affordable precision diagnostics to all Africans, offers patients' screening for infectious and non-communicable diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and other general lifestyle checks.

With five cities in operation, including Lagos, Abuja, and Kano, 7RiverLabs had major plans for an African expansion for 2022, starting with Kenya, prior to the company shuttering the service.

More here: https://www.techloy.com/biotech-startup-54gene-shutters-its-diagnostics-arm-7riverlabs/

African cryptocurrency payment gateway, Paychant has launched Quick, a service that enables users to buy airtime top-up, data bundle, electricity, cable TV, and more with Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

Now people living in ten African countries, including Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, Kenya, Botswana, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Cameroon, and Zimbabwe, can buy airtime, internet data, electricity, tv subscription, airline tickets, book hotels, food, and event tickets using their bitcoin and other popular cryptocurrencies.

Founded in 2019, Paychant is a cryptocurrency payment gateway that aims to increase the adoption of cryptocurrency payment in Africa by building a platform that lets buyers use their favourite cryptocurrency to pay sellers or merchants.

More details here: https://medium.com/techloy/africas-leading-crypto-payment-gateway-paychant-launches-quick-an-all-in-one-platform-for-ace7b2dd3503