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Makerere Innovator Wins Falling Walls Lab Kampala With Newborn Jaundice Device

Published by SoftPower News By Rogers Atukunda · 16 September 2026 at 14:57
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Makerere Innovator Wins Falling Walls Lab Kampala With Newborn Jaundice Device
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Makerere University innovator Andrew Mudhasi has won the inaugural Falling Walls Lab Kampala with a low-cost device designed to improve screening for newborn jaundice across different skin tones. Mudhasi scored 90 per cent to emerge as the winner ahead of 11 other innovators who pitched solutions to challenges in healthcare, agriculture, clean energy, waste management […] The post Makerere Innovator Wins Falling Wall

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