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AI Pathology

AI Pathology

The CDE now offers a leading pathology laboratory service, home-grown in Africa providing vital diagnostic, monitoring and screening, from routine to specialized pathology testing.

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Nutrition

Diet goes a long way to managing diabetes. A diabetes diet is a healthy eating plan that is naturally rich is nutrients an low in fat and calories.

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The CDE has partnered with ophthalmologists and optometrists to provide state of the art evaluation and treatment of your vision at CDE diagnostic centers nationally.

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CDE has partnered with nephrologists to provide renal care evaluation and treatment at CDE diagnostic centres nationally.

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The CDE Academy exists to change the lives of people with diabetes and associated cardiovascular risks, and the lives of the healthcare professionals who have a keen interest in empowering such people to self-manage their condition with confidence.

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Clinical Papers/New Information

+ - Learn more about the pandemic of diabetes mellitus: Click to collapse
  • International Diabetes Federation (IDF) Diabetes Atlas, 10th Brussels, Belgium: 2021th
+ - And the other pandemic of COVID-19 and how it affects people with diabetes: Click to collapse
  • American Diabetes Association, How COVID-19 Impacts People with Diabetes
  • Diabetes UK, Coronavirus and Diabetes Updates
  • International Diabetes Federation, COVID-19 and diabetes
+ - How should we be talking about diabetes? Click to collapse
  • American Diabetes Association, The Use of Language in Diabetes Care and Education
  • Diabetes Australia Position Statement, A new language for diabetes
  • NHS England, Language Matters - Language and diabetes

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Zandi Tsibulane
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Zandi is a qualified Accountant having achieved a B.Acc (cum laude), B.Acc (Hons)/CTA, CA(SA) as well as completing TOPP articles at Discovery Limited.  She previously held the position of Head of Finance/CFO at a biotechnology start-up that was pioneering the first COVID-19 test kit in Africa.  Prior to this she worked at a boutique advisory firm as their Corporate Finance Analyst.  She is currently an Associate at Kleoss Capital. 

 

Grant Newton
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Grant’s philosophy is to strive to leave a legacy of true value, providing healthcare access to previously disadvantaged people and better care for all. His passion and purpose within his career has led him to pursue lifelong education and become a keen researcher in every avenue that he pursues. His career spans from medical asset finance to the healthcare industry and managed care business. Before serving as CDE’s Board Member and current Chief Executive Offer to facilitate change management, he worked on a strategic turnaround that involved corporate restructuring activities and strategic consulting work for various companies and incorporated strategic re-positioning, product design and business process re-design. Over the years he has honed his skills in business rescue along with design, consulting, and oversight of disruptive business strategy.

Zain Laher
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Zain is a seasoned private equity professional with extensive experience across the entire private equity spectrum from fundraising to origination and exit including managing troubled assets. Zain also has successful turnaround experience across the African continent gained during his tenure at Emerging Capital Partners between 2006-2012. With seven funds and over $2.0 billion under management, ECP is a leading private equity manager focused exclusively on Africa.

 

Halekopane (Hale) Matsipa
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Hale is the co-founder of Kleoss Capital and its Chief Executive Officer. He is responsible for overseeing the overall operations of Kleoss Capital and the Fund’s performance. This includes, inter alia, assisting the team with deal origination and execution, engagement with portfolio companies to drive the Fund’s value creation strategies and engagement with the Fund’s investors.