Temie Giwa-Tubosun is a woman on a mission. The founder of LifeBank, the first fully digital blood bank in the world, Temie Giwa-Tubosun has moved 14,394 bags of blood, gathered over 3000 donors and saved over 4000 lives. The self-described focused, calm and determined CEO of Nigeria’s first digital blood bank LifeBank has had compliments…

Today is World Blood Donor Day and every June 14 is a day to bring attention to how critical blood donors are to saving the lives of people requiring blood transfusions.

LifeBank, a healthcare technology and logistics company founded in 2016 to solve the problems of blood shortage in Nigeria, has introduced fresh innovations to enhance its blood donation service delivery. The startup unveiled SmartBag and LabX on Wednesday, June 13 to coincide with the World Blood Donor Day, pursuant to its mission to reduce Nigeria’s…

Co-creation Hub Nigeria (CcHUB), has provided various supports from financial to technical for about 50 Information and Communications Technology (ICT) start-ups in the last seven years.

World Blood Donor Day (WBDD) is one of eight official global public health campaigns marked by the World Health Organization (WHO).

The system is simple and it starts with the blood donor. The donor books an appointment on LifeBank App with the nearest blood bank. The donor gives blood at the blood bank.

Availability of safe blood means life for countless pregnant women and young children in Nigeria. Ensuring that clean safe blood is available in each hospital means life for so many.

The World Health Organization has recommended a minimum of 1% of a country’s population to participate in blood donations. However, In Nigeria, we are not able to even meet this minimum requirement.