Prosper Africa’s Tech for Trade Alliance Announces a Pharmaceutical Tracing Pilot in South Africa as part of U.S. Digital Transformation with Africa (DTA) Strategy

Prosper Africa, USAID’s e-Trade Alliance, IBM, and the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy to Test a Solution to Transform African Pharmaceutical Markets Prosper Africa’s Tech for Trade Alliance (AT4T) is launching its latest pilot in Africa to field test a digital platform intended to bring visibility to Africa’s drug supply chains, creating a more transparent, efficient, and safe commercial market for medications. Prosper Africa, USAID’s e-Trade Alliance, IBM Consulting , and the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) are collaborating to launch Pulse by NABP ™ in South Africa. Pulse will connect US and global pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer and Roche with African distributors and pharmacies in this emerging market, enabling better communication between trading partners and adding security to this evolving supply chain by enhancing the ability to identify and trace medications. British Robinson, Prosper Africa’s Coordinator, said “Through Prosper Africa’s Tech for Trade Alliance, under the Digital Trade for Africa (DTA) initiative, we support partnerships between companies to leverage technology and create products/services that catalyze financial and social returns for Africans and Americans alike. We are excited that IBM will use their Watson AI capabilities in this pilot to help improve the traceability of drugs […]

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