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Rest Essence never expected to watch a family friend come close to dying while giving birth. It was around 1 a.m. when she went into labour, and she was taken from one hospital to another. The first hospital refused to admit her for reasons that remain unclear, while the second had no electricity. Under the glow of handheld flashlights at the third hospital, she delivered her second child by caesarean section. She then began haemorrhaging, and for a moment, Essence feared she would not survive. She did, but that experience changed the course of his own life. At the time, Essence had challenged himself to spend a year searching for a problem worth solving in Africa. That night gave his search a direction, he told TechCabal. “That experience opened my eyes to how big of a problem medical emergencies are in Nigeria and across Africa,” he said. “That was when it dawned on me that this is a problem worth solving. I had known how 911 operated outside of the country, but I kept questioning why it wasn’t functional in Nigeria.” Around the same time, he joined the Fishbowl Challenge, where participants formed teams to solve real-world problems. There, he met Dr Muyiwa Oluwatobi, Dr Glennise Ayuk and Abakar Mahamat, who joined the team through the challenge. The four founders realised that, rather than solving just one part of the emergency care puzzle, they wanted to build the infrastructure that could get people help faster when every second mattered. Together, they set out to build Medwaka, an emergency response platform that connects patients experiencing medical emergencies with nearby hospitals, ambulances, and trained first responders through a mobile app. Day 1: Rebuilding what already existed Before the Fishbowl Challenge, Dr Oluwatobi had begun piloting an early model in Ondo State, south-western Nigeria. The platform focused on blood donation and emergency support for pregnant women by connecting expectant mothers with blood donors during medical emergencies. When Essence and the other co-founders joined the project through the Fishbowl Challenge, they saw a bigger opportunity. The problem, Essence believed, was that people did not know where to go during emergencies and no coordinated system could get someone from the point of distress to the care they needed. “The problem we were solving initially wasn’t large-scale enough,” he told TechCabal. “We realised the actual problem we needed to solve was much bigger.” The team went back to the drawing board, speaking with healthcare professionals, ambulance providers and emergency responders to understand how emergency care worked. The end result was Medwaka, turning the blood drive platform into an emergency response network. Through a mobile app, people experiencing medical emergencies could be connected to nearby hospitals and ambulances. With that vision in place, the team developed the first prototype and officially launched Medwaka in 2024. By February that year, the rebuilt Medwaka was ready for its first pilot in Ondo State. Day 500: When reality set in When Medwaka began its pilot in Ondo State, it had a clear plan: train first responders, partner up with hospitals, and give people a number to call during emergencies. However, the team faced challenges it did not anticipate, including low awareness of emergency response services, the difficulty of building a reliable first responder network, and the lack of ambulance infrastructure. The team started by training healthcare workers and local volunteers as first responders in Ondo State while onboarding public and private hospitals to the platform, Essence said. He explained that they recruited people with motorbikes who knew their neighbourhoods well enough to reach a patient before an ambulance could. The goal was that if an emergency occurred, Medwaka should already have someone nearby who could respond before a patient reached the hospital. By the end of 2024, Medwaka had trained 10 first responders and brought 5 hospitals onto the platform. But a bigger obstacle lay ahead of them. The founders had envisioned Medwaka as a 911-style emergency response system, Essence noted, but they realised that such ambition depended on infrastructure they did not control. Buying ambulances was beyond the reach of an early-stage startup, and relying on hospitals’ existing fleets meant dealing with delays and inconsistent availability. “It was either you bought your own ambulance, or you partner with hospitals that currently have ambulances,” he said. “We had a lot of challenges navigating that model.” Day 1000: Rethinking emergency response Due to the ambulance problem, Essence and his co-founders made a decision that would reshape Medwaka’s entire strategy. They decided to stop trying to run an independent 911-style system without the ambulances to back it up, and lean fully into partnerships instead. “Instead of trying to run this 911 system when we knew we couldn’t get ambulances, we decided to just continue with partnerships,” Essence said. “That was the biggest thing we did.” From then on, he noted that the company began shifting its partnership focus away from public health institutions and toward private hospitals and health maintenance organisations (HMOs), governments, emergency agencies, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and community organisationsincluding University of Medical Sciences, Ondo. According to Essence, the partnership model changed how Medwaka created impact, allowing it to focus on strengthening existing emergency response systems. The company also expanded its offerings to include emergency response technology, first responder capacity building, digital emergency coordination tools, and healthcare system integration, he said. Today, Medwaka says it has grown to a team of 20, trained 11 first responders, and facilitated more than 550 emergency requests through its platform and partner network. For Essence, however, the company’s ambition remains unchanged from the night he watched a family friend fight for her life: to build an integrated emergency response ecosystem that connects patients, healthcare providers, first responders, and public health institutions through technology. True scale demands moving beyond surface-level integrations to robust execution. We’ve filtered the noise out of Moonshot 2026, optimising the conference strictly for high-calibre connections between startup founders, global financial operators, enterprise leaders, and individuals rewiring Africa’s technical frameworks. Get 20% off
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IHS Towers has completed the sale of its Latin American tower operations to Macquarie Asset Management, exiting the region as the company reshapes its portfolio ahead of MTN Group’s planned acquisition. IHS Mauritius BR Limited, a subsidiary of IHS Holding Limited, completed the transaction on August 7, 2026, following an agreement announced in February. The deal covers IHS Brazil and IHS Colombia, comprising approximately 9,000 tower sites. The sale marks IHS Towers’ complete exit from Latin America, leaving the company focused on its African operations, where it has more than 28,000 towers across Nigeria, South Africa, Côte d’Ivoire, Cameroon and Zambia. The divestment also aligns with MTN’s plan to acquire the remaining shares in IHS and take the tower company private. In a statement to shareholders, note-holders, and the media, including TechCabal, MTN said the completion of the sale “aligns with the intention by MTN to acquire only IHS’s African assets as part of the Transaction.” MTN announced the proposed acquisition in February. On August 5, IHS shareholders approved the merger at an extraordinary general meeting, satisfying one of the conditions required for the transaction to proceed. With the Latin American assets now divested, the proposed acquisition is focused solely on IHS’s African tower portfolio, simplifying the transaction structure and aligning it with MTN’s strategic priorities. JP Morgan advised IHS on the transaction. Macquarie Asset Management, the buyer, manages approximately $477 billion in assets globally. For IHS, the sale marks a significant strategic retreat as the company narrows its focus to emerging African markets. For MTN, it removes IHS’s Latin American operations from the proposed acquisition and strengthens its focus on African digital infrastructure. The broader acquisition, however, is still pending. MTN said the deal remains subject to regulatory approvals, which are still being processed. IHS shareholders approved the MTN Group acquisition on Wednesday, August 5, 2026. The acquisition remains subject to regulatory approvals. Once completed, it will give MTN full ownership of IHS’s remaining African tower business, strengthening its control over one of the continent’s largest independent telecommunications infrastructure portfolios. True scale demands moving beyond surface-level integrations to robust execution. We’ve filtered the noise out of Moonshot 2026, optimising the conference strictly for high-calibre connections between startup founders, global financial operators, enterprise leaders and individuals rewiring Africa’s technical frameworks. Get 20% off Early Bird tickets for a limited time.
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You unlock your phone to reply to a text message. Before you know it, you’ve spent half an hour scrolling through short videos, memes, or social media posts you never intended to see. It’s a familiar experience for smartphone users, and one Google wants to address with a simple but deliberate interruption. Pause Point is a new Digital Wellbeing feature Google unveiled during its Android announcements ahead of Google I/O 2026. Although it is closely tied to Android 17, Google says the feature is coming later this year. Rather than locking you out of distracting apps or imposing strict screen time limits, Pause Point introduces a brief pause before you open apps you’ve identified as distracting, giving you a moment to reconsider whether you really want to continue. The feature reflects Google’s broader effort to make Android not just smarter, but more intentional. As smartphones become increasingly powered by AI, the company is also looking at ways technology can help users build healthier digital habits instead of encouraging endless scrolling. This article explains what Pause Point is, how it works, and why it could become one of Google’s most useful Digital Wellbeing features. What is Pause Point? Pause Point is a new Digital Wellbeing feature designed to help users reduce mindless phone use. Instead of preventing access to social media or entertainment apps, it inserts a short pause before those apps open, encouraging users to think about why they’re launching them. Think of it as a speed bump rather than a roadblock. If you decide Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, X, or another app tends to distract you, you can mark it as a distracting app. The next time you try to open it, Android briefly interrupts the experience before letting you continue. Google says existing Digital Wellbeing tools often fall into two extremes. App timers can be easy to dismiss, while completely blocking access to apps may not be practical for everyday use. Pause Point is designed to sit between those approaches by encouraging users to make a conscious choice without preventing them from using the app. Unlike app timers that cut you off after you’ve already spent time scrolling, Pause Point intervenes before the habit takes over. How does Pause Point work? 1. You choose which apps are distracting Pause Point isn’t enabled for every app on your phone. Instead, you decide which apps should trigger the pause. That means productivity apps, messaging platforms, or work tools remain unaffected unless you choose otherwise. The feature is designed around personal habits rather than assuming every user finds the same apps distracting. 2. A 10-second pause before the app opens When you launch one of your selected apps, Android displays a 10-second pause screen instead of opening it immediately. During those few seconds, you’re prompted to ask yourself a simple question: “Why am I here?” Google designed the delay to interrupt automatic app-opening habits and encourage users to pause before continuing. 3. It offers healthier alternatives The pause isn’t just a countdown. During those ten seconds, Android can offer a short breathing exercise, setting a timer for your app session, looking at favourite photos, or jumping to another activity such as reading a book. These suggestions are designed to gently redirect users instead of forcing them away from the app altogether. 4. It’s deliberately harder to turn off Google has also added friction to disabling Pause Point. If users decide they no longer want the feature, Android requires them to restart their phone before they can switch it off. The extra step is meant to discourage impulsive decisions made in the middle of a scrolling session. Why did Google introduce Pause Point? Pause Point is Google’s latest attempt to help users reduce mindless scrolling and other habitual phone use. Modern apps are designed to capture and hold attention. Recommendation algorithms, infinite scrolling, and autoplay features can make it easy to spend far more time on a phone than originally intended. Traditional Digital Wellbeing tools already allow users to monitor screen time or set daily limits, but many people simply ignore or dismiss those notifications. Pause Point takes a different approach. Instead of restricting access, it introduces a brief interruption at the exact moment a habit begins. The idea is simple: creating a small moment of reflection before an app opens may help users make more intentional decisions about how they spend their time. The feature also arrives as governments, researchers, and regulators continue examining the effects of addictive app design and excessive screen time, particularly among younger users. Pause Point vs App Timers Interrupts you before opening an app vs limits how long you can use an app. Encourages reflection vs restricts access after a set time. Focuses on preventing automatic habits vs reducing overall screen time. Allows you to continue immediately after the pause vs locks the app when your daily limit is reached. For many users, Pause Point may feel less restrictive because it doesn’t stop them from using an app. Instead, it encourages more intentional choices before scrolling begins. Will Pause Point actually help reduce screen time? Whether Pause Point changes behaviour will vary from person to person, but the feature is built around a simple idea: interrupting automatic habits with a brief pause may help people make more deliberate choices. Many of us unlock our phones almost instinctively. We tap familiar apps without thinking, often out of habit rather than necessity. By adding just ten seconds of friction, Pause Point aims to break that automatic loop. Of course, the feature won’t eliminate distractions overnight. Users can still choose to open the app once the countdown ends. But even if it helps people avoid a handful of unnecessary scrolling sessions each day, those saved minutes can add up over time. Rather than relying on willpower alone, Pause Point makes mindful phone use a little easier. Which phones will get Pause Point? Android 17 is rolling out first to supported Google Pixel devices, with other Android manufacturers expected to
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