News & Media: Nexus Intelligence in the Forbes Africa cover story on AI

Forbes Africa's cover story looks at how African entrepreneurs and researchers are adapting AI to challenges specific to the continent, in healthcare and agriculture, with an emphasis on offline capability, clinician oversight and affordable, locally relevant solutions. Nexus Intelligence features as the healthcare example, opening at Mponeng Gold Mine.

What the article covers

• → 45 seconds, no cloud required. At Mponeng, Nexus AI analysed chest X-rays for tuberculosis and occupational lung disease on on-premise workstations, without cloud computing.
• → From Google Research to a regulated device. Nexus licensed a foundational chest X-ray model developed by Google Research and built Nexus AI CXR, a regulated clinical decision-support system, CE MDR Class IIb certified under the EU Medical Device Regulation in late 2025.
• → Supporting radiologists, not replacing them. The software prioritises radiologists' work by identifying normal studies and flagging abnormal cases that need specialist attention.
• → Scale. Around 40 healthcare sites across six countries and more than 25,000 chest X-rays processed.

Why it matters

The article also quotes Lorna Omondi of Google Research Africa on why offline operation matters: a tool that depends on reliable internet would exclude the very communities this work exists to serve.

Read our own account of the world-first deployment 4 km underground →

About Nexus AI CXR

Nexus AI CXR is a CE MDR Class IIb certified medical AI software for chest X-ray triage, developed in collaboration with Google and independently evaluated by the Stop TB Partnership in The Lancet Digital Health. It is Global Fund quality-approved and available through PFSCM / Wambo. It supports, and does not replace, clinical interpretation and diagnosis.

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