When 32-year-old market trader Zainab Musa fell ill with malaria last year, she had to borrow N18,000 to pay for drugs and hospital tests, nearly half her monthly earnings.
“I don’t have insurance. Everything I pay is from my pocket. If I don’t sell, I can’t go to the hospital,” she sai
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Royal Ibeh
Royal Ibeh is a senior journalist with years of experience reporting on Nigeria’s technology and health sectors. She currently covers the Technology and Health beats for BusinessDay newspaper, where she writes in-depth stories on digital innovation, telecom infrastructure, healthcare systems, and public health policies.
