African Cancer Center

14/02/2022

“Today is indeed a milestone in the fairly long history of the ACC project, which has been on the runway for some time waiting to take off. It is with immense pleasure that I welcome you all to the signing ceremony appointing Financial Advisers for the African Cancer Center”. - Mr. Adekunle Olumide, Chairman of the African Cancer Center

On the vision of the African Cancer Center, Adekunle said; “It was against the background of the poor cancer management in Nigeria that led to the establishment of the center by the late Professor Olufemi Williams, Founder, and Director of the African Cancer Center.

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On the vision of the African Cancer Center, Adekunle said; “It was against the background of the poor cancer management in Nigeria that led

03/02/2017

February 4th is World Cancer Day. Dr. Femi Williams examines the lack of Cancer Care in Africa, expressing urgent need for Health authorities to take action immediately.
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Press Release Cancer is a Potential Weapon of Mass Destruction (WMD) in Nigeria Nigeria is the most populous black country on the face of the earth and projec...

15/01/2017

Interview of Founder and Director of ACC Dr. Femi Williams

Dr. Femi Williams being interviewed on medical tourism and cancer in Africa. Lagos TV Morning Delight LTV8

15/01/2017

Congratulations to Healthshare Solutions!
Awarded Contract for Phase I of ACC Pre-Construction Development.

ACC Board meeting on Jan 11 2017 where Healthshare Solutions of South Africa ( hospital management company) was awarded contract for phase 1 of ACC pre construc...

04/03/2016

Nigeria loses $3 billion annually on Medical Tourism.

"Health is Wealth...There is need for a health care revolution in Nigeria to stop the huge sums spent yearly on going to India and other places abroad for simple medical treatments that can be dealt with here."

-Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) Director, Mr. George Etomi

According to an article from The Nation, there is a dire need to invest in healthcare infrastructure located within Nigeria. Currently Nigeria spends over $3...

30/01/2016

Vice President Joe Biden has called for a renewed commitment to end cancer. Evoking the sentiment of the “spirit of discovery,” the Lancet Journal discusses whether this “moonshot” program will accelerate research or become another war on cancer.

In his last State of the Union speech on Jan 12, 2016, President Barack Obama endorsed what Vice President Joe Biden has called our generation's “moonshot”—a renewed commitment to end cancer. Evoking the sentiment of the “spirit of discovery” and the imagery of American space exploration, Obama symb…

04/01/2016

According to ThisDay Live article, "Nigerians are optimistic that the events that will shape the health sector will be that which will bring positive impact to the country and its citizens."

According to ThisDayLive "Events that Shaped the Health Sector in 2015" article , top 2015 Nigerian Health events include: Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) ...

28/12/2015

Nigeria Experiencing Urgent Need for Radiotherapy Machines.

Source: PUNCH MOTUNRAYO JOEL writes that Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation of 170 million people, has only two functional radiotherapy machines in gover...

02/12/2015

All African countries need to persuade health policy makers, and the international scientific community that investing in cancer prevention is a sound financial proposition.

Our current knowledge of molecular biomarkers for carcinogen exposure and cancer susceptibility, the role of gene mutations in carcinogenesis, and their appli...

30/11/2015

Changing the cancer treatment story in Nigeria...

October was Breast Cancer Awareness Month. You may have noticed the pink fests in many Nigerian cities. Yet, beyond all the pink is deep anxiety, that if one does get cancer in Nigeria, your chance…

30/11/2015

Prof. Francis Durosinmi-Etti, the President, Cancer Education and Advocacy Foundation of Nigeria, has called on the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency on cancer in Nigeria.

Prof. Francis Durosinmi-Etti, the President, Cancer Education and Advocacy Foundation of Nigeria (CEAFON), has called on the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency on cancer in Nigeria.

21/05/2015

The fence is looking great!

Progress continues!

28/03/2015

Nigeria is a world class nation in need of a world class hospital devoted strictly to growing cancer needs. ACC continues gaining private support, including a large donation from the Oyeleke Ajiboye Foundation on March 26, 2015.

This hospital could soon be reality, but depends on the Nigerian government, which authorized $400M in seed money, to appropriate these funds to begin construction.

"We cannot afford to allow this silent killer to run riot in our nation. So let us all put our hands together and wage the war together against cancer. The time is now. Let us act and support this worthy cause.” - Prof. Femi Williams

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Please "like", and share in order to increase pressure and awareness for this urgent need. As Funke Olaode reports, the federal level needs to increase it's level of commitment:

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16/03/2015

Exciting News!

Construction of the African Cancer Center Fence has Begun!

Please check out the latest photographs on our site, www.africancancercenter.com

We are happy to announce construction has begun! Here are photographs of the fence in progress, with site visit by Bank officials.

23/01/2015

World Cancer day is coming up next month.
ACC should act to correct the issues raised in this article.

“We cannot afford to lose more Nigerians to cancer. Government should dedicate the proceeds from an oil block to the provision of cancer equipment and treatment. It is a need.”

- Ajekigbe, Professor of Radiotherapy and Oncology with the College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Akoka, Aderemi Ajekigbe.

A professor of radiotherapy and Oncology with the College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Akoka, Aderemi Ajekigbe, has said Nigeria records 100, 000 new cases of cancer annually. Ajekigbe, who delivered the 21st Inaugural Lecture of the university titled, ‘Cancer:The Unwanted Guest That May Visit’…

21/01/2015

“We have enough money in the country to build cancer centres for treatment and even research. I want to make a passionate appeal for this money to be released… We should have diagnostic centres." - Wole Soyinka

Wole Soyinka has survived cancer. The Nobel Laureate made this known at a press conference at the Cultural Centre, Abeokuta, Kuto, Ogun State on Tuesday. He said he had discovered the lump around end of last year and had been in treatment until October this year when he was declared cancer-free.

21/01/2015

Discusses the limitations and challenges facing developing countries in containing cancer treatment costs.

Anne Strange was too ill to dance at the evening reception when her daughter, Debbie, married in November but just being there was enough. The 63-year-old Londoner was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2010 and the disease has since spread to her

27/02/2012

"Prof. Femi Williams at 76: A Life Devoted to Medicine"
Article by Ojo Maduekwe
Femi is the founder and Director of the proposed African Cancer Center which will be the first comprehensive cancer center in black Africa. It will be sited in Lagos on the Lekki expressway in Okorisan Village near Epe in Lagos State.