African Development Bank to launch African Economic Outlook 2021
The Road Ahead for Africa, which examines Africa’s growth performance and outlook and presents the socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Category: Africa
The Rockefeller Foundation commits nearly USD35m to Covid-19 response efforts in Africa
Collaborating with 24 organizations, businesses, and government agencies, this pan-African effort will also focus on 10 countries: Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
Merck hosts first “Bilharzia Storytelling Lab” to support elimination efforts in Kenya
Kenya is one of the recipient countries since 2011 and has been provided with 19.7 million praziquantel tablets to date. Merck is working towards the elimination of this insidious disease, through a comprehensive approach, together with its international partners.
S. Sudan: Rampant abusive surveillance by NSS instils climate of fear—Amnesty Intl.
A former employee of the telecoms company MTN South Sudan told Amnesty International that, in 2013, the NSS, through an Israeli company, installed a ‘box’ at their company. ‘Box’ installations could be how the government, including the NSS, gains direct access to data from service providers.
The role of technology in unlocking trade value in East Africa
“For countries and ports of trade that have updated their infrastructure through investments into new technology, these income gains will be easier to realise,” Mr Pedro Guerreiro.
Covid-19 in Africa could reverse 30yrs of Wildlife conservation gains, harming livelihoods
On top of losses from the tourism sector, well-intended lockdown measures in densely populated cities are exacerbating the situation in smaller rural communities. An estimated 350 million people in Africa work in what’s known as informal employment.
BAT progresses COVID-19 candidate vaccine into Phase I human clinical trials
Vaccines manufactured using BAT’s vaccine platform have the potential to be stable at room temperature, which could offer significant advantages
Who has deployed UPDF in Somalia!
Is this deployment another way of managing a large unproductive force that is also becoming unmanageable to get funding from USA, since it is only war that keeps this army busy?
South Sudan’s two big foreign policy questions
Kampala—4, December 2020: On 28 November, Ethiopian federal forces claimed to have captured Mekelle, the…
Widespread COVID-19 vaccination in Africa will likely start mid-2021
“The largest immunization drive in Africa’s history is right around the corner, and African governments…
Humanitarian sector neglecting older people, exacerbated by COVID-19
The statistics in the report are taken from needs assessments carried out in the following…
Gashumba: “Banyarwanda are Ugandans, no one chooses their tribe”
The Banyarwanda predicts that tribal discrimination might cause violence, division and disunity in Uganda. Open…