African Airlines Take Stricter Measures against Coronavirus
The World Health Organisation, WHO, has since declared it a public health emergency of international dimensions. WHO chief Tedros Ghebereyesus said whiles China had a robust health system to detect and control, his outfit remained concerned about the virus entering country’s with weak systems. Almost all African governments have publicly put in place strict screening […]
How a Mother’s Love Gave Birth to a Great Invention
Virtue Oboro invented Nigeria’s first lightweight phototherapy crib using LED lights, motivated by her son’s suffering after he was born with neonatal jaundice. SOURCE: REUTERS AFRICA
How Social Media is Boosting Small Businesses in Senegal
In Senegal, small and medium enterprises make up an overwhelming majority of all businesses. CNN’s Zain Asher explores the movement underway in Dakar to empower Senegalese business owners and grow the local marketplace. SOURCE: CNN
Kenya’s Blood Banks are Beginning to Run Dry
The country had relied for years almost entirely on U.S. aid for its state-run blood transfusion service, but the funding was discontinued in September. The director of the service, part of Kenya’s Health Ministry, said the support ended abruptly and prematurely, leaving Kenyan officials unprepared. But U.S. officials said a transition of responsibility had been […]
Cairo’s Plan to Regain Visitors
Terror attacks and security unrest in Egypt since the step-down of the Muslim brotherhood in 2013, consequently panned the Upper Egyptian province of Minya from the international tourism map. Now, after security is under control, and the Egyptian police are in full power to secure each footstep in Minya, the Egyptian government decided to bring […]
The Shocking Way Ghana is Dealing with Mental Illness
Ghana is a country where spiritual and herbal healing traditions intertwine with one of the most successful universal healthcare insurance systems on the African continent. It has distinguished itself with a vaccination programme that compares well to other sub-Saharan countries and the government has made efforts to start to tackle the daunting medical professional skills […]
Nigeria Named in Trump’s Latest Travel Ban
A year after the Trump administration announced that a major pillar of its new strategy for Africa was to counter the growing influence of China and Russia by expanding economic ties to the continent, it slammed the door shut on Nigeria, the continent’s biggest economy. The travel restrictions also apply to three other African countries […]
South Africa’s Promise for Investing in Mining
The SA government is looking at setting up a new electricity generation business outside Eskom, which could potentially use gas, says mineral resources & energy minister Gwede Mantashe. He also announced at the Investing in African Mining Indaba in Cape Town on Monday that there were no restrictions on companies producing power for internal use. […]
Africa Should Set its Sights on Feeding the World
By Sola David-Borha, Chief Executive of Africa Regions at Standard Bank Group With the world population expected to swell by 2 billion people over the next three decades, Africa has an opportunity to step up and become a major global food production hub. For the time being, Africa remains a net importer of food, despite […]
Rwanda: The Country of a Thousand Hills
In April 1994, as the world’s media was focusing its attention on the election of Nelson Mandela, and the end of South Africa’s apartheid, something terrible was happening in Rwanda. This tiny East African country, with a population of approximately 12 million as of 2016, was the centre of the world’s most barbaric, bloodiest and […]
