Algeria Finds its Voice over the Airwaves
Rights groups accuse some authoritarian governments of using the coronavirus pandemic as a pretext to further limit free expression. But in the North African country of Algeria, the trend is partly going the other way. As brand names go, Radio Corona Internationale or RCI is probably in a league of its own. Launched last month […]
Good News for Egyptian Food-tech Startup
Mumm has closed a pre-Series A bridge funding round from Alexandria Angels to maintain its growth during and beyond the COVID-19 crisis. Founded by Waleed Abd El Rahman in 2015, Mumm is an online marketplace that delivers homemade food to individual customers as well as businesses. Initially launched as an online marketplace for customers to […]
The Impact of the Coronavirus in South Africa Will be Shaped by its Unequal Society
Based on a new study on wealth inequality in South Africa, researchers propose a progressive solidarity wealth tax. This would allocate the fiscal burden of current interventions on those most capable of paying. It is in line with the recommendations recently made by the International Monetary Fund to equitably attain fiscal sustainability and better position […]
Discrimination against Africans in China is Nothing New
African people continue to be barred from hotels, shops and restaurants in Guangzhou, despite Chinese officials assuring governments across Africa that discrimination resulting from efforts to contain the coronavirus outbreak would stop. Racist discrimination in Guangzhou earlier this month caused outrage in Africa, provoking rare official protests to China by several countries. Anger in Africa […]
South African Mines Join Forces to Flatten the Curve
South African mining companies are setting up shared quarantine facilities for miners testing positive for COVID-19 and are discussing other ways to cooperate, as the vital national industry gradually restarts operations halted since late March. Sibanye Stillwater, AngloGold Ashanti, Harmony Gold, Gold Fields have already turned to social media, radio stations and newspapers to offer […]
A New Libyan Order
Libya’s eastern-based renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar has declared a landmark 2015 United Nations-brokered agreement to unite the country “a thing of the past”, and pledged his authorities would move towards creating a new government. “The political agreement destroyed the country. We will work to create the conditions for building permanent civic institutions, he said […]
Lagos Launches Drive-through Testing
Nigerian medical delivery company Lifebank has launched two drive-through mobile testing centers to boost coronavirus testing numbers in the country. The test centers, built like restaurant drive-throughs, are located in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial center, and Oyo, in the southwest of the country. Lifebank says it launched the free testing centers in partnership with the Nigerian […]
Ghana Uses Drones to Deliver PPE and Test Kits
Zipline, a drone-delivery start-up that delivers critical medical supplies in countries like Ghana and Rwanda, has begun delivering Covid-19 test samples in the country’s two largest cities — Accra, the nation’s capital, and Kumasi, the country’s second-largest city. The service began with 51 test samples which were collected from patients at rural health facilities and […]
President of Ghana will Speak at Africa.com Webinar
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, will address what is possibly the largest ever gathering of senior African business leaders. Akufo-Addo will be the lead speaker on a panel moderated by Hakeem Belo-Osagie, Chairman of FSDH Holding Company and Harvard Business School Senior Lecturer of Business Administration, called “This Isn’t the West – How Africa’s Informal […]
With COVID-19 And Remote Working, Transformative Change Looms For Cybersecurity In South Africa
By Lukas van der Merwe, Specialist Sales Executive: Security, T-Systems South Africa Johannesburg, South Africa, April 28, 2020 However, there is a risk that many organisations may be left behind in a caterpillar-like approach, while others could remain in the pupal state, overwhelmed by the complexity of the challenge. Those that emerge from chrysalis and […]
