Ethiopian Diaspora in the US Create Safety Net for Families Affected by Lockdown
A scheme being administered by an Addis Ababa doctor that links sponsors with local families impoverished by the epidemic. Bilal Shukur, the doctor who helped launch the “My Family” programme in May has connected 900 beneficiaries to sponsors in the US. Sponsors can be individuals or organisations, and are encouraged to provide beneficiaries with psychological […]
Africa’s Long-term Growth Prospects Remain Intact as Economies Display Their Resilience
Sola David-Borha, Chief Executive of Africa Regions at Standard Bank Group Many African economies are proving their resilience in the face of the humanitarian and economic crisis brought on by Covid-19. The World Bank expects the global economy to contract by 5.2% in 2020 – the worst recession in decades despite the extraordinary interventions by […]
ICC Chief Prosecutor Hopes for Justice in Sudan
The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor hopes the trial of an alleged Sudanese war criminal Ali Kushayb which began this month will help break the cycle of violence’ in Sudan. In a one-on-one interview with VOA, chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda says the proceedings are a signal to war criminals that they cannot escape justice. SOURCE: VOA
Restoring Synergy to Farms in Africa
Thirty-five years ago, with just one acre of land, a couple of seeds and a bucket of hope, one Nigerian-born scientist began his quest to trample famine on his continent. News of the drought across Africa in the early 1980s troubled Father Godfrey Nzamujo, then an expatriate priest and professor at the University of California, […]
Mo Ibrahim Challenges the IMF to Use Reserves to Help Africa
Poor African nations should be allowed to borrow more from the International Monetary Fund’s reserves to help mitigate the economic effect of the coronavirus pandemic, according to Sudanese billionaire Mo Ibrahim. “The Group of 20 (G-20) offered some relief but that’s for public debt and that’s really only for one year; it needs to be […]
AfDB Lauded for its Transparency
Publish What You Fund has ranked the African Development Bank (AFDB) fourth out of 47 global development institutions on its aid Transparency Index. The Index is the only independent measure of aid transparency among the world’s major development agencies. The index places the Bank in the highest category of transparency along with other world class […]
DRC Wins Battle Against Ebola, but the War Isn’t Over
The second-largest Ebola outbreak on record is over after nearly two years and more than 2,200 deaths, Democratic Republic of Congo said on Thursday, even as a separate flare-up of the virus continued on the other side of the country. Despite effective vaccines and treatments that dramatically boosted survival rates, the outbreak dragged on as […]
Accra Mends Relations with Abuja
Ghana’s foreign affairs minister has said the country will reconstruct a building demolished inside the Nigerian High Commission compound in Accra. Armed men reportedly stormed the compound last week and destroyed buildings under construction. Two people have been arrested over the incident. A businessman who had previously claimed that he owned the land where the […]
The Maasai Donate their Land to Give Wildlife Space to Thrive
In 2018, Ol Kinyei, conservancy near the Maasai Mara game reserve achieved IUCN Green List status for its good governance, sound design and planning and effective management. Conservancies around Kenya’s world-renowned Maasai Mara national reserve have become a lifeline for vulnerable wild animals that continue to experience a decline in their habitat. According to Kenya Wildlife Conservancies […]
Africa.com Takes You behind Closed Doors to the Africa Investors’ Conference
Read through slides presented by Goolam Ballim, Chief Economist and Head of Research, Standard Bank Group for his presentation: Expert Analysis of Africa’s Prospects During and After the Pandemic. The Africa Investors’ Conference is designed to connect institutional investors to leading policymakers and some of Africa’s most successful companies, sharing ideas with a view to finding key […]
