How Viruses should be Named in the Wake of Multiple Coronavirus Strains
When scientists announced that a variant called B.1.315 — two digits removed from the variant first seen in South Africa — was spreading in the United States, South Africa’s health minister “got quite confused” between that and B.1.351, said Tulio de Oliveira, a geneticist at the Nelson Mandela School of Medicine in Durban and a […]
Developing Africa’s Super App
Super apps – platforms that offer various services under one umbrella – are proliferating across various emerging markets, including Africa. Emeka Ajene is co-founder of the Togo-based Gozem, which began life as a ride-hailing service but is now building out a super app by adding services including food delivery. He says companies like Gojek and […]
Tears, Fears and Relief as School Girls are Freed
Gunmen who kidnapped nearly 300 schoolgirls from a boarding school in northwest Nigeria last week beat them and threatened to shoot them during a forced march into captivity, victims said on Tuesday after they were set free. The pupils from Jangebe, a town in Zamfara state, were seized in a raid just after midnight on […]
Research in the DRC Provides Breakthrough for Fight Against HIV
The discovery of a large group of people who control HIV without taking medication is leading to hopes of an eventual cure, scientists say. The study found as many as 4% of HIV carriers in the Democratic Republic of Congo were able to suppress the virus. Typically less than 1% of people with HIV are […]
