Placing Women At The Centre Of Health Leadership In Africa Key To Achieving UHC
Author(s): Dr. Norah Obudho, Health Integration and East Africa Director, WomenLift Health; Dr. Florence Temu, Country Director, Amref Health Africa in Tanzania Over a decade ago, Pan African Parliament Women’s Conference President, Mavis Matladi of South Africa, declared that it was “more dangerous to be a woman than a soldier” in Africa. In that time much has changed, […]
An Industry First. The Nedbank IMC Now With The Effie Awards
With the collaboration between the Nedbank IMC and the Effie Awards, 15 September will be a day packed with ground-breaking insights and the honouring of effective communications work. Get the insights at the Nedbank IMC. See how winners apply them at the Effies. The Effie Awards South Africa – the world’s preeminent marketing effectiveness award, […]
Water Security In Africa Starts With Educating Our Youth
By Chetan Mistry Strategy and Marketing Manager at Xylem Africa (www.Xylem.com). A general estimate by environmental agencies is that we waste 136 litres or 30 gallons per day per person, particularly in developed and urban economies “We use football to teach children about drinking healthy water, regular handwashing, and staying away from germs. I always […]
DPO Pay Was Awarded As The Fintech Discovery Of The Year 2022 At The Ghana Fintech Awards
The award judged international fintech companies operating in the Ghanaian Fintech space on providing best-in-class infrastructure for the deployment of fintech solutions Leading African digital payments company DPO Pay (www.DPOGroup.com) wins the Fintech Discovery of the year award in the 2022 Ghana Fintech awards. As an initiative of Arkel Limited – a Fintech research and […]
$1 Million: Sustainable Energy Fund For Africa Grant To Drive Electric Mobility Shift In Seven African Countries
The SEFA grant will support the creation of an enabling environment for Electric vehicles (EVs), the design of EV business models and guidelines for the public and private sector The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) (https://bit.ly/2Kfv77Y) of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) will provide a $1 million technical assistance grant to the Green Mobility […]
Battling The Twin Challenge Of HIV And Cervical Cancer
By Joyce Chimbi Damaris Anyango* was recently discharged from Kenyatta National Hospital, battling the twin challenge of cervical cancer and HIV. She is 50 years old and was diagnosed with HIV nearly ten years ago. Despite the heightened risk of developing cervical cancer due to the underlying HIV-positive condition, her first cervical cancer screening was undertaken […]
Legal Recognition Of East African Sign Languages Key Towards Inclusion
By Timothy Egwelu Since the onset of the Covid19 pandemic, at least two deaf people were shot and killed in Uganda by state law enforcement officers. Their ‘crime’ was being deaf and uneducated. Their inability to hear or comprehend Covid19 containment measures communicated in English led to their death. This is despite the United Nations Convention […]
Mali: Independent rights experts call for probe into Wagner Group’s alleged crimes
© UNOCHA/Michele Cattani – A displaced family sit in front of their tent at an informal camp in Bagoundié in Mali. New York, USA, 01 February 2023-/African Media Agency(AMA)/ Top UN-appointed independent rights experts on Tuesday called on the authorities in Mali to launch an immediate probe into the mass execution of civilians last year, allegedly by Government forces […]
