Critical Hearing For 140,000 Individuals Affected By Lead-Poisoning As A Result Of Anglo-American SA Actions In Zambia Concludes
An eight-day-long hearing, to consider whether to certify the class action being brought against Anglo American SA (Anglo) for alleged mismanagement causing widespread lead poisoning around the Kabwe mine, has concluded. In what has been described as a “test case for ESG”, the conclusion of the hearing marks a significant moment, as the 140,000 affected […]
African Development Bank Approves $50 Million And EUR 50 Million Trade Finance Transaction Line Of Credit For ECOWAS Bank
For Investment And Development(EBID ) To Enhance Food Security And Boost Agricultural Value Chains In The Region EBID will use the three-and-a-half-year facility to provide direct financing to local corporates The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has approved a dual-currency Trade Finance Line of Credit for ECOWAS Bank for Investment […]
A Brave New World For African Infrastructure Projects
Author: Clyde Oakes, Head: Public Sector at Absa Regional Operations The development of infrastructure on the African continent is a crucial driver for sustainable economic progress. Africa’s ailing infrastructure deficit has hampered its growth compared to other economies. The flipside to this challenge should allow African countries the opportunity to advance to new, and more […]
Abdul Latif Jameel Health And iSono Health Join Forces To Bring The World’s First AI-driven Portable 3D Breast Ultrasound Scanner
To Potentially Help Hundreds Of Millions Of Women In Over 30 Countries Across The Global South Abdul Latif Jameel Health, part of international diversified family business Abdul Latif Jameel, has announced a new distribution agreement with iSono Health, a medical technology company in San Francisco, USA, with the vision to transform breast care with automated imaging and […]
No More Impunity For Journalists’ Murders — CPJ
By Joyce Chimbi The new year brought bad news for press freedom on the African continent with the brutal murder of one journalist and the suspicious death of another. Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) Africa program head Angela Quintal said that to start the year with the death of at least two top journalists in one […]
Ethiopia: Northern aid access improving but some areas still hard to reach
© WFP/Sinisa Marolt – Food is delivered to 450,000 people in northern Ethiopia who have been affected by conflict. New York, USA, 03 February 2023-/African Media Agency(AMA)/ UN humanitarians on Thursday reported that aid access in the north is continuing to improve with aid operations expanding following last November’s ceasefire agreement, but some civilians in the battle-scarred region “remain […]
