Empowering Africa – Empowering Patients
By: Dr. Allan Pamba – Executive Vice President, Diagnostics, Africa, at Roche Diagnostics In May this year, the Resolution on Strengthening Diagnostics Capacity was officially adopted by the World Health Organisation (WHO) at the World Health Assembly. This holds significant implications for Africa’s healthcare landscape. The official Resolution document outlines it as “Recognising that diagnostic […]
The Nature Conservancy Partners With EiA To Create A Hub For Environmentally Friendly Agriculture
The hub will develop agronomic solutions that advance sustainable agriculture. The Nature Conservancy has announced a new partnership with the CGIAR Excellence in Agronomy (EiA) Initiative to set up a hub for promoting agricultural development in Kenya while conserving nature. The Foodscape Innovation Hub aims to accelerate the transition to regenerative food systems that safeguard the environment and […]
Standard Chartered Donates Food Parcels And Hosts Employee Volunteering Day At SOS Children’s Village In Ennerdale
Standard Chartered Bank has donated 70 food parcels to the SOS Children’s Village in Ennerdale. This donation is part of the Bank’s ongoing commitment to support communities and to make a positive impact on the lives of children and young people. The donation forms part of Standard Chartered Bank’s commitment to contribute to the communities […]
ADIPEC Awards 2023 Honours Pioneers From UAE, Malaysia, Israel, USA, and UK Accelerating The Energy Transition
The ADIPEC Awards 2023 has honoured eight pioneering projects, companies and individuals who are driving transformative change across the global energy system. The winners represent companies and individuals from the United Arab Emirates, Malaysia, the United Kingdom, Israel, and the United States. Held under the theme, ‘Leading the Transformation’, the 13th ADIPEC Awards Ceremony recognised outstanding […]
African Agro-Processors Call For Policies Conducive To Local Manufacturing
By Isaiah Esipisu Experts at the Africa Food Systems Forum (AGRF) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, have called on African governments to make and review existing policies to protect the processing and agro-industrialisation of locally produced agricultural products. During the launch of the Deal Room, Mohammed Dewji, President of MeTL Group of Companies in Tanzania, observed […]
Africa’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Progress Uneven, Requires Accelerated Efforts To Meet The 2030 Deadline – Report
The report assessed Africa’s progress in implementing five main SDGs, highlighting progress, the challenges, and the numerous opportunities for improving Africa’s development prospects Africa’s progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the African Union’s Agenda 2063 aspirations has been uneven, with significant differences among subregions, countries, and rural and urban areas. This calls for […]
Human Rights Council: EU Fails Ethiopia’s Victims
No Action Following Scathing Report Highlighting UN’s Prevention Role (Geneva) – The European Union and its members have backtracked on their support for continued international scrutiny of the human rights situation in Ethiopia at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Human Rights Watch said today. Countries had until October 4, 2023, to propose […]
Bybit Announces Participation in ETHMilan, Elevating the Conversation on the Future of Web3
DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, 4 October 2023 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- Bybit, the world’s third most visited crypto exchange, is thrilled to announce its participation in ETHMilan, one of the largest Web3 conferences in the world. The dates are Oct. 5-6, 2023 and the event will convene leading minds from blockchain and decentralized finance. Bybit is a natural […]
Dr. Miracle Announces Plans to Run for President of DRC
Nobel peace prize-winning gynaecologist Denis Mukwege, renowned for helping victims of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has announced plans to run for president in December. Mukwege, who won the award in 2018 for his nearly two-decade campaign against sexual violence, made the announcement to a jubilant crowd of supporters at a […]
The World Health Organization’s Recommendation of a Second Malaria Vaccine
The aim is to give countries a cheaper and more readily available option to tackle the deadly disease. Developed by Oxford University with the help of the Serum Institute of India, the new vaccine, known as R-21, will be rolled out in some African countries early next year, and expand into other countries later in […]
