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With the country firmly in the grip of the second COVID-19 wave, the Department of Health recently partnered with non-profit company, Shout-It-Now, to use its… Read More »Shout-It-Now Gives DoH Covid-19 Testing A Boost During Second Wave Peak
On World Wetlands Day Tuesday, Senegalese environmental protection NGOs mobilised several dozen volunteers, as well as water and forestry officials, to clean up parts of… Read More »Championing Senegal’s Youth to Preserve the Environment
The Convention on Biological Diversity has traditionally seen agriculture as one of the biggest threats to biodiversity. It has promoted the protection of natural ecosystems… Read More »The Best Way to Protect Africa’s Biodiversity is to Integrate Conservation Measures on Working Lands
Zambia skipped a $56.1m coupon payment on January 30 on its Eurobond maturing in 2027, the finance ministry confirmed on Sunday. Zambia became Africa’s first… Read More »Lusaka Misses its Deadline to Repay Debt
Kenyan startup Transcode has developed fraud management software for banks and telecoms, and is seeking funding to scale it across the continent. Formed in 2018,… Read More »Securing East African Banks from Chancers
Deaths at a Sierra Leone sanctuary that stumped people for 15 years have now been linked to a bacterium that seems to cause similar ailments… Read More »What’s Killing Freetown’s Chimps?
Authorities in Cameroon say millions of weaver birds have decimated thousands of hectares of farmland on the northern border with Chad and Nigeria. Farmers say… Read More »A New Flock Adds to Cameroon’s Woes
Years of a vicious civil war have taken their toll on the country. Oil production is not what it used to be, in the Equatoria… Read More »South Sudan is Looking for Alternative Ways to Kickstart the Economy
Zimbabwean journalist Hopewell Chin’ono has taken his fight against corruption to the ears of thousands around the world via reggae with a new song entitled… Read More »A Catchy Tune Goes Viral in Harare
The World Health Organization (WHO) is urging officials in Tanzania to follow science in the fight against the coronavirus, after the country’s president said the… Read More »Moeti Pleads with Magufuli to Accept Vaccine