Doctors Come to the Aid of Zimbabwean Boy Mauled by Hyena
Surgeons in South Africa are preparing to reconstruct the face of Nine-year-old Rodwell Nkomazana who was mauled by a hyena during a night time church service in Zimbabwe. Doctors in one of the city’s main public hospitals stabilised his condition, but lacked the resources to fully repair the boy’s ravaged face. His desperate mother reached […]
The Key to Seed Dispersal across Africa is Under Threat
Plans to create a huge commercial farm next to a national park in Zambia could have a “catastrophic” impact on wildlife, conservationists have warned, threatening vital habitat for bats undertaking the world’s biggest mammal migration. Every October, about 10 million straw-coloured fruit bats descend on the evergreen swamps of Kasanka national park in central Zambia […]
South Africa is Set to Host a “Technology Transfer Hub” for Coronavirus Vaccines
President Cyril Ramaphosa was joined by French President Emmanuel Macron and World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in a media briefing to announce how the facility would help to scale up production know-how in Africa’s worst-hit nation. The WHO has previously set up such hubs, which provide know-how and training to local manufacturers, to boost global […]
Could this be the Worst Attempt at Free and Fair Polls in Ethiopian History?
Ethiopians headed to the polls Monday for a controversial election being carried out amid an ongoing conflict and a raging humanitarian crisis in the country’s northern Tigray region. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is facing his first real test at the ballot in what is Ethiopia’s first multi-party election in 16 years, albeit one riven with […]
Bantwanas Release ”Backside” & A Remix By Re.You
After the imminent success of their latest release, ‘Dingane’ on Anjunadeep, that featured prized remixes by international heavyweight, Powel, as well as South African Deep House leader, Fka Mash, well established African electronic band, Bantwanas are back with another mesmerising release on their very own Bantwanas Kollektiv imprint, ‘Backside’, that features a massive remix by […]
Ghana Sees Huge Uptake Of Digital Communication Channels As Covid-19 Pushes Organisations To Improve CX
By Olufunmilayo Okubena, Country Manager at Infobip Ghana To a large extent, enhancing the customer experience (CX) has been a game of catch-up for most organisations in Ghana, until the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic which significantly accelerated the uptake of digital channels by enterprises last year. As the pandemic drove consumers to avoid traditional physical […]
Lessons From The Covid Crisis – Africa’s Future Is Collaborative
Pramod Bagalwadi, CEO of DHL Global Forwarding Sub-Saharan Africa The coronavirus pandemic acted as a stress test for Africa’s logistics sector. According to UNICEF, in 2020 demand for face masks increased by more than 100 times, and the need for imported medical gloves skyrocketed by over 2,000 times. While countries around the world experienced similar […]
GSMA Study Reveals That The Gender Gap In Mobile Internet Use Is Shrinking, Despite The Onset Of The Covid-19 Pandemic
An estimated 112 million more women started using mobile internet last year across low- and middle-income countries, despite the onset of COVID-19, according to the fourth annual GSMA Mobile Gender Gap Report published today. Nevertheless, 234 million fewer women than men access mobile internet. Moreover, the underlying gender gap in mobile ownership persists and […]
Nigeria’s Twitter Ban Is Part Of A Larger Attack On Civil Society
By Nelson Olanipekun Four years ago, Omoregie* and his friends were arrested without cause and taken into custody. When they got to the station, Omoregie watched as the police began to beat his friends. Afraid, he began to discreetly tweet about the attacks as they took place. I and many other Twitter users could read his […]
AFMIC 2021 Goes Live In July
The Africa Mining Convention (AFMIC 2021), Africa’s much-awaited virtual mining conference and exhibition will go live from 13th-15th July 2021 and make its mark in the African mining industry with a breakthrough virtual convention. AFMIC 2021, organised by Valiant Business Media will host a thoughtfully curated agenda with a series of conference sessions delivered by […]
