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By Bongiwe Tutu Africa Day, celebrated on May 25, marks the annual recognition of Africa’s independence, freedom and liberation from imperialism. We mark the founding of the first union of African countries in the Organization of African Unity (OAU) on May 25, 1963. Today, this body is known as the African Union (AU) after being remodeled […]
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The ONE Campaign, UNICEF and the African Union have today launched a new TikTok campaign, to counter misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines on social media. This new initiative – under the hashtag #MythOrVax – aims to dispel myths and correct inaccurate information about COVID-19 while addressing ongoing fears and concerns and raising awareness about the importance of vaccinations. […]
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African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and Standard Chartered announced an agreement for Standard Chartered to provide USD 200m of not-for-profit funding towards Afreximbank’s structured framework to help finance the acquisition of COVID-19 vaccines for African nations. The collaboration between Standard Chartered and Afreximbank will help ensure that 55 countries across Africa have access to COVID-19 vaccines. […]
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To Launch: ‘AfricaCovidChampions’ And For A Virtual Workshop For Celebrity Influencers, Business Leaders, Media Houses, And Journalists In order to combat the spread of misinformation and to mitigate the deadly spread of COVID-19, the One by One: Target COVID-19 Campaign, alongside the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, World Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa, […]
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Two years to the day of signing a Memorandum of Understanding between the two organisations, African Union (AU) Chairperson Félix Tshisekedi and FIFA President Gianni Infantino (FIFA.com) have discussed an action plan that will accelerate several aspects of the agreement aimed at contributing for the benefit of African society, and, in particular, younger generations. “I […]
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Vincent Kolo from Nigeria secures the Nefertiti Grand Prize with ‘The Cords of Yesterday’ on last day of Boma of Africa Festival Africa’s brightest artistic talents have been awarded today at the inaugural Boma of Africa Festival, spearheaded by the African Union Commission and the AfroChampions Initiative. In celebration of today’s first-ever Africa Integration Day, creatives […]
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Leveraging African solidarity, the initiative aims to implement a pan-African self reliance strategy to halt COVID-19 pandemic Ahead of an expected surge in cases of COVID-19 in Africa, the African Union and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) have launched a public-private partnership with the AfroChampions Initiative, known as the Africa […]
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WASHINGTON — The accusations were explosive: For five years, the Chinese government had spied on communications at the African Union. Every night, data streamed from computers at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to unknown locations controlled by China, anonymous sources at the AU told reporters with the Financial Times and Le Monde, a […]
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Since the start of cross-border trade, various treaties have been entered into to provide protection of a brand holder which is similar to that of the nationals of a foreign nation in respect of their intellectual property. Think TRIPS and the Madrid Protocol, to name but a few. The African Union’s (AU) Scientific, Technical and Research Commission have […]
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