South Africa TB vaccine demonstrates 100% protection
By Woubishet Sisay Gessesse – The Walter Sisulu University and North-West University in South Africa unveiled the results…
COVID-19
GAVI to deploy six-in-one vaccine to lower-income countries
The Board of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance today outlined a set of decisions that will expand the portfolio…
Disaster risk financing and insurance mechanisms
The past three years have seen a series of global challenges that have had a fundamental impact on…
Rwanda, Senegal issue vaccination certificates using SMART health card
This week the Governments of Rwanda and Senegal began issuing vaccination certificates for COVID-19 using the SMART Health…
Ex Ethiopia PM calls for fast-tracking Africa’s food system transformation
Former Ethiopia Prime Minister, and Board Chair of AGRA, Hailemariam Dessalegn has urged Africa’s leaders to collaborate in…
World Bank approves new fund for pandemic prevention
The devastating human, economic, and social cost of COVID-19 has highlighted the urgent need for coordinated action to…
Report on Africa addresses continent’s vulnerability during COVID-19
The disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic pushed an estimated 55 million Africans into extreme poverty in 2020…
U.S. donates 1,680,120 Pfizer Vaccines to Ethiopia
To help fight the spread of COVID-19, the Embassy of the United States in Ethiopia announced the arrival…
Gates Foundation, Wellcome pledge $300 million to tackle COVID-19
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Wellcome each pledged US$150 million for a total of US$300 million…
Ethiopia COVID-19 weekly deaths doubles
The Ministry of Health of Ethiopia report shows that the number of weekly deaths has doubled during last…
Ethiopia finds 35 percent COVID-19 positive
The daily COVID-19 test results of Ethiopia for December 30, 2021 shows that 35 percent of the total…
Ethiopia tourist arrival up 255 % in 2021 3rd quarter
The number of tourists and business travelers arriving Ethiopia during the third quarter of the year 2021 (July…
Interactive report shows Africa’s growing hunger crisis
A new, interactive digital report launched today shows that the number of hungry people in Africa continues to…
Experts endorse smart transport technology across Africa
As Covid-19 persists, African countries are working to provide certainty in the transport sector and avoid market disruption.
Development community calls for universal vaccine access
Cabo Verde President José Maria Neves on Thursday joined the development community in calling for urgent universal vaccine…
Financiers discuss trade initiatives after Covid-19
Multilateral financial institutions on Tuesday discussed their role in promoting trade under the African Continental Free Trade Area…
Ethiopian diaspora back national projects
The Ethiopian diaspora has donated more than one billion Birr to the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance…
Pandemic impact demands East Africa to accelerate digital transformation
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a severe socio-economic impact in East Africa. While the region has escaped the…
Recent macroeconomic, financial developments in Ethiopia
Ethiopia Economic Update by African Development Bank- Ethiopia’s economy grew by 6.1% in 2020, down from 8.4% in…
Ethiopian starts flights with fully vaccinated crew
Ethiopian Airlines Group, Africa’s largest carrier, has started operating flights with fully vaccinated crew against COVID-19 to keep…
Partners to deploy vaccines for 400 million Africans
The President of the World Bank, Mr David Malpass, and his senior management team comprised of Dr Axel…
President Biden announces historic vaccine donations to Africa
Today, President Biden of the United States is set to announced a historic vaccine donation including purchase and…
ECA’s Songwe echoes Africa’s expectation from G7 summit
Leaders of the Group of Seven nations (G7) including the United Kingdom (UK), Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan,…
Nissan provides finance to fight against COVID-19 in India
In response to the COVID-19 crisis in India, spurred on by a second wave of cases, Nissan has…
Zambia turns tap to protect residents from Covid-19
A water point attendant in Zambia’s capital Lusaka has a new role beyond filling up containers for residents…
African Development Bank Board approves water policy
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a new policy on water, prioritizing…
UN meeting to focus on resilient recovery from the COVID-19
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is set to bring together experts to explore how…
Gulf Air transports urgent medical supplies to India
Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, is to support a cargo airlift of urgent…
UNHCR update on Eritrean refugees in Tigray, Ethiopia
The United Nations Higher Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) today released key operational updates from the refugee response in…
WHO lists additional COVID-19 vaccine
The World Health Organization (WHO) today listed the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, giving the green light…