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IFC, KARL STORZ partner to improve African healthcare services

February 22, 2022February 23, 2022 Business News 1627 ViewsAfrica, COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare, IFC, KARL STORZ 2 min read

KARL STORZ, manufacturer of endoscope today joins International Finance Corporation’s (IFC’s) Africa Medical Equipment Facility to help Africa’s healthcare providers

Health

African nations set to scale COVID-19 immunisation

December 28, 2021December 28, 2021 BEHAK 87 ViewsAfrican nations, COVAX, COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 vaccines, immunization in Africa, ultra-cold freezers, UNICEF 3 min read

Following the UAE’s multilateral in-kind contribution and commitment to UNICEF to support COVAX in its global vaccine distribution efforts, the

Finance

Remittance to Africa projected to decrease in 2021

September 13, 2021 BEHAK 151 ViewsAfrica, COVID-19 pandemic, ECA, remittances 3 min read

Remittances to African countries are expected to decrease by 5.4 percent from $44 billion in 2020 to a projected total

Finance

Remittance flows to Kenya defy the odds during pandemic

May 25, 2021May 25, 2021 BEHAK 49 ViewsCanada, Central Bank of Kenya, COVID-19 pandemic, employment, Germany, globalization, IFAD, Kenya, Kenyan diaspora, remittance flows, send money, United States of America, wages 2 min read

Despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on wages and employment across the world, the Kenyan diaspora community continues to

Economy

Severe downturn undermines African development prospects – UN report

March 31, 2021 BEHAK 122 ViewsAfCFTA, African countries, climate resilience, commodity prices, COVID-19 pandemic, debt distress, Developed economies, public debt, remittances, socio-economic impact, tourism, world economy 5 min read

The United Nations today warned that the devastating socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic will be felt for years to

Trade

Blockchain drives intra-Africa trade during COVID-19 pandemic

March 30, 2021March 30, 2021 BEHAK 109 ViewsAfCFTA, African Continental Free Trade Area, agriculture, blockchain, commercial crops, COVID-19 pandemic, digitization, dltledgers, Ethiopia, fertilizer, food security, intra-African trade, Morocco, TDB 2 min read

The Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB) and OCP Group, the world’s largest phosphate mining and leading

Economy

Increasing debt suspension arrangements for low, middle income countries

March 30, 2021 BEHAK 44 ViewsAfrican Development Bank, COVID-19 pandemic, debt suspension, low income countries, middle income countries 2 min read

Several heads of state and government, the United Nations and heads of multilateral development finance institutions on Monday called for

NBE Blog

Salute to the resilient Sahelian women

March 27, 2021 BEHAK 110 ViewsCOVID-19 pandemic, New York, Sahelian, the Sahel, women 4 min read

By Mabingue Ngom – While the rich history of the Women’s Day goes back to 1909 with civic action by

Trade

Africa still lags behind in trading within its borders

March 19, 2021 BEHAK 65 ViewsAfCFTA, Africa, COVID-19 pandemic, ECA, Intra-Africa trade, Regional integration 3 min read

African countries continue to trade more with the outside world than among themselves, according to findings of an Economic Commission

Agribusiness

Empowering women, girls to ensure sustainable food security

March 6, 2021 BEHAK 51 ViewsCOVID-19 pandemic, food security, girls, IFAD, March 8, women 4 min read

Hunger and famine will persist and there will be unequal recovery from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic unless more

Politics

Ethiopia pardons additional 12,500 prisoners

April 6, 2020April 6, 2020 86 ViewsAfrica, Algeria, coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Ethiopia, prisoners 1 min read

To avoid suffocation and avoid the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in jails the Southern region of Ethiopia decided to pardon