Experts suggest how African LLDCs achieve SDGs
Multiple crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic and the current geopolitical and global macroeconomic situation have resulted in poor…
COVID-19 pandemic
Tuberculosis deaths increase during COVID-19 pandemic
An estimated 10.6 million people fell ill with tuberculosis (TB) in 2021, an increase of 4.5% from 2020,…
50 million children in Africa miss meningitis vaccination
With the COVID-19 pandemic delaying meningitis vaccination campaigns for more than 50 million children in Africa, the region…
IFC, KARL STORZ partner to improve African healthcare services
KARL STORZ, manufacturer of endoscope today joins International Finance Corporation’s (IFC’s) Africa Medical Equipment Facility to help Africa’s…
African nations set to scale COVID-19 immunisation
Following the UAE’s multilateral in-kind contribution and commitment to UNICEF to support COVAX in its global vaccine distribution…
Remittance to Africa projected to decrease in 2021
Remittances to African countries are expected to decrease by 5.4 percent from $44 billion in 2020 to a…
Remittance flows to Kenya defy the odds during pandemic
Despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on wages and employment across the world, the Kenyan diaspora community…
Severe downturn undermines African development prospects – UN report
The United Nations today warned that the devastating socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic will be felt for…
Blockchain drives intra-Africa trade during COVID-19 pandemic
The Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB) and OCP Group, the world’s largest phosphate mining…
Increasing debt suspension arrangements for low, middle income countries
Several heads of state and government, the United Nations and heads of multilateral development finance institutions on Monday…
Salute to the resilient Sahelian women
By Mabingue Ngom – While the rich history of the Women’s Day goes back to 1909 with civic…
Africa still lags behind in trading within its borders
African countries continue to trade more with the outside world than among themselves, according to findings of an…
Empowering women, girls to ensure sustainable food security
Hunger and famine will persist and there will be unequal recovery from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic…
Ethiopia pardons additional 12,500 prisoners
To avoid suffocation and avoid the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in jails the Southern region of Ethiopia decided…