African Development Bank provides $31 million grant to Ethiopia
The African Development Bank and the Government of Ethiopia have signed an agreement for a $31 million grant to boost health and nutrition for children under the age of five.
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 medical supplies and relief items to the Republic of India to assist in their…
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 for this vaccine to be rolled out globally.
e.l.f. Cosmetics changes game, comes on Twitch
Today e.l.f. Cosmetics becomes the first major beauty brand to launch a branded channel on Twitch – the global streaming platform with more than 140 million monthly users, who are predominantly members…
Lundbeck South Africa ranked as best place to work
Lundbeck South Africa, an affiliate of the global biopharmaceutical company committed to researching, developing and delivering transformative therapies for brain diseases, has recently been recognized as one of the best places to…
WHO calls for better hand hygiene
The World Health Organization (WHO) highlights the urgent need to reduce inequalities in the availability of good hand hygiene and other infection prevention and control measures between high and lower income countries.
Ethiopia secures $31 million grant for nutritional services
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund has approved a grant of $31.2 million to the Government of Ethiopia to increase access to multi-sectoral nutritional services for children under-five years.
Analytica expands enhanced infusion system into Middle East
Analytica, the Australian developer of the Enhanced Infusion System (EIS) and PeriCoach® pelvic floor exercise system for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence, has entered into an agreement with Marwa’s Office for…
Ethiopian Airlines, China’s biotech giant to launch COVID-19 testing lab
Ethiopian Airlines has joined hands with BGI Health Ethiopia, a subsidiary of China’s biotech giant, the BGI Genomics Co., Ltd, to launch high-end COVID-19 testing laboratory at its main hub and the…
Malaria vaccine reaches 650,000 children in Kenya, Ghana, Malawi
Two years on from the launch of a pilot program, more than 1.7 million doses of the world’s first malaria vaccine have been administered in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi, benefitting more than…
Ethiopian Airlines delivers COVID-19 vaccine to São Paulo
Ethiopian Airlines Group, Africa’s leading Airline, has transported 3.5 Million doses of COVID-19 vaccine from Shanghai to São Paulo, Brazil, via Addis Ababa.
Ethiopian delivers 1 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to Harare
Ethiopian Airlines has transported 1,056,000 doses of COVID19 vaccines in a single flight. Ethiopian transported the vaccines in six envirotainers from Beijing to Harare via Addis Ababa and arrived in Harare today…
Ministers call for support to Africa’s COVID-19 fight
African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development have unanimously called on the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and its development partners to spearhead and support efforts that are important for Africa’s…
African Union set to launch test, vaccine passport
Ethiopian Airlines (Ethiopian) has partnered with the African Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (Africa CDC) for the implementation of the African Union Trusted Travel Pass to make continental travel easier and…