Renson Mwakandana In the southern district of Lindi, Tanzania has identified 20 instances of leptospirosis, a bacterial illness that has killed three people. Test findings from samples of patients in Ruangwa, according to health minister Ummy Mwalimu, were positive for the illness. The ministry issued a calm request as it continued its search for the […]
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Renson Mwakandana The African Development Bank Group’s Board of Directors has authorized lending Kenya $150 million to fund a significant highway development project as part of the First Mover Public-Private Partnership (PPP) initiative. The construction of the A8 and A8 South motorways will be part of the project. Both the 57.8 km of two-lane A8 […]
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Renson Mwakandana Following the death of a farmer, fighting broke out last week between Sudan’s Hausa and Birta ethnic groups. According to a top health official, the death toll following days of tribal fighting in the southern Sudanese state of Blue Nile has reached at least 65. The violence between the Hausa and Birta ethnic groups […]
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Thandisizwe Mgudlwa – CAPE TOWN, South Africa At least 30 thought leaders from Africa and beyond appeared over the course of one day at South Africa’s premier marketing conference, the Nedbank IMC. With the conference theme “Marketing Relevance”, African marketers, entrepreneurs and creatives are fully aware of the growing importance of customer relevance. And at […]
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Staff writer Skin pigmentation is having a disparate effect on populations with darker skin tones. The pulse oximeter is the latest example. The pulse oximeter measures oxygen levels in the blood. Inaccurate measurements of patients with darker skin tones has led to higher failure rates of Black and Hispanic patients that needed oxygen therapy. High […]
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Thandisizwe Mgudlwa, CAPE TOWN, South Africa African Development Bank’s (AfDB) Coding for Employment Program Selects 500 Digital Ambassadors to Lead Peer-to-Peer Training Model. The Digital Ambassadors Program has come at the right time when the Bank is putting finishing touches to the Skills for Employability and Productivity in Africa Action Plan 2022–2025, says Martha Phiri, […]
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Renson Mwakandana The 56,644 square kilometer province of North-Ubangi, which had nearly collapsed since the former president of then-Zaire left in 1997, will be governed by the 40-year-old Malo Ndimba Mobutu as new governor. In DR Congo, his election is regarded as a milestone and a symbol. A Congolese of Mobutu’s ancestry has never before […]
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Renson Mwakandana Yoweri Museveni, the president of Uganda, has rejected the latest World Bank report that categorized the country as still being low-income. According to data from the World Bank for the year ending in 2020–2021, Uganda’s per capita gross national income was $840 per year as of July 1, according to an economic report […]
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Renson Mwakandana DRC officially became the 7th member state of the East African Community with President Felix Tshisekedi calling for a lasting solution to the conflict ravaging the eastern part of the country. President Tshisekedi signed the Deed of Accession with EAC Heads of State Summit Chair President Uhuru Kenyatta at State House Nairobi, as […]
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Renson Mwakandana The Ethiopian government has signed a preliminary agreement to allow the UN to start restoration efforts in war-torn Tigray until parties negotiate a long-term peace accord. The World Bank, which announced the grant earlier in April, may now start restoring some essential social services thanks to the agreement with the UN Office for […]
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