Dr. Kelej was acknowledged as one of the 100 Most Influential African Women Senator, Dr. Rasha Kelej, an African woman to hold the position of the first CEO to Merck Foundation . She is also Senator at the Egyptian Senate, a strong crusader for transforming patient care in Africa and developing countries, passionate advocate of women’s rights and…
By Reuters Secondary school drop-outs in Tanzania will be offered the opportunity to resume studies in alternative colleges, the government said on Tuesday, part of a shift away from a disputed policy under which pregnant girls were expelled from school. Such expulsions had increased under the tenure of maverick President John Magufuli, who died in March,…
By Grace Kuria President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria on Saturday received his second dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine, at State House, Abuja. Buhari received the second dose exactly 12 weeks after the first shot was taken on March 6. The President’s inoculation was done by the Chief Personal Physician to the President, Dr. Suhayb Rafindadi Sanusi. He was…
By Jerry Omondi Across the world, governments have initiated various efforts to ensure women and youth are not left behind in technological advancements, as science and innovation increasingly become the focus of the future. According to the United Nations, the global community has over the past 15 years made a lot of effort in inspiring and…
By AFP Tourists who were near the crater when the Nyiragongo volcano in the Democratic Republic Congo erupted are safe, the Congolese Institute for the Conservation of Nature (ICCN) said Sunday. Nor were the rare mountain gorillas in the Virunga National Park threatened by the eruption, the institute added. “The tourists present yesterday at the crater are safe…
By XINHUA Egypt has received the first batch of the raw materials to manufacture China’s Sinovac vaccine, said the Chinese embassy in Egypt on Sunday. Along with the Sinovac raw materials, a new shipment of China’s Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines also arrived at the Cairo International Airport on Friday, according to a Chinese embassy’s statement. Egyptian Health…
By David Ochieng Mbewa Nestled in the heart of Githurai 44 estate, about 20 kilometers from the city centre of Kenya’s capital Nairobi, is a buzzing IT hub making waves within the community and beyond. The hub is owned and run by the Ahadi Corporation, a company founded by Tao Zhou in early 2018 with the…
By CGTN Africa So far Africa has administered just over 25 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccines which are about 1.5 percent of the doses given worldwide, head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Saturday. “And this is tragic,” Tedros said at a meeting of the Peace and Security Council of the African…
By XINHUA Figures show that South Africa’s Western Cape Province, which hosts the legislative capital Cape Town, is moving toward the third wave of COVID-19, a provincial official said on Sunday. The province located in the southwest end of the nation is currently facing a resurgence of the pandemic as it has seen increases in case…
By XINHUA Ethiopia has registered 381 new COVID-19 cases, taking the nationwide tally to 268,901 as of Saturday evening, according to the country’s Ministry of Health. The ministry said eight new deaths were reported, bringing the death toll to 4,068. The East African country reported 1,600 more recoveries, taking the national count to 227,080. Ethiopia, Africa’s…
