By David Ochieng Mbewa Kenya on Sunday kicked off its quest to market the capital Nairobi as a destination for one of the greatest marathons in the world by staging the inaugural Nairobi City Marathon. The marathon was staged alongside other side events and run mostly on the newly Chinese-built Nairobi Expressway, constructed by China Road…
By Jerry Omondi South Africa’s health ministry is working to convince pharmaceutical firm, Aspen Pharmacare, to keep its COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing plant open The company announced earlier this week that it is considering closing its doors because it hasn’t received any orders to produce vaccines. The plant in South Africa is Africa’s first COVID-19 vaccine producing…
By XINHUA African countries have conducted 105,579,387 COVID-19 tests so far, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said Thursday. The Africa CDC, the specialized healthcare agency of the African Union, said in its latest weekly briefing held Thursday that 427,942 new tests were conducted during the past week. The newly conducted tests…
By AFP Jamaican sprint legend Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce posted the fastest 100m in the world this year as she clocked 10.67secs to win her season opener in Nairobi on Saturday. The 35-year-old, who has won eight Olympic medals including silver in Tokyo last summer, was a comfortable winner after new sprint sensation, the 18-year-old Namibian Christine Mboma,…
By Jerry Omondi The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will hold its second Annual International Conference on Public Health in Africa (CPHIA 2022) between 13-15 December, in Kigali, Rwanda focusing on the continent’s post-pandemic recovery. Under the theme of Preparedness for future Pandemic and Post-Pandemic Recovery: Africa at a Crossroad, CPHIA 2022 will bring together…
Reuters The third Ebola patient in northwest Democratic Republic of Congo has died, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, the latest fatality in an outbreak first reported last month. The 48-year-old man was the most recent confirmed case in Congo’s 14th outbreak of the hemorrhagic fever, which has hit the city of Mbandaka,…
Reuters JOHANNESBURG, May 8 (Reuters) – The need to secure new sources of metals for the energy transition amid sanctions on top producer Russia has increased the Africa risk appetite for major miners, who have few alternatives to the resource-rich continent. Companies and investors are considering projects they may have previously overlooked, while governments are…
Reuters Zimbabwe’s government on Saturday ordered banks to stop lending with immediate effect in a move Harare said was designed to stop speculation against the Zimbabwean dollar and was part of a raft of measures to arrest its rapid devaluation on the black market. The southern African country reintroduced a local currency in 2019 after…
ANI The Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany launches their first -ever TV program – ‘Our Africa by Merck Foundation’. This first-of-its-kind TV show is set to be the voice of the voiceless and break the silence about many critical and sensitive social and health issues in Africa.Watch the ‘Our Africa by…
DAKAR, SENEGAL — The Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (AVCA) says Africa attracted a record $7.4 billion in private capital in 2021, more than double the year before. But while the continent provides ample possibilities for investors, it also presents challenges, from instability to climate change. At this year’s AVCA conference in Senegal, investors discussed…
