Reuters The South African rand firmed on Tuesday, boosted by strong commodity prices and confidence in the local economy, and ignoring the expected U.S. inflation data that could lend support to the Federal Reserve’s aggressive policy stance. Investors also brushed aside comments from the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) that surging inflation could derail local…
By Halligan Agade Over the last one Month the Port of Mombasa has handled over 10 feeder Ships transshipping Port of Dar es Salaam containers advancing her opportunities for a regional transshipment hub. MSc Shipping Line, the second top on the world’s liner rankings has confirmed using the port of Mombasa until the situation normalizes in…
By CGTN Africa Tanzania, Zambia and Mozambique will join Malawi in the second round of a regional mass polio vaccination for children under five years beginning end of April. Speaking to the East African newspaper, Dr Saumya Anand, UNICEF’s eastern and southern Africa regional coordinator for polio, said that the trans-border vaccination will start on April…
As of April 8, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 11,435,999 while over 273,178,717 vaccinations have been administered across the continent. Reported deaths in Africa reached 252,199 and 9,619,252 people have recovered. South Africa has the most reported cases of 3,728,689 and 100,075 people died. Other most-affected countries are Morocco ( 1,163,806…
By CGTN Africa Nigerian regulators have given South African telecommunication giant, MTN the go-ahead to run a conventional commercial bank. MTN, which started operations in Nigeria in 2001, will now be able to offer services offered by commercial banks except granting credit and processing foreign exchange transactions. “The date of commencement will be communicated to the Central…
Ahmed Mohamed MOGADISHU — Somalia’s first women-run radio and television outlet has opened in the capital, Mogadishu. United Nations-supported Bilan Media will produce content aimed at addressing issues affecting women and champion women’s rights in the conservative country. The launch of Bilan Media in Mogadishu marks another leap in the effort by women to secure their…
By Jerry Omondi Despite the decline in global COVID-19 infections and fatalities, the pandemic is still far from over, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom. The WHO chief made the remarks on Tuesday in his remarks at the public hearing regarding a new international instrument on pandemic preparedness and response. “Transmission…
Reuters JOHANNESBURG, April 11 (Reuters) – South Africa’s rand was flat in early trade on Monday, struggling to make gains against a broadly stronger dollar, ahead of local manufacturing data due later in the day. At 0615 GMT, the rand traded at around 14.6600 against the dollar, largely unchanged from its previous close on Friday….
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By David Ochieng Mbewa Zamalek of Egypt defeated South Sudan’s Cobra Sports 80-63 in their opening game of the Basketball Africa League (BAL) Nile Conference on Saturday at the Dr. Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall in Cairo. Ike Diogu top scored for the Egyptian side with 17 points as the defending champions overcome the stubborn debutants who…
