By AFP Senegal’s President Macky Sall awarded the national football team cash prizes and plots of land on Tuesday, AFP reporters said, following the squad’s weekend victory in the African Cup of Nations. In a ceremony in the presidential palace in the capital Dakar, he also appointed team members to the West African country’s prestigious Order…
By David Ochieng Mbewa South Africa will play three test matches against Wales in July before beginning its Rugby Championship campaign with consecutive tests against New Zealand. The Springboks will face the Welsh on July 2 at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria, July 9 at Toyota Stadium in Bloemfontein and July 16 at DHL Stadium in Cape…
By CGTN Africa Tanzania has launched ‘Building a Better Tomorrow’ a new program aiming at improving youths’ agricultural skills as it attempts to address the unemployment rate among the key population group in the country. Patrobas Katambi, Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office says both graduates and non-graduates are eligible to participate. The prime minister’s…
By XINHUA While studying at a rural high school in western Kenyan county of Homa Bay several years ago, Terrence Omondi’s resolve to plunge into technology-related fields hit the climax thanks to nudging by tutors and close family members. The 22-year-old telecommunications and information engineering major at a public university near the Kenyan capital of Nairobi…
By XINHUA Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta Monday launched the national scale-up of the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) which seeks to ensure that all Kenyans access quality healthcare. Kenyatta who launched the ambitious health plan in the coastal city of Mombasa said the COVID-19 pandemic has brought to bear the urgent need for the country to upscale…
South African pharmaceutical company Afrigen is the first on the continent to make an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine using Moderna’s publicly available data. The company hopes to start clinical trials of the vaccine in November. Afrigen is one of the companies taking part in a World Health Organization-backed hub to develop vaccines for low- and middle-income…
After years of underachievement, Sadio Mane’s Senegal finally lived up to their billing as Africa’s outstanding team with victory in the Cup of Nations, even if they did it the hard way in the final against Egypt. Mane could have been the fall guy in his showdown with Liverpool teammate Mohamed Salah after his seventh-minute…
By David Ochieng Mbewa African Champions League winners Al Ahly defeated Mexican club Monterrey 1-0 at the Al Nahyan Stadium in Abu Dhabi to advance to the semifinals of the FIFA Club World Cup. Mohamed Hany struck eight minutes into the second half as the Egyptian giants set up a last four clash with Palmeiras on…
By CGTN Africa South Africa registered Pfizer’s COVID-19 Comirnaty vaccine for individuals over the age of 12 and MC Pharma’s Sinopharm shot for adults. According to a statement from the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority, the authorization of the two-dose vaccines is based on safety, quality, and efficacy data submitted by both drug makers, their…
By CGTN Africa Airtel Africa marked its membership of the FTSE 100 share listing this week with revenue up almost 25 percent and earnings up 34 percent. The company reported nearly 3.50 billion U.S. dollars in revenue in the last three quarters of 2021 compared with 2.85 billion in the same period of 2020. The London-based…
