Kenya looks towards digital technology to expand tax base

By XINHUA Kenya plans to expand its tax base through leveraging technology, a government official said on Monday. Nelson Gaichuhie, chief administrative secretary of the national treasury, told journalists in Nairobi the country is keen to simplify tax procedures through the enhancement of the tax Internet portal and the M-service mobile application. “Through adoption of technologies,…

African cinema could create 20 million jobs

By AFP Africa’s film industry is thriving and could create many millions of extra jobs if its potential was fully exploited, the United Nations said Tuesday. In a report, the UN cultural organization UNESCO said that an estimated five million people currently work in Africa’s film industry, which contributes 5 billion U.S. dollars to the continent’s GDP….

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Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp return online

By CGTN Africa Facebook along with its Instagram and WhatsApp services began returning online Monday after a massive and lengthy outage that added to the social network’s woes. Facebook’s family of apps essentially “disappeared” from the internet for several hours after a traffic routing problem that made the sites unreachable by users, according to Cloudflare, a…

Rwanda’s COVID-19 fight boosted by arrival of 857,000 vaccine doses

By Jerry Omondi Rwanda’s fight against COVID-19 has received a boost after the country received 857,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine. The shipment arrived at the Kigali International Airport on Monday and was received by the Director of Vaccination Program Hassan Sibomana. The East African country has embarked on a nationwide vaccination drive in efforts to contain…

South Africa will soon be removed from UK’s COVID red list

By AFP South Africa will soon be taken off the UK COVID red list. According to the Sunday Telegraph, the UK will soon allow quarantine-free travel for almost all countries, including South Africa. The publication reports that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to allow fully vaccinated arrivals from countries including South Africa, Brazil, Mexico and…

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Africa’s COVID-19 cases surpass 8.33 million: Africa CDC

By XINHUA The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 8,333,206 as of Sunday afternoon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. The Africa CDC, the specialized healthcare agency of the African Union (AU), said the death toll from the pandemic across the continent stands at 212,055. Some 7,671,969 patients across…