By XINHUA South Africa’s unemployment rate increased to 34.4 percent from 32.6 percent in the second quarter of 2021, data released by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) revealed on Tuesday. This was the country’s highest joblessness rate since the first quarter of 2008. Releasing the report, Statistician General Risenga Maluleke said unemployment went up by 584,000…
By XINHUA UNITEL on Monday launched a digital money service dubbed, “UNITEL Money” in Angola, the UNITEL’s press office confirmed here to Xinhua. The service allows users to make deposits, withdrawals, transfers and payments via mobile phone, without needing a bank account. The “UNITEL Money” technology platform is empowered by Huawei, with whom UNITEL has been…
By Reuters Egypt will vaccinate all 4.5 million of its state employees against COVID-19 in August and September as it seeks to accelerate vaccinations ahead of a likely fourth wave of infections, the health minister said on Monday. The country’s infection rate is still low but started to increase last week and the upward curve is…
By XINHUA Kenya plans to leverage its special economic zones (SEZs) in order to attract foreign investors who will establish manufacturing plants in the country, a government official said on Monday. Betty Maina, Cabinet Secretary of Ministry of Industrialization, Trade and Enterprise Development said that the SEZs will provide private firms with fiscal incentives and world-class…
By David Ochieng Mbewa This year’s World U20 Championships in the Kenyan capital Nairobi came to a close on Sunday with the final session producing a string of exciting performances to wrap up the five-day event in spectacular fashion. The host nation finished with a flourish adding three more gold medals to make it eight gold…
By CGTN Africa More than 4.93 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered worldwide, according to Our World in Data, a tracking website affiliated with Oxford University. Data shows that China leads the global count with over 1.94 billion shots as of Sunday. India comes second with more than 576.37 million jabs, followed by the…
By Grace Kuria Rwanda, on Monday, launched the third phase of mass COVID-19 vaccinations in Kigali. The campaign targets residents aged 18 years and above, and starts with the capital, Kigali as it’s the densely populated zone in the country with the highest infection rate “Vaccines are being administered at multiple sites across the Kigali districts…
By Grace Kuria Kenya on Monday received 880,460 doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccines in yet another boost to the ongoing vaccination drive that targets to vaccinate 10 million people by the end of the year. According to the country’s health ministry, the Moderna Vaccine doses, donated via COVAX facility, is the second vaccine in Kenya’s program after…
By XINHUA Heavy flooding in northern Ghana’s Upper West region claimed one life and displaced hundreds, officials confirmed Saturday. Ahmed Mustapha, the Regional Coordinator for the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), said an 80-year-old woman died and 19 communities were submerged under floods following a heavy downpour on Friday. “At least 323 people were displaced as…
By Jerry Omondi Rwanda is set to begin its third phase of mass COVID-19 vaccinations on Monday, August 23, having already administered more than one million doses of the vital jabs. The new phase will open the door for all adults in the capital, Kigali to get vaccination. The government hopes to vaccinate more than 90…
