Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation with H.E. CONDÉ DJENE, The First Lady of Guinea Conakry; H.E FATIMA MAADA, The First Lady of Sierra Leone; H.E. PROFESSOR GERTRUDE MUTHARIKA, The First Lady of Malawi; H.E. FATOUMATTA BAH-BARROW, The First Lady of The Gambia; H.E DENISE NKURUNZIZA, The First Lady of Burundi; H.E AÏSSATA ISSOUFOU…
National celebrations are elaborately planned events that all countries the world over have for one reason or the other. A key fixture on national calendars across Africa are independence day celebrations. Enter coronavirus, the global disruptor that has affected everyday actions from education to work, from sports to social gatherings, from travelling to even moving…
Haitians gear up for the annual Carnival celebration. This year, the Mardi Gras festivities are seen as controversial in a country strugglingwith gang violence, kidnappings and political unrest. “I could go to China to take that (raw textiles) basically because, I know I will work with that, with more money but we don’t have money….
Namibia has become the first African country to export red meat to the United States, following nearly two decades of negotiations. The state-owned meat firm Meatco sent a shipment of 25 tonnes of beef to Philadelphia on Wednesday, and the Southern African nation is set to export 860 tonnes of various beef cuts in 2020…
Nigeria’s elections body has announced that 75 political parties had been deregistered for breaching regulations that govern their operations. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, at a press conference in Abuja on Thursday said the affected parties “did not satisfy the requirement of the Fourth Alteration to the Constitution.” Prior to today’s exercise, Nigeria as Africa’s…
Two Prime Ministers – of Congo Brazzaville and Netherlands – will be in attendance when a key agro investment forum opens in the Dutch capital, Amsterdam, on February 25th. The event takes place at the KIT Royal Tropical Institute. The GrowCongo! Invest in Agriculture investment conference is a high-level international forum organized by the Congolese government and with suuport…
Zimbabwe’s weekly white corn imports from South Africa have risen to an 11-year high as food crisis worsens and after the government lifted a ban on purchase of genetically modified grain. The country imported 16,114 tons of the variety of the grain in the week ended Jan. 31, the highest weekly amount since February 2009,…
Merck Foundation (https://www.Merck-Foundation.com/) discussed their healthcare development and women empowerment programs with The First Lady of Angola; Merck Foundation met the Minister of Health of Angola to discuss their healthcare capacity building program Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany underscored their long-term commitment to build healthcare capacity and empower women during a high-level meeting…
Sudan’s annual inflation rate reached 64.3% in January, from 57.1% in December 2019, due to rising food and drink prices, the state statistics agency disclosed on Thursday. Inflation soared in recent years, driven by food, beverages and a black market for U.S. dollars. Shortages of bread and fuel, both subsidized by the government, coupled with…
he founder of the South African multi-Grammy-Award-winning music group Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Joseph Shabalala, has died at age 78, the group and the government announced Tuesday. Shabalala died at a hospital in the capital, Pretoria, Tuesday morning, his family told local media. He was globally known for his leadership of the choral group founded in…
