By Jerry Omondi Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech plans to establish a vaccine manufacturing plant in Uganda, President Yoweri Museveni announced on Monday, following talks with the company’s representatives. Museveni held talks with the team of officials from the Beijing-based company at State House in Entebbe. “The company plans to work with the government to establish…
By Jerry Omondi With more than 3.8 billion COVID-19 doses administered to-date, the world continues to see a stark disparity in vaccination, as lower-income countries struggle to inoculate their populations while higher-income nations now give fourth or even fifth doses. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), only 16 percent of people in low-income countries have…
By Jerry Omondi African presidents are expected join the world’s political and business elite in Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting that starts today and is expected to run until May 26. The 2022 meeting is the first in-person meeting since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Happening under the theme of History at…
By David Ochieng Mbewa Organizations that purchase vaccines and other essential medicinal products have been urged to buy products locally made in developing countries to boost the sustainability of the vaccine production capacity of those nations. Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta made the call on Sunday in an address during a ceremony to mark the opening of…
By Jerry Omondi Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni is scheduled to address the nation on Sunday on the current economic situation in the country. The address comes as the country faces economic challenges attributed partly to the COVID-19 pandemic and the conflict in Ukraine. Like many countries globally, the East African nation has seen a rise in…
By David Ochieng Mbewa Morocco side RS Berkane won the CAF Confederation Cup for a second time after defeating Orlando Pirates of South Africa 5-4 on post-match penalties in the final at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo, Nigeria, on Friday. Orlando Pirates will feel hard done by as they had more possession and created the…
By Jerry Omondi The International Monetary Fund (IMF) projects that Gabon’s economic outlook for 2022 will hit 2.8 percent compared to 1.5 percent in 2021, as the country continues its gradual recovery from the 2020 recession. The lender attributes the positive performance to the efforts undertaken to limit the impact of the pandemic and the rise…
By XINHUA The Malawi government will roll out the oral cholera vaccine (OCV) on Monday in 8 targeted districts as the death toll reached 12 with over 300 cases recorded since the disease broke out in early March. The country’s ministry of health announced Saturday in its cholera situation update, saying the country has cumulatively recorded…
By XINHUA The 9th edition of Africities summit, held in Kenya’s western city of Kisumu, concluded on Saturday with delegates endorsing new action plans to hasten urban renewal in Africa. More than 4,000 participants including former heads of state and government, ministers, city mayors, industry leaders, researchers and innovators attended the May 17 to 21 summit,…
Reuters Ghana has started a bulk purchase programme to buy gold locally to raise the gold component of its reserves, Central Bank Governor Ernest Addison said on Tuesday, in a bid to strengthen the cedi currency without increasing inflation. “We have started a bulk purchase program, domestic, where we buy gold locally and try to…
