The World Health Organization says authorities in Mozambique have declared an outbreak of wild poliovirus type 1 after confirming that a child in the country’s northeastern Tete province has contracted the disease. It becomes the second case of wild poliovirus confirmed in southern Africa this year, following a case in Malawi in mid-February. In a…
By XINHUA Rwanda has announced an additional 250 million U.S. dollars for the Economic Recovery Fund as part of the country’s efforts to support the recovery of businesses severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. “Today, we have launched the second phase of the economic recovery fund by boosting the recovery fund with 250 billion Rwandan francs…
By XINHUA As Tanzania launched its second round of vaccination against polio Wednesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) pledged to provide technical support and coordination for the vaccination campaigns. The WHO said in a statement that it would provide technical support in collaboration with UNICEF and the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. The statement said the supplemental…
Reuters has launched the sale of its 10% stake in Nigerian joint venture SPDC, with Canada’s Scotiabank leading the sale as financial adviser, a sale document tendering for interest showed. TotalEnergies announced the sale in late April. Scotiabank declined to comment. TotalEnergies declined to comment on the financial adviser. TotalEnergies confirmed it was selling its…
Reuters Standard Chartered Bank Kenya (SCBK.NR) posted a 16% rise in pretax profit to 3.93 billion shillings ($33.81 million)in the first quarter of this year, helped by rising interest income and a drop in loan impairments. The lender, which is controlled by Standard Chartered Plc (STAN.L), said in a statement late on Tuesday its net interest income rose…
By AFP Mozambique has detected its first case of wild poliovirus in three decades, following an outbreak in neighbouring Malawi in February, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced Wednesday. The case was diagnosed in a child in the northeastern province of Tete. “The detection of another case of wild poliovirus in Africa is greatly concerning, even if it’s…
By AFP The West African state of Togo said it would reopen its land borders on Tuesday after closing them more than two years ago to help prevent the spread of coronavirus. The country recorded only 32 cases so far this month, with zero deaths. “Considering the slowdown in cases of COVID-19, all of our land…
Reuters Nigeria’s double-digit inflation climbed in April to 16.82%, rising for a third straight month, the statistics office said, a reading that could prompt a central bank rate hike next week and further squeeze companies already struggling with high costs. Muhammad Abba, a small bakery owner in Abuja, said she cut nearly half of her…
Reuters South Africa’s Vodacom Group (VODJ.J) expects new digital and financial services to generate over a quarter of group service revenue in the medium term, its chief executive said on Monday as the telecom operator reported a rise in full year operating profit. Vodacom, like its peer MTN Group (MTNJ.J), has been transforming its business from just providing…
By Jerry Omondi Zimbabwe’s Health Ministry has partnered with the World Health organization to develop a training program focusing on mental health in the workplace. Dubbed ‘MH in the workplace’, the program aims to improve and increase access to Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Services (MHPSS) in the workplace. According to The WHO, the program is…
