Africa’s COVID-19 cases pass 8.35 million Africa CDC
By XINHUA The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 8,351,133 as of Wednesday noon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. The Africa CDC, the specialized healthcare agency of the African Union, said the death toll from the pandemic across the continent stands at 212,799. Some 7,699,022 patients across the
Google to invest $1 billion to lift Africa internet access
By AFP Google on Wednesday said it will invest 1 billion U.S. dollars over the next five years to allow for faster and more affordable internet access and support entrepreneurship in Africa. Internet reliability is a problem in Africa where less than a third of the continent’s 1.3 billion people are connected to broadband, according to
Kenya launches COVID–19 information portal to enhance fight against pandemic
By Jerry Omondi The fight against COVID-19 requires effective and well-coordinated public communication to enhance public response and elicit cooperation, said Kenya’s health minister as the East African country and the world at large continue with efforts to contain the virus. Mutahi Kagwe was speaking on Monday at the launch of the Media Council of Kenya
Kenya confirms bid for 2025 world athletics championships
By AFP Kenya on Tuesday confirmed its bid to host the 2025 athletics world championships, which if accepted, would bring the event to Africa for the first time. Nairobi has hosted both the world under-18 and under-20 world championships in the last four years but faces a string of high-profile rivals including Tokyo, which staged the Olympic
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.