COVAX eyes vaccines for 20% of people in poor nations by year-end
By AFP The vaccine-sharing facility COVAX said Wednesday it should be able to provide COVID-19 jabs to no more than 20 percent of people in poorer countries this year, far fewer than anticipated. “Today, COVAX’s ability to protect the most vulnerable people in the world continues to be hampered by export bans, the prioritization of bilateral
S. African university seeks to collaborate with peers to build AI infrastructure
By XINHUA South Africa’s University of Witwatersrand (Wits) would like to collaborate with African researchers in their recently formed AI Africa Consortium to study artificial intelligence (AI) and innovation, said Vice-Chancellor and Principal Zeblon Vilakazi on Wednesday at the AI Expo Africa 2021. He invites Africa’s research community to join AI Africa Consortium, which aims to
South Africa records 5, 372 New COVID-19 Cases
By CGTN Africa South Africa has recorded 5,372 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24-hour reporting cycle, with a further 282 COVID-19 related deaths recorded. According to the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD), this brings the total number of laboratory confirmed COVID-19 cases to 2,829,435, with 83,899 fatalities reported to date. The NICD said 43,632
Kenyan, Nigerian innovators win awards for revamping agricultural value chains
By XINHUA Two youthful innovators from Kenya and Nigeria on Wednesday bagged prize money worth $1.5 million for pioneering technologies that are transforming agricultural value chains in the continent. The overall winners of the inaugural agricultural technology contest, sponsored by international development charity, Heifer International, were announced during the ongoing African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) held
World Cup qualifiers: Senegal, Nigeria, Tunisia maintain 100 percent records
By David Ochieng Mbewa Nearly all of the second round of matches of the African World Cup qualifiers were completed on Tuesday with only a handful of teams maintaining their 100 percent start to the campaign. Sadio Mane rounded off the scoring as the continent’s top-ranked side Senegal defeated Congo 3-1 on Tuesday. Boulaye Dia had
Traditional Chinese Medicine offers Ethiopians better alternative to regain health
By XINHUA Berhanu Kedir, 34, is one of the many outpatients who have been receiving the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for treatment at the Tirunesh Beijing Hospital on the outskirts of the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. Kedir suffered a car accident seven months ago and has since struggled with long-term waist and left leg pain as