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[Egypt Online] Japanese Ambassador in Cairo Noke Masaki said his country is deeply interested in increasing Japanese investments in Egypt and seizing investment opportunities in the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE).
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[Namibian] FORMER health minister and current Malaria Elimination 8 ambassador Richard Kamwi says the green light from the World Health Organisation for the first malaria vaccine to be rolled out in countries battling the disease is 'a game-changer.'
Wits University scientists infected mosquitoes with malaria, discovering new compounds that might be a breakthrough in the treatment of the disease.
I spent part of this past Juneteenth watching Netflix’s High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America, and it felt appropriate to the new national holiday. If you watch a lot of TV shows about food, you’ve probably noticed that they feature mostly white people. It’s hard finding anybody of color on these…
[Egypt Online] The Cabinet's media center has denied news of reducing the maximum limit of tourist and Egyptians' purchases from duty-free markets as a new customs law becomes effective in Egypt.
From Cairo to Cape Town: Travel US News has released its '15 Best Places to Visit in Africa' list for 2021.
[allAfrica] As of March 4, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 3,923,942 .
A 44-year-old woman in Zimbabwe, Tendayi Gwata, is battling to avoid a mastectomy after her breast cancer treatment abruptly ended when the only radiotherapy machine in the capital, Harare, stopped working. Gwata, a marketing consultant, had already lost all her hair during chemotherapy. Then she was told that because the machine had broken down, she might need to have her breast removed. Zimbabwe’s health sector has largely collapsed amid an economic crisis that has seen inflation soaring to 785%, and a severe shortage of cash. The crisis has been compounded by the coronavirus outbreak. Gwata told the BBC’s Clare Spencer about her ordeal: “In July 2019 I had discomfort in my breast so I went to the doctor in Harare and had a scan and mammogram. A biopsy then confirmed I had stage-three breast cancer and the cancer had spread to my armpit. I flew to South Africa to go through the full cycle of chemotherapy and had surgery to remove the tumour. Then I started radiotherapy back in Harare to stop the tumour from recurring. When we booked for radiotherapy, there was only one machine working in the whole of Harare and that was at the private facility, Oncocare. I had got quite far in my treatment — 21 sessions of the 30 that I was supposed to do. Then I got the call. I was in my car on my way to my 22nd daily radiotherapy session when they phoned me to tell me to turn back because the machine had broken. That was on April 21. A week went by. A month went by. And I still had no clue when the radiotherapy machine was going to get fixed. My oncologist said I would need to start thinking about having a mastectomy. I tried really hard to not cry. I have worked so hard to stay positive, to stay energised, to look to the future and say: “I am going to survive this,” to only get to this point where I am now having to go through a new set of fully invasive procedures, in the hope that I have a better chance of survival all because someone won’t fix the machine. I was really just wanting to burst into tears but my anger took over and I went to Twitter. I also started learning as much as I could about radiotherapy. The only research I could find on the impact of missing radiotherapy sessions is for up to two days. I couldn’t find any research on the impact of missing it for two months, for three months. It’s not even explored because it’s so incomprehensible to the rest of the world that a machine can break down and not be fixed. I talked on BBC Focus on Africa radio about my anger and frustration and after that interview I had loads of people phoning me asking: “What can I do? How can we help?” I explained to them that I was failing to get in touch with someone who could actually give me answers and who I could talk to for a way forward. So, one of my friends I went to high school with gave me the phone number of the head of the Health Service Board, who in turn put me in touch with Ernest Manyawo, the chief executive officer of Harare’s biggest public hospital, Parirenyatwa. It’s not just me That is when I discovered the scale of
[Malaria Consortium] Scientists from the World Mosquito Programme have published new findings from research into the use of Wolbachia to control the spread of dengue via Aedes aegypti mosquitoes.
Casablanca Finance City (www.cfca.ma) was awarded last Thursday in Abidjan the “Africa Economy Builders’ Grand Prize” in recognition for its performance and contribution to the development of Africa.
Donald Kaberuka, Chairman of the African Development Bank, handed over the distinction to the CEO of Casablanca Finance Center, Saïd Ibrahimi, during the sixth edition of the Africa Economy Builders Awards held in Côte d’Ivoire, on April the 30th.
Since 2006, Africa Economy Builders Awards, initiated by media personality Michel Russel Lohoré, celebrates the inspired African men and women who are « bright examples for the next generations, entrepreneurs, executives, and companies », as well as international investors and the African diaspora, who make “outstanding contributions to the development of the continent”.
Nearly 300 officials, CEOs, business leaders, African and international economic operators, as well as NGOs delegates attended the 6th edition of the African Economic Builders Forum and discussed the « challenge of sustainable and inclusive growth facing the private sector in Africa », which accounts for almost 90% of employment in the continent.
Debates also covered how to reconcile the imperatives of economic efficiency and social solidarity, how to strengthen human capital and help businesses to thrive, how to encourage the development of ambition-driven African champions, how to bolster women’s entrepreneurship and other business related topics.
The new award granted to Casablanca Finance City (CFC) comes as a recognition of its positioning as a “business and financial hub in Africa and a gateway for investment in promising markets in the continent”. The distinction also recognizes the CFC approach, which falls in line with Morocco’s strategy geared towards strengthening partnership with other African states in the five sub-regions of the continent and promoting south-south cooperation.
Previous figures rewarded by the Africa Economy Builders include Mo Ibrahim (Sudan,) Koné Dossongui (Ivory Coast,)
[Egypt Online] Minister of Transport Kamel el Wazir inspected Thursday 20/5/2021 the 1st phase of Upper Egypt Western Desert Road development project ahead of its official inauguration.
by Damon Carr, For New Pittsburgh Courier Back in the mid ‘80s through the early ‘90s, I recall First Lady Nancy Reagan forging a war on drugs with the slogan, “Just say no!” They would often detail a grim story about someone who used drugs and the ill effects that it caused. I remember a … Continued
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Hulu will produce a documentary series based on “The 1619 Project,”stories in The New York Times that examined the legacy of slavery in America dating from the arrival of the first slave ship from Africa. Roger Ross Williams, an Academy Award-winning director for his film “Music by Prudence,” will oversee and produce the series, it […]
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[New Times] Ron Adam, Israeli Ambassador to Rwanda, speaks during the launch of Empower Africa business networking platform.
Compton Councilwoman Michelle Chambers relayed a simple message in response to her brother Michael K. Williams's passing.
“Snacks, Mickey D’s, and the Colonel are purportedly the three food sources capable of moving a school grade from the bottom of the heap to the top of the mountain,” said Goliath Davis. By GOLIATH J. DAVIS, III, PH.D., Contributor ST. PETERSBURG - Well, just when I thought it was over, the whispers regarding the […]
[Daily News] AN average of two to three accidents occur daily in Lake Victoria (Tanzania) every day and cost lives, a rescue officer has said.
[Daily News] \"WOE to those who rise early in the morning to run after their drinks, who stay up late at night till they are inflamed with wine,\" so says the Biblical book of Isaiah 5:11f.
Kurume City — Team Kenya's pre-Olympics camp in Kurume City burst into life Sunday with Malkia Strikers holding their first training session as remaining members of the national women's volleyball team finally joined the advance party. But the six new arrivals - Mercy Moim, Noel Murambi, Agripina Kundu, Joy Luseneka,…
While hundreds of truckers have tested positive for the virus in recent weeks, the drivers say they are being stigmatized and treated like criminals, being detained by governments and slowing cargo traffic to a crawl.
Tanzania closed the border there this week, protesting Kenya’s efforts to re-test all incoming truckers, including those who even had certificates showing they had been tested in the previous 14 days.
We are picking many (truckers) who are positive,” said Pontiano Kaleebu, who heads the Uganda Virus Research Institute, the government testing agency.
Feeling harassed, some truckers refuse to cooperate with authorities, switching off phones or giving the wrong contact address if their sample tests positive, said Ndugu Omogo, head of the Uganda Professional Drivers Network.
Ally Akida Samwel of Tanzania, waiting at the Namanga border post to haul maize to Kenya, said some officials refuse even to touch a trucker’s documents, asking they be read aloud instead.
