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African countries are off-track in terms of inoculating 10 percent of their population against the virus Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Nine out of ten African countries could miss the target of vaccinating 10 percent of their population against COVID-19 by September, dimming hopes of containing the pandemic in the continent, …

Weakened by huge inequalities in vaccine access and major economic divergences the institutions that have underpinned international solidarity for decades are now reaching their limits COMMENT | EMMANUEL MACRON, PAUL KAGAME, CYRIL RAMAPHOSA AND MACKY SALL | The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us that we can no longer treat seemingly …

The Draw the Line Against Malaria campaign builds on the pan-African Zero Malaria Starts with Me movement COMMENT | DR ABDOURAHMANE DIALLO | In recent decades, the world has made remarkable progress in the fight against malaria. Over 20 years of investment, commitment, and action have saved over 7.6 million …

New study, according to professors Burtram C. Fielding &  Dewald Schoeman, says it changes the way a body fights infection leading to possible protection against severe disease Back at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, case numbers on the continent were still modest. But predictions and projections suggested the disease …

Chinese lending in Africa has provided billions of dollars for crucial infrastructure projects. As Beijing tightens its belt, how Africa will fix the deficit? | GYUDE MOORE | After nearly two decades of significant bilateral lending, researchers have seen a drastic decline in lending from China’s policy banks. The impact …

`Perception premiums’ shouldn’t overinflate risks perennially assigned to a brighter Africa  COMMENT | HIPPOLYTE FOFACK | In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic caused Africa’s first recession in 25 years. The sharp tightening of global financial conditions triggered sudden stops in foreign direct investment and massive capital outflows, alongside one of the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Africa needs at least 20 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in the next six weeks to get second doses to all who received a first dose within the 8-12-week interval between doses recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO). A single dose of the …

An end to vaccine nationalism will revitalize the war against the pandemic in the African continent Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | The fight against COVID-19 in Africa is facing new headwinds amid hoarding of vaccine stockpiles by wealthy nations that has created a supply crunch in the continent, campaigners said on Wednesday. …

Chinese travellers spend twice as much as Americans. Hannah Ryder and Rosie Wigmore look at how Africa can attract a bigger share of this lucrative market. Before Covid-19 struck, a competition was about to heat up. March 2020 – around the time that African countries started to close their borders …

  Fellowship applications open on May 3, 2021 for entrepreneurs working and living in Uganda, Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda and Senegal | THE INDEPENDENT | Legatum Center for Development & Entrepreneurship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has unveiled the Foundry Fellowship, a first-of-its-kind leadership program for accomplished …