Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 11 January 2021: Pfizer announced today the appointment of Patrick van der Loo as Regional President for Africa and the Middle East (AfME) region. Patrick’s Pfizer experience spans more than 20 years in leadership roles with multiple successes across geographies. In his new role as Regional President for AfME, Patrick will […]
On a rather warm afternoon of December 18th 2020, Nakasero Hospital hosted her clients to a launch of its brand new Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory (Cath Lab), in line with its mission of advancing healthcare in Uganda by leveraging technology. The event was hosted on the hospital premises capturing the entire character of a healthcare provider […]
Gozem and Asia Africa Investment & Consulting (AAIC) announce today that they will work closely together to launch health services inside the African Super App. This partnership is the result of a recent investment from AAIC in Gozem’s pre-series A round. In the summer of 2020, Gozem launched its Super App that enables its base […]
The Tooro Kingdom has intensified its efforts to conserve the environment under its ‘Save River Mpanga’ campaign. The Save River Mpanga campaign involves clean-up activities to physically remove plastic waste from River Mpanga, and to mobilise and sensitise the community about the dangers of irresponsible waste management. Campaign activities were stepped up in November with […]
Round joined by DOB Equity, Global Ventures and Chandaria Capital will accelerate data driven healthcare for peri-urban clinics. Nairobi, Kenya. December 15 2020 Ilara Health, a healthtech start-up focused on bringing essential, affordable and life-saving diagnostics to African consumers, has raised $3.75 million in Series A funding led by TLcom Capital, with participation from DOB Equity, Global Ventures and Chandaria Capital. The […]
East African Community ,Arusha ,Tanzania, 11th December, 2020: The training of trainers’ course on COVID-19 preparedness and response at 12 One Stop Border Posts between the EAC Partner States started in October 2020 and will end on Sunday, 13 December 2020 at the Gasenyi border post in Burundi. By then about 230 staff will have been […]
Abidjan, 11 December 2020 – The Board of Directors of the Nordic Development Fund (NDF) on Tuesday approved $8.8 million in grant funding to the African Water Facility (AWF) to bolster investments in COVID-19 recovery and preparation for investment of water supply, sanitation, and integrated water resources management projects in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa. […]
Gates Foundation pledges additional $250 million to accelerate development and equitable distribution of COVID-19 tests, treatments, and vaccines to end the pandemic. SEATTLE – The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced it will commit an additional $250 million to support the research, development, and equitable delivery of lifesaving tools in the global effort against […]
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, 9 December 2020 – Heads of four regional development banks (RDBs) meeting virtually on Tuesday reaffirmed their commitment to working together to build back better in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The meeting was hosted by African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina, the outgoing chair of the group. He was joined by Odile Renaud-Basso, […]
The Coca-Cola Foundation (TCCF) has today handed over a substantial financial donation to the Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS) as a contribution towards Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) activities that will be implemented in high traffic areas and other activities relating to coronavirus pandemic. The one hundred eighty six million shillings (Ush186,000,000) donated will go […]
Taiwan and Somaliland have signed an agreement to improve maternal and infant healthcare in the Horn of Africa nation. In the agreement signed on Tuesday December 1, 2020, Taiwan Technical Mission will offer support to Somaliland through the Ministry of Health Development to uplift the country’s healthcare capability through the bilateral cooperation between the two […]
Addis Ababa, 27 November 2020 (ECA) – Africa’s customs experts have given their support to the adoption of continental guidelines to facilitate free and timely flow of cross-border trade amid the COVID-19 pandemic ahead of the start of trading under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) on 1 January 2021. They made the pledge […]
The world is neglecting investment in electricity and clean cooking access despite COVID-19 highlighting the critical need for energy access to protect the most vulnerable and save lives Fossil fuel financing increased substantially in 2018 while grid-connected renewables financing decreased, despite urgent need for action and large pledges made since the Paris Climate Agreement.VIENNA, Austria, […]