Liberia’s Largest Palm Oil Project Lays Off 10% of Workforce

AfricaCoronavirusEconomyNewsLiberia’s Largest Palm Oil Project Lays Off 10% of Workforce

PilotnewsMay 17, 2020

MONVROVIA – Liberia’s largest palm oil company, Golden Veroleum, has laid off 443 employees, more than 10% of its workforce, due to persistently low prices and the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, a company spokesman said on Saturday. Golden Veroleum is owned by the U.S.-based Verdant Fund LP, whose sole investor is Singapore-listed palm oil giant Golden Agri-Resources (GAGR.SI), the world’s second-largest palm oil plantation company. Golden Veroleum spokesman Alphonso Kofi told Reuters that the...

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Egypt Tightens Coronavirus Restrictions for Eid Holiday

AfricaCoronavirusNewsEgypt Tightens Coronavirus Restrictions for Eid Holiday

PilotnewsMay 17, 2020

CAIRO – Egypt will bring forward the start of its curfew by four hours to 5pm and halt public transport during the six-day Eid holiday from May 24 as it seeks to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, the prime minister said on Sunday. Shops, restaurants and parks will also be closed for the holiday at the end of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, and restrictions on citizens’ movements will be extended for a further two...

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COVID-19: CAF Initiates Financial Entitlement Payments to Clubs

AfricaNewsSportsCOVID-19: CAF Initiates Financial Entitlement Payments to Clubs

PilotnewsMay 17, 2020

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) says it will accelerate the payment of final tranche of financial rewards to participating clubs in its interclub competitions for the 2019/20 season. The continental football governing body, in a statement on Saturday, said this was in light of growing concerns and evolving nature of COVID-19 pandemic, leading to the suspension of football activities across the continent. The statement quoted CAF President, Ahmad Ahmad, as saying that the distribution,...

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Why Facebook is Laying Undersea Cable Around Africa

AfricaInfrastructureNewsTechnologyWhy Facebook is Laying Undersea Cable Around Africa

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)May 15, 2020

It is one of the most ambitious project aimed at connecting the African continent to the internet, Facebook is laying cable under the sea to interconnect 23 countries in Africa, the Middle East and Europe. The project, named 2Africa is one of the largest subsea cable projects in the world. At 37,000 kilometres long, 2Africa will be nearly equal to the circumference of the Earth. “The project is impressive for more than length alone: It...

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Ethiopia’s Only Ventilator Expert Races to Train Others as Virus Spreads

AfricaBusinessCoronavirusNewsEthiopia’s Only Ventilator Expert Races to Train Others as Virus Spreads

PilotnewsMay 13, 2020

ADDIS ABABA  – As the coronavirus epidemic gains a foothold in Ethiopia, Habtamu Kehali’s skills in operating a ventilator may, for increasing numbers of patients, mean the difference between life and death. As the country’s only respiratory therapist, Kehali is rushing to train others to run the machines used to keep severely ill COVID-19 patients breathing. “We only have few patients who are under intensive (coronavirus) care but if the number is going to increase there is...

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African Nation that Inspired ‘Wakanda’ is Only Country in the Continent to Claim Zero Coronavirus Cases

AfricaCoronavirusFilmAfrican Nation that Inspired ‘Wakanda’ is Only Country in the Continent to Claim Zero Coronavirus Cases

PilotnewsMay 13, 2020

The African nation which became the basis for the Hollywood blockbuster Black Panther is in a miraculous position during the COVID-19 pandemic as the rest of the continent battles the virus. The Kingdom of Lesotho is a small country within the borders of South Africa, with a population of more than 2 million people. As the rest of Africa faces the prospect of the coronavirus pandemic getting worse before it gets any better, Lesotho has...

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Western Media Shows Death Only When it is in Africa

AfricaColumnsOpinionWestern Media Shows Death Only When it is in Africa

PilotnewsMay 12, 2020

Unlike the victims of Ebola, the tragedies of coronavirus victims are demonstrated in numbers. Let us try a little thought experiment. Imagine, if you will, that rather than Europe and North America, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus pandemic was Africa, and the disease was killing many tens of thousands of people there. What images and storylines would be used to tell the story on TV screens and newspaper front pages in the West? Would they...

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Madagascar COVID-19 Herb: Controversy, Source, and Countries that have Made Orders

AfricaCoronavirusMadagascar COVID-19 Herb: Controversy, Source, and Countries that have Made Orders

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 12, 2020

As African countries are confronted with economic survival challenges, poverty, and the COVID-19, Madagascan President, Andry Rajoelina last month launch an herbal remedy that he claimed could cure and prevent COVID-19. Medical experts were caught in awe with the announcement. Coronavirus had infected over four million people across the world at present. African countries are the most endangered species as virtually all African countries are still developing. Little or no standard medical facilities are in...

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13 Workers Die in Building Collapse in Uganda

AfricaNews13 Workers Die in Building Collapse in Uganda

PilotnewsMay 11, 2020

Uganda authority said a rescue operation was called off on Monday after 13 bodies were recovered from a building that collapsed over the weekend in the nation’s capital of Kampala. “We do not expect any other survivors…” Maureen Nabuduwa from the Red Cross said, adding that four people were rescued from the rubble. Police spokesperson Luke Oweyisigire said “we think that the structure had over 20 workers who were working and sleeping there.” Oweyisigire said that...

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Massive Bombardment Hits Tripoli as Water Supplies Threatened

AfricaNational SecurityMassive Bombardment Hits Tripoli as Water Supplies Threatened

PilotnewsMay 11, 2020

A withering bombardment shook Tripoli on Sunday as the eastern-based forces of Khalifa Haftar fought overnight for new territory in the southern suburbs, after losing ground recently around the city. Armed men in the south had stormed one of the facilities in northwest Libya, reducing supply and adding to the misery of Tripoli residents. “My father said we should be ready to leave at any moment… the fighting last night was heavier than at any...

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