The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo says the number of Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Africa has risen to over 21,000. The UN’s health agency gave the update on its official twitter account, @WHOAFRO on Monday. “COVID-19 cases continue to increase in Africa; over 21,000 COVID-19 cases have been reported on the African continent – with 5,000 recoveries and 1,000 deaths. “In sub-Saharan Africa, South Africa suffers the most severe...
Google on Monday proposed five channels to help gym, a home fitness routine, so as not to miss out on regular work out during the lockdown. Mr. Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade, Communication Officer, West Africa said in Lagos that it was easy to start missing out on regular routine being cooped up at home and looking after kids. Kola-Ogunlade in a statement noted that turning a gym routine into a home routine is not as hard as...
Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba Group, on Monday announced the donation of more medical equipment to Africa in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The Chinese billionaire made the announcement on his verified Twitter handle. Ma twitted: “Our 3rd donation to Africa will immediately be made to @_africanunion and @AfricaCDC. “This includes 4.6 million masks, 500,000 swabs and test kits, 300 ventilators, 200,000 clothing sets, 200,000 face shields, 2,000 thermal guns, 100 body temperature...
Ghana has relaxed it three weeks stay-at-home order in some parts of the country. The movement restrictions which were implemented to curb the spread of COVID-19 have been lifted. This development came as a surprise to some who were anticipating an extension or a national lockdown following a spike in the number of confirmed cases across the country. In a televised address on Sunday, April 19, Mr. Akufo-Addo declared that the decision was made based...
The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, has promised to commence online teaching and learning classes with its students. The development is propelled by the speed of Coronavirus in the country. South Africa, with 3,034 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus, has been on lockdown to contain the spread. The varsity said in a statement posted on its website that the “emergency remote online teaching and learning” will begin this Monday, April 20, in...
The subject of funding is nearly always top of mind in Nigerian startup and venture spaces. But while founders and startups looking to raise funding have typically had to look to the US and Europe for venture capital, there’s an increasing number of options back home. The latest addition to that growing list is the Future Africa Collective, launched by Iyin Aboyeji, who made his name as a early co-founder of Andela and then Flutterwave....
Only a global victory can end this pandemic, not a temporary rich countries’ win. By Abiy Ahmed The writer is prime minister of Ethiopia and the 2019 Nobel Peace prize laureate There is a major flaw in the strategy to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. Advanced economies are unveiling unprecedented economic stimulus packages. African countries, by contrast, lack the wherewithal to make similarly meaningful interventions. Yet if the virus is not defeated in Africa, it will...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the number of Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Africa has increased by 60 percent. WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo gave the update in a “COVID-19 Situation Report” posted on its official twitter account @WHOAFRO on Thursday. “Over the past week, there has been a 51 percent increase in the number of cases and a 60 percent increase in the number of deaths reported in the WHO African...
French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday called for a global moratorium on debt payments by African countries to help them cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. Macron told Radio France Internationale (RFI) that he hoped a virtual meeting later on Wednesday of finance ministers from the G20 group of countries could agree to the moratorium. It should involve all major Western powers – China, Russia, and the Gulf states, as well as multilateral lenders, Macron said....
China has spent the last few days trying to manage a damaging story about how local authorities in the city of Guangzhou have been targeting black African migrants for eviction and forced coronavirus testing. The story rapidly went global after numerous videos and images of Africans being evicted, blocked from hotels or even being barred from a local McDonald’s went viral on social media platforms including Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp. Beijing had tried to downplay...
