Gavi defines zero-dose children as infants who have not received the first dose of a diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis-containing vaccine by the end of their first year. Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, says 9.5 million children in 57 supported countries received no routine vaccine in 2025, despite gains in global immunisation. The figure, described as the…
Arusha — THE Head of Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health at the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), Prof. Diana Nsubuga, has called on African countries to increase investment in pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturing to help reduce maternal and child deaths. Speaking on Thursday, October 8, 2026, during a…
Lighthouse Capital, an operator-led private equity firm, is actively raising a US$50 million private equity fund. This new fund is specifically designed to target high-growth mid-market businesses across South Africa and Kenya. The firm aims to combine long-term investment capital with hands-on operational expertise, focusing on sectors vital to the region’s economic development. The fund…
Many people may have never heard of Minembwe, and those who know it may have learned about it through stories of war, displacement and hunger. For me, however, it is much more than a story. Minembwe is home to me and to many other Banyamulenge families. Generations of my family, including me, were born and…
The world’s two biggest cocoa producers faced the same price collapse this year and made opposite choices. The reason is not economics alone. It is who holds power in each cocoa sector — a lesson aid and trade partners keep missing. Within three weeks of each other this September, the world’s two largest cocoa producers…
Nairobi — Nairobi-based advertising technology firm Suss Ads is expanding beyond advertising technology into enterprise customer-experience software, betting on artificial intelligence to help businesses manage growing volumes of customer conversations across digital platforms. The company has launched Suss CX, an AI-powered customer-experience platform that brings conversations from WhatsApp, Telegram, Facebook Messenger and Instagram into a…
Nigeria will advance that Africa must move beyond celebrating the size of its mineral endowment and begin building the collective market intelligence, processing capacity and commercial infrastructure required to participate meaningfully in how its minerals and metals are valued. Nigeria’s Dr Comfort Asokoro-Ogaji, Executive Director of Women in Mining Africa (WiM-Africa), is expected to advance…
In mid-July, the US Army activated Delta Company of the 7th Psychological Operations (PSYOP) Battalion under 3rd Special Forces Group. The unit has taken on the informal name ‘Drongo’, a nod to an African bird known for its ability to vocally mimic other species to drive off competitors. Its declared purpose is to support US…
London, Oct 7 — The United Kingdom is backing more than £2 million ($2.7 million) in investment across 10 clean-energy projects in eight African countries, seeking to reduce dependence on diesel generators in hospitals, telecommunications, agriculture and small businesses. The projects, announced by the Zero Emission Generators initiative, or ZE-Gen, will operate in Kenya, Uganda,…
President Paul Kagame on Wednesday, October 7, met members of the African Union Panel of Facilitators working on the peace process in eastern DR Congo, at Village Urugwiro. ALSO READ: Rwanda demands accountability for DR Congo failure to neutralise FDLR The delegation included former Ethiopian President Sahle-Work Zewde, former Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and former…
