Durban, South Africa / Lagos, Scidev.Net — As African countries work to strengthen their health systems after years of donor dependence, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is placing renewed emphasis on primary health care and digital innovation. In an interview with SciDev.Net, Landry Dongmo Tsague, inaugural director of Africa CDC’s…
Yokohama City, Japan & Johannesburg, South Africa — As funding for sexual and reproductive health rights was on a “cliff edge,” parliamentarians now needed to play a “visionary” leadership role because “financing strong, resilient health systems for all their people rests with governments,” said Dr. Alvaro Bermejo, Director General of the International Planned Parenthood Federation…
ADDIS ABABA – Strengthening transparency in Africa’s natural resource sector is key to tackling illicit financial flows, illegal natural resource trade, and resource-backed lending, the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has emphasized. The Bank has concluded the Chad leg of its GONAT initiative training and policy dialogue titled “Unlocking Africa’s Wealth: Curbing Illicit Financial Flows…
Addis Ababa, — An executive from Ethiopian Airlines, Africa’s leading carrier and one of the fastest-growing global airline brands, has said that the recently-launched cargo flight service to China’s Urumqi is poised to serve as a “vital cargo corridor” between Africa and Asia. Managing director of cargo and logistics services at Ethiopian Airlines, Dereje Derero…
Vodacom South Africa has announced big changes to the terms of its planned acquisition of Vumatel parent Maziv as it works to get the deal over the line. Under the new terms, Vodacom will buy a maximum 34.95% stake in Maziv, down from 40% previously, while the financial terms of the deal have also been…
The Namibia Rugby Union (NRU) this week announced the squad for the 2025 Rugby Africa Cup, scheduled to take place in Uganda from 8 to 19 July. The Cup is a continental rugby union tournament, which will mark a pivotal moment as Namibia embarks on its qualification campaign for the 2027 Rugby World Cup. The…
On proposed completion in 2030, the Great Green Wall is expected to be the largest living structure on the planet, three times the size of the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. Qosim Suleiman, Abdullah Tijani, Amma Moussa & Gaston Sawadogo Five years ago, Aliyu Garba, 45, was summoned to his village head’s palace to receive…
