Africa: Universities Join Hands to Enhance Agroforestry Research for Mitigating Climate Change

Africa: Universities Join Hands to Enhance Agroforestry Research for Mitigating Climate Change

Nairobi — A team of universities, led by Addis Ababa University, has joined forces to implement a four-year Intra-Africa academic mobility project aimed at strengthening agroforestry research and education for climate change mitigation. The project, dubbed Strengthening Agroforestry Research and Education for Climate Change Mitigation in Africa (SERA), brings together JKUAT (Kenya) and Addis Ababa…

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Cabinet hands the Post Office a board, but not a bailout

Cabinet hands the Post Office a board, but not a bailout

Cabinet has approved a new board for the South African Post Office, removing a key procedural hurdle to the troubled entity applying to exit business rescue – but handing the incoming directors an organisation that the national treasury still refuses to fund and that its rescue practitioners were, just months ago, contemplating liquidation. Communications minister…

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Africa: WHO Hands Over Life-Saving Equipment to Uganda’s Ministry of Health Under D-CARD Africa Project

Africa: WHO Hands Over Life-Saving Equipment to Uganda’s Ministry of Health Under D-CARD Africa Project

At a small health center in rural Sembabule, a nurse recalls the heartbreak of turning away patients due to lack of basic diagnostic tools. “We could suspect hypertension or diabetes, but without the right equipment, we couldn’t confirm or act early,” she said. That reality is now changing. Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) handed…

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Africa: ‘Your Health Security in Somebody’s Hands is Dangerous,’ Warns Top Africa CDC Advisor #CPHIA2025

Africa: ‘Your Health Security in Somebody’s Hands is Dangerous,’ Warns Top Africa CDC Advisor #CPHIA2025

Durban, South Africa — What if Africa could use its industrial strength to protect its people’s health by producing medicines locally? The future of Africa’s health security depends on local manufacturing, which has the potential to revolutionize access to life-saving medicines and vaccines. This is not only an economic opportunity, but also a key move…

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