Africa: WHO Africa Launches First Competency-Based Curricula to Strengthen Health Workforce

Africa: WHO Africa Launches First Competency-Based Curricula to Strengthen Health Workforce

The World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (WHO AFRO) has unveiled the continent’s first-ever Prototype Competency-Based Curricula for 10 key health professions, a move aimed at transforming health worker training and accelerating progress toward Universal Health Coverage (UHC). The curricula, co-created with African health education experts, were presented during a high-level meeting of Member…

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Africa: WHO Africa Launches First Competency-Based Curricula to Strengthen Health Workforce

Africa: WHO in Africa Launches First-Ever Prototype Competency-Based Curricula for Health Professions

Pretoria — The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa today launched the first-ever Africa Prototype Competency-Based Curricula for ten selected health professions, marking a major turning point in how the region trains, equips and prepares its health workforce for the future. The launch, held in Pretoria with satellite events across multiple countries, will…

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Vox launches rewards programme to help households save more on everyday deals

Vox launches rewards programme to help households save more on everyday deals

Vox, one of South Africa’s leading internet and communications companies, has launched a free, tiered loyalty programme that rewards customers with instant value discounts across groceries, fast food, retail, travel, technology and education. Delivering everyday savings to customers, the programme launches with two tiers – bronze and silver – and is free for qualifying customers,…

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Africa: WHO Africa Launches First Competency-Based Curricula to Strengthen Health Workforce

Africa: WHO in Africa Launches Geodatabase to Empower Data-Driven Health Decisions

Brazzaville — To mark Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Day on 19 November, World Health Organization (WHO) in the African region launched the AFRO Geodatabase (AFRO GDB) to enhance the use of trusted administrative boundary data to strengthen geospatial governance and empower data-driven health decisions across Africa. The platform enables countries to store, manage and share…

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Africa: WHO Africa Launches First Competency-Based Curricula to Strengthen Health Workforce

Africa: French Embassy Launches Création Africa 2 to Boost Cultural Entrepreneurship

The French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, the Embassy of France, and the French Institute of South Africa (IFAS) have announced the return of Création Africa, an ambitious programme designed to strengthen and elevate cultural entrepreneurship across South Africa, Lesotho, and Malawi. Création Africa takes a comprehensive and hands-on approach, blending mentorship, incubation, training,…

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iONLINE launches Sense Hub – empowering businesses to focus on outcomes

iONLINE launches Sense Hub – empowering businesses to focus on outcomes

Sense Hub was created for enterprise customers seeking faster, repeatable delivery of outcomes focused IoT projects. iONLINE Connected Networks, a global IoT connectivity provider, continues its mission to simplify the complexity of IoT by uniting device, connectivity and platform into complete, outcome-driven solutions. That vision comes to life today with the launch of Sense Hub,…

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Venezuela launches huge military exercise as U.S. Navy flotilla nears Caribbean waters

Venezuela launches huge military exercise as U.S. Navy flotilla nears Caribbean waters

Venezuela announced Tuesday that it was launching a massive military exercise across the country, reportedly involving some 200,000 forces, in response to the increasing presence of U.S. military assets in the region. The announcement by Venezuela’s military came as the U.S. Department of Defense confirmed the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Gerald Ford had entered the…

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Godongwana launches dashboard to curb tender corruption

Godongwana launches dashboard to curb tender corruption

Finance minister Enoch Godongwana. In a bid to curb corruption, government has launched the first Procurement Payments Dashboard using data from its Basic Accounting System. This was announced by finance minister Enoch Godongwana, presenting the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement in Cape Town, earlier today. According to the minister, this dashboard, which is available on…

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Oni-Tel launches inter-data centre fibre network with Digital Parks Africa

Oni-Tel launches inter-data centre fibre network with Digital Parks Africa

Panel discussion with Digital Parks Africa and Oni-Tel during the Oni-Tel fibre network launch event Oni-Tel Fibre Networks, a fibre-optic cable infrastructure provider in South Africa, has launched an inter-data centre fibre network with Digital Parks Africa (DPA) serving as the inaugural point of presence. This high-speed fibre backbone connects all major data centres across…

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