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- APO1 day ago
Zimbabwe’s First Lady congratulates Senator Dr Rasha Kelej on her nomination as African Woman of the Year 2020
By an official letter, Senator, Dr Rasha Kelej, CEO of the Merck Foundation (www.Merck-Foundation.com) was praised by the longtime partner HE Ms. AUXILLIA MNANGAGWA, The First Lady of the Republic of Zimbabwe and Merck Ambassador More than a Mother, upon his appointment as Member of the Egyptian Senate (2020-2025) by the President of Egypt, HE Mr. ABDEL FATTAH AL-SISI play an important advisory role with regard to health, sustainable economic and social development in Africa and opportunities for collaboration. The First Lady of Zimbabwe also congratulated Rasha Kelej on her appointment as ‘African Woman of the Year 2020’ by New African Woman, United Kingdom. The First Lady of Zimbabwe, HE Ms. AUXILLIA MNANGAGWA, underlined: “On behalf of Zimbabwe, we extend our congratulations to our esteemed partner Senator, Dr Rasha Kelej, upon his recent appointment and recognition. The commitment and leadership she has demonstrated over many years as CEO of Merck.
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Headlines6 days agoMeet six Nigerian innovators shortlisted for the 2021 Africa Price for Engineering Innovation
The following six Nigerian innovators have been shortlisted among 10 others for the 2021 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation (APEI) by the UK Royal Academy of Engineering. In 2017, the Prize was won by a Nigerian innovator, Godwin Benson, who developed Tuteria, an online platform that connects people seeking to learn ‘anything’ with verified local experts who can teach them what they want to learn, as well as ensuring safety, accountability and quality learning delivery. CodeLn – Elohor Thomas, Nigeria CodeLn is an automated tech recruitment platform that helps companies looking to hire people in the software engineering field. It is also an accessible learning tool, allowing novices and professional programmers alike to improve their coding skills, with special functions for those with additional needs, such as visually impaired and neurodiverse coders. The web-based platform streamlines the recruitment process from three months to two weeks, allowing companies to source, screen, and interview.
- APO1 week ago
Malawi SDG Acceleration Fund approves new programs and allocates MK3 billion to combat COVID-19
The Malawi Sustainable Development Goals Acceleration Fund (SDG-AF) was created in 2019 by the Government of Malawi, development partners and the United Nations (UN) to accelerate progress towards national achievement of the SDGs. . At its meeting on February 5, the Fund’s Steering Committee, co-chaired by the Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Chauncy Simwaka and the UN Resident Coordinator, Ms. María José Torres, approved three Joint Programs that address the core priorities national, decentralizing implementation to the district level and ensuring services reach the last mile. Each program is multisectoral and involves various government ministries and UN agencies, focusing on girls’ education, building resilient livelihoods for the poor and vulnerable, and improving access to basic health care. The combined budget of the three joint programs for the next four years is $ 130 million (approximately MK 101 billion). These programs are financially supported by the Fund, thanks to contributions from.
- APO2 weeks ago
Libya: Security Council urges interim leadership to prepare for December polls
The UN Security Council on Tuesday called on the new interim leadership of Libya to swiftly form an inclusive Government and make necessary preparations for December’s presidential and parliamentary elections. Last week, the 74-members of the UN-led Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) chose an interim Prime Minister and President of its new executive council, charged with leading the country to elections, planned for 24 December this year. In a Presidential Statement, issued by the representative of the United Kingdom, Council President for February, the Security Council welcomed the agreement “as an important milestone in the Libyan political process” and urged the interim leadership “to improve services and launch a comprehensive national reconciliation process”. Withdraw all foreign forces, mercenaries The 15-member Council called on all parties to implement the October 2020 ceasefire agreement in full, urging UN Member States “to respect and support the full implementation of the agreement, including through the withdrawal of all foreign forces.
- APO2 weeks ago
Coronavirus – Africa: Rising mortality as Africa marks one year of COVID-19
Deaths from COVID-19 in Africa have surged by 40% in the last month, pushing Africa’s death toll towards 100 000 since the first reported case on the continent on 14 February 2020. This comes as Africa battles new, more contagious variants and gears up for its largest-ever vaccination drive. Over 22 300 deaths were reported in Africa in the last 28 days, compared with nearly 16 000 deaths in the previous 28 days. The continent is expected to reach 100 000 deaths in the coming days. Thirty-two countries reported a rise in deaths in the last 28 days, while 21 reported flat or falling rates. Africa’s COVID-19 fatality rate rose to 3.7% during the last 28 days compared to 2.4% in the previous 28 days and is and is now well above the global average. This spike in mortality comes as Africa’s second wave of cases which began in October.
- Foreign1 month ago
Los Angeles becomes first county in United States to surpass 1 million COVID-19 cases
Los Angeles became the first county in the United States to surpass 1 million total cases since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, local health officials said Saturday. The most populous county in the country, home to 10 million residents, on Saturday reported 14,669 new confirmed cases and 253 additional deaths, pushing its cumulative cases up to 1,003,923 with 13,741 related deaths, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. There are 7,597 COVID-19 patients currently hospitalized in the county with 22 percent of them in intensive care, said the department in a daily release. Local health officials also confirmed the first case of the new coronavirus strain, which was first discovered in the United Kingdom. The individual found to have contracted the virus is a male, who recently spent time in L.A. County but has traveled to Oregon, where he is currently in quarantine. The more contagious.
- APO2 months ago
The African Development Bank Appoints Directors General and Deputy Directors General in Regional Offices
The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) is pleased to announce the appointment of Directors General for the East, Central and Southern Africa regions and Deputy Directors General for the East, Central, Northern, Southern and West Africa regions. Serge N’Guessan, Director General, Central Africa Region As Director General, Central Africa, Serge will drive and ensure the operational efficiency, effectiveness and overall health of the Bank's portfolio across the Central Africa Region. He will also spearhead regional business development and investment, driving resource mobilization across the countries under his remit and growing the business of the Bank significantly. Serge, a Canadian citizen, is a professional with over 30 years of experience in international development and portfolio management, who has held important representation roles within the Bank for almost 10 years. Serge has been the Deputy Director General, West Africa, since September 2018, where he built an effective and motivated team, working in.
- APO2 months ago
NBA Rosters Feature 107 International Players From 41 Countries
Opening-Night Rosters Feature Record 17 Canadian Players and Record-Tying 14 African Players; Seventh Consecutive Season League Has at Least 100 International Players. The National Basketball Association (NBA) (http://www.NBA.com) today announced that 107 international players from 41 countries are on opening-night rosters for the 2020-21 season, including a record 17 Canadian players and a record-tying 14 African players. This marks the seventh consecutive season that opening-night rosters feature at least 100 international players. All 30 teams have at least one international player. In addition to the 107 international players on 2020-21 opening-night rosters, there are 10 international players from a record-tying eight countries on “two-way” contracts, allowing them to play in up to 50 NBA games this season. For the seventh consecutive year, Canada (17 players) is the most-represented country outside of the U.S., followed by France (nine players), Australia (eight players), Serbia and Germany (six players each). The Washington Wizards have an.
- APO2 months ago
Sahel Group of Five: African Development Bank approves program to expand solar energy generation under Desert-to-Power scheme
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (https://www.AfDB.org/) approved on Wednesday a Desert-to-Power (D2P) technical support program that will advance the rollout of solar generation in G5 Sahel countries, where 60 million people lack access to electricity. The technical assistance, in the form of a $5 million grant from the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA), has three main components: (i) technical studies for the integration of variable renewable energy (primarily solar) in national grids; (ii) feasibility studies for solar hybridization of existing isolated grids; and (iii) capacity building to support Chad to integrate the first solar power project (Djermaya Solar PV IPP) in its national grid. “This technical assistance program responds directly to needs identified in the National Desert to Power Roadmaps of the G5 Sahel countries. It specifically addresses key bottlenecks for the large-scale deployment of solar projects, and will help prepare bankable projects for subsequent.
- APO2 months ago
Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa and Clean Technology Fund provide $25 million in funding for medium scale independent power producers
The African Development Bank’s (www.AfDB.org) Board of Directors on Monday 14 December 2020 approved $15 million from the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa [SEFA (https://bit.ly/3r9hP1s)] and $10 million from the Clean Technology Fund (CTF) to advance African Renewable Energy Fund (AREF) II’s projects to boost low-carbon energy generation in sub-Saharan Africa. SEFA’s contribution will comprise a package of $10 million in equity and a $5 million reimbursable grant. CTF, part of the Climate Investment Funds (CIF), will provide $10 million in equity. The combined contribution of $20 million from SEFA and CTF will go to capitalize AREF II’s catalytic tranche. The reimbursable grant is earmarked for AREF II’s project support facility. The CTF contribution was approved by the CTF Trust Fund Committee on July 2020 under its Dedicated Private Sector Program (DPSP III). The financing will help small and medium-sized producers to add more than 800 MW of hydropower, solar.
- APO2 months ago
The African Development Bank Appoints Mr. Simon Mizrahi, Acting Director, Communication and External Relations (PCER)
The African Development Bank (https://www.AfDB.org/) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Simon MIZRAHI as Acting Director, Communication and External Relations Department (PCER), effective 16 December 2020. Simon is a British national who joined the Bank on the 10th of May 2009, as Head of Results Management Division. Before joining the African Development Bank, he worked for the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), based in France, as Senior Policy Adviser, Aid Effectiveness Division (2001-2007) and as Deputy Head, Aid Effectiveness (2007-2009). As Deputy Head at the OECD in charge of aid effectiveness, Simon authored the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness and the Accra Agenda for Action—two landmark agreements adopted by 110 countries and organisations across the world. Prior to this, Simon worked as Director, International Development Consultancy Services (1996-2001) and as a Country Director for Médecins du Monde, Kigali (Rwanda) and Managua (Nicaragua), from 1994 to 1996. Simon.
- APO2 months ago
The UK’s decision to halt funding for new oil & gas projects is ill-founded and counter productive
The United Kingdom has recently declared that it will stop support and funding to any new oil, gas and coal projects on the 5th anniversary of the Paris Agreement. While this is a setback, we must continue to be unwavering in our commitment to stand up for Africa’s energy sector, its workers, energy poverty and those free-market values that will make our continent attractive to committed energy investors. The decision follows, among others, opposition to the recently announced support of the UK Export Finance’s (UKEF) for Total’s 12.88 mtpa Mozambique LNG export terminal in Cago Delgado. It is troubling that an aggressive foreign-funded anti-African energy campaign continues to undermine the potential of making Mozambique an oasis for gas monetization and meeting our increasing energy demands. I will personally return to Mozambique next week and will engage with the country’s leadership and the energy industry. Dropping investments for LNG projects in.
- APO3 months ago
Powerful Mandela Remembrance Walk & Run from #WhereverUR breaks new barriers
Nelson Mandela’s giant bronze statue at the foot of the Union Buildings towered even larger than usual, his outstretched arms seemed even wider, and his smile broader at the Mandela Remembrance Walk and Run (www.MandelaWalkAndRun.com) today, as he welcomed those who gathered in his honour. If ever his presence, warmth and comforting embrace was needed, it was this year – as South Africa and the rest of the world was brought to its knees by a global pandemic that has battered minds, bodies and spirits. It has been seven years now since Madiba’s passing and like this has been a year like no other, so too the Mandela Remembrance Walk and Run (MRWR) hosted by the Nelson Mandela Foundation, Gauteng Provincial Government (GPG) and City of Tshwane as one of the year’s last major family social events to remember Madiba’s massive contribution, was much more muted and intimate this year..
- APO3 months ago
African Development Bank Invests in Pioneering SPARK+ Africa Fund to Deliver Clean Cooking Solutions
The African Development Bank’s (https://www.AfDB.org/) Board of Directors has approved a $5 million investment in the SPARK+ Africa Fund to deliver clean cooking solutions to over two million households across Africa. The European Commission will contribute an additional €10 million. The Bank’s investment, which will come from its Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA), is expected to enable the participation of other interested investors. As an anchor investor, the Bank will channel first-loss equity from SEFA and the European Commission thematic blending facility. In addition to delivering clean cooking technologies, the investment is expected to reduce carbon emissions by 15.9 Mt of CO2 equivalent, by cutting emissions from the use of inefficient stoves and open fires and forest degradation for wood fuel. Switching to cleaner cookstoves reduces exposure to harmful cooking smoke and the time spent collecting firewood, a burden that falls disproportionately on women. “By investing in the rollout.
- Economy3 months ago
We’ll pay workers November, December salaries -Minister
By Ismaila Chafe The Federal Government has allayed fears in some quarters that the current economic recession in the country will affect the prompt payment of workers’ salaries in November and December 2020. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, said this on Wednesday while fielding questions from State House correspondents at the end of the virtual meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) in Abuja. The meeting was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the figures published by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) indicate that Nigeria’s real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the third quarter of 2020 has entered its second economic recession in five years. The minister, who dismissed speculations that the economic recession would affect the payment of federal workers’ salaries, said government had already paid November salaries. “On the issue of federal workers’ salary,.
- Foreign3 months ago
Amazon launches IP Accelerator in Europe to help small businesses protect brands
Amazon on Wednesday launched Intellectual Property Accelerator (IP Accelerator) in Europe to help small businesses protect their brands and tackle counterfeit. According to the company’s announcement, the IP Accelerator is being launched in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Netherlands and the United Kingdom, making it easier and more cost-effective for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to obtain trademarks, protect their brands and tackle counterfeit goods. IP Accelerator, which is available to any brand selling in Amazon’s stores, connects entrepreneurs directly with a curated network of European law firms with expertise in IP rights. SMBs can also seek general IP advice from these law firms as their brands and businesses grow. More than 100 trademark experts across Europe have signed up for the program, the company said. “As part of our broader commitment to supporting small businesses, we have set up IP Accelerator to make the IP registration process as easy and.
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Coronavirus3 months agoBritish Govt. eases Coronavirus restriction for Christmas
British Govt. eases Coronavirus restriction for Christmas Relaxation London, Nov. 201 People in Britain will be able to celebrate Christmas with other families under a relaxation of Coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions for the holiday period. Three households will be allowed to celebrate together as a “Christmas bubble,” the government announced. The grouping would be exclusive, meaning one household could not change and meet another household outside their bubble during the period Dec 23-27. The rules would apply for all parts of the United Kingdom: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. There will also be a relaxation of travel restrictions. Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove said the announcement represented “a balanced and workable set of rules that we hope will allow people to spend time together at this important time of year.” England is returning to a tiered system of coronavirus restrictions at the beginning of December, after a partial lockdown lasting.
- Environment3 months ago
UNICEF congratulates Jaba for emerging as first ODF LGA in Kaduna
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has congratulated the Jaba Local Government Area of Kaduna State for being the first Local Government Area (LGA) in the state to attain LG-wide Open Defecation Free (ODF) status. Dr Zakari Adam, Chief of Field Office, UNICEF Kaduna, gave the commendation during the certification ceremony in Kwoi, the Headquarters of Jaba LGA. “I feel honored to be part of this event in the history of Kaduna state. “I heartily congratulate the state, the people of Jaba LGA, our Royal fathers, WASH colleagues and all who contributed to this great achievement,” he said Adam expressed optimism that the attainment of ODF status by Jaba LGA would open the gate for other LGAs to follow. He thanked the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) of the United Kingdom, for the funding support that contributed to the attainment of the ODF status in Jaba. This, according to.
- Foreign3 months ago
Italy launches EU-backed project to promote eco-friendly tourism
Italy on Tuesday officially launched a project backed by the European Union (EU) to help its tourism businesses become more eco-friendly and make better use of the post-pandemic opportunities, the country’s National Tourism Agency (ENIT) said. The “EU Eco-Tandem Program” also aims to promote sustainable tourism by helping small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) become more innovative. “Traditional tourism SMEs are encouraged to come into contact with startups and innovators in the sector, and also with pioneers from other economic sectors,” the ENIT said. The participants in the project would learn how to kick off the ecological transition of their businesses, or to strengthen their know-how and their sustainable tourism management skills. They would receive help in accessing EU funding for eco-innovative pilot projects, becoming part of a European network of SMEs and organizations operating in the sustainable tourism sector, and gaining visibility through the project’s dissemination channels, the ENIT explained..
- Foreign3 months ago
France unveils gradual easing of nationwide coronavirus lockdown
French people will enjoy more freedom in outdoor exercises starting Saturday, and the nationwide coronavirus lockdown could be lifted on Dec. 15 if health conditions are met, President Emmanuel Macron announced Tuesday in a TV address. “A new page will open on Saturday, Nov. 28,” said Macron. Starting Saturday, outdoor exercises will be allowed for up to three hours a day, and people can go up to 20 km from their homes. Currently, people can only go out for exercise for one hour and in a radius of one km. Starting Saturday, non-essential shops will also be allowed to reopen until 9 p.m. and under strict health conditions, Macron said. If the objectives of current restrictive measures are reached, the nationwide coronavirus lockdown will be further lifted on Dec. 15, with cinemas, theaters and museums allowed to reopen under strict health protocols, he said. While France could lift the nationwide.
