Africa to fall behind world growth as region faces slow recovery
Sub-Saharan African economies face a slow recovery from the coronavirus pandemic and the region’s economic growth will fall behind the rest of the world next...
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Examining association of stay-at-home orders, state-level African American population with COVID-19 case rates
What The Study Did: Researchers investigated whether state-imposed stay-at-home orders and the proportion of African American population in a state were associated with the state-level...
Roscan unveils Mali, West Africa gold discovery
Roscan Gold Corp. [ROSI-TSXV, RCGCF-OTC] said Thursday October 22 it has made a major new gold discovery at the Walia target zone located on recently...
Africa: A conversation with Africa Finance Corporation President & CEO Samaila Zubairu
Washington, DC — The Investing in Africa’s Future is a premier public forum jointly hosted by the Atlantic Council and the U.S. International Development Finance...
Stripe buys Paystack to boost African online commerce
Updated / Thursday, 15 Oct 2020 15:24 Stripe's John Collison and Shola Akinlade, CEO of Paystack Payments company Stripe, founded by Irish brothers Patrick and...
How UK business leaders can help Covid-hit female entrepreneurs in Africa
How far does £40 get you? In the UK, and London especially, it might buy you a meal for two, take-out coffees for the month, or...
Africa: Global Progress Against TB At Risk, Says WHO
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries were making steady progress in tackling tuberculosis (TB), with a 9% reduction in incidence seen between 2015 and...
Illegal immigrants: NGOs urged to work with NTF
KUALA LUMPUR: Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have been urged to go down to the ground to see the negative implications of illegal immigrants on the country,...
UN report says South Sudan has healed little since civil war
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Sudan has made no concrete steps toward national healing more than two years after the end of a civil war that...
Mimiko, Ajayi No Longer Relevant, Governor Akeredolu Says Ahead Of Election
Ondo Governor Rotimi Akeredolu Ondo State governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, and candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the October 10 governorship election in the state,...