Mauritius becomes the first African country to fully implement the complete package of tobacco control measures from the World Health Organization (WHO), focused on reducing tobacco use and reducing related deaths. Called MPOWER Package, the WHO tobacco control package is a set of six measures to help countries monitor tobacco use and the effectiveness of […]
A financing agreement for a total of $400 million was concluded between the World Bank and the government of the Federal Republic of Ethiopia. The World Bank and the Ministry of Finance essentially agreed to a financing agreement of US$ 400 million (or around ETB 21.8 billion), of which US$ 350 million is in the […]
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King Mswati the third of Eswatini just officially opened this year’s International Trade Fair, during which he made a call for Zambia and Eswatini to improve trade with each other. King Mswati said trade between the two countries remains insignificant and has called for closer trade collaboration to boost business. The Eswatini leader said Zambia’s […]
The governments of Kenya and Uganda have partnered to revive the near-dead project to build the Standard Guage Railway (SGR) between them, as it poses renewed efforts to upgrade infrastructure on the Northern Corridor for better trade. On Friday, both governments issued the joint declaration and stated that the project is highly dependent on how […]
NextSource Materials has completed the construction of the solar farm for the solar hybrid power plant at the company’s Molo graphite mine in Madagascar. The solar hybrid plant is owned and operated by CrossBoundary Energy (CBE) under a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) and consists of the 2.6 MW solar farm, a 3.1 MW thermal […]
THE National Pharmaceutical Company (Natpharm) is moving with speed to construct more warehouses across the country as part of government’s drive to improve health service delivery. Government is targeting to have Natpharm warehouses in all the country’s provinces as part of its decentralisation programme. One such facility has been completed in Mutare, with Natpharm Board […]
For the first time since 2016, Seychelles’ national airline – Air Seychelles – has made a profit of $8.4 million for the year 2022, well on the path of surpassing its five-year plan. In a press release on Tuesday, the airline outlined that following a reported loss of $22.7 million in 2021, last year was […]
Libya’s Airports Authority reported in April the progress of the work on the maintenance of the Ubari Airport Runway. In that April, the implementation of the works of the first layer that connects the entire runway and the connecting corridor had been completed. Preparations were already underway for paving the second layer. Recently, The Director […]
Popular Afropop and Banku music star, Mr. Eazi whose real name is Oluwatosin Ajibade has recently announced an eccentric art and music collaboration with 13 talented artists from across Africa for his first studio album, to be released later in the year. Mr. Eazi is known for his chart-topping hits and electrifying performances. He takes […]
After COVID-19, South Africa’s tourism industry has continued to rebound strongly, with more than 4 million visitors arriving during the first half of 2023. Compared to the 2.3 million tourists that arrived between January and June of 2022, this is a huge rise. When compared to the same time in 2022, the total number of […]