Zimbabwe agritech startup wins US$100,000 funding
Zimbabwean agritech startup, Farmhut just secured a US$100,000 worth of grant funding after being from this year’s annual Hult Prize competition. As an AI-powered marketplace, Farmhut platform links farmers to…
Rwanda: Kagame Rallies Leaders on Vaccine Manufacturing
Kagame highlighted that there is a company that is capable of this technique, citing that it is ready and willing just as Moderna and Pfizer have been doing. President Paul…
Djibouti Veteran Ruler Guelleh Wins Election Landslide
Djibouti President Ismael Omar Guelleh has been re-elected for a fifth term after winning more than 98 percent of the vote in Friday’s elections which were boycotted by the main…
Kenya: Report Ranks Nairobi Most Innovative City in Africa
Nairobi has been ranked as the most innovative city in Africa, according to the Knight Frank Horizons Report. The city beat 500 others on the continent including Cape Town, Johannesburg,…
African Leaders Call for Strong Action on Climate Change
From heat-resistant crops to insurance that helps nations rebuild after a disaster, efforts to adapt to growing climate risks are taking root in Africa – but the work is too…
Zimbabwe sets climate change target
Zimbabwe has set a target to achieve a green economy by 2030 while climate change issues have been mainstreamed in all sectors of the economy. This was said by President…
Vaccination uptake surpasses 100 000 mark
Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Senior Health Reporter Over 100 000 Zimbabweans have heeded the call by Government to receive the free Covid-19 vaccination as part of efforts to control the pandemic. The…
Activists Preserving African Mother Tongues, Fighting Covid-19
As internet use surges on the continent, projects are working to help Africans find information online in their mother tongues. From Wikipedia posts in indigenous tongues to digital word libraries, African…
Zimbabwe targets monthly delivery of 1 million doses
Zimbabwe is now set to take delivery of almost one million vaccines per month to ensure the targeted herd immunity of 10 million people is achieved. The plan has received…
Tanzanian president announces cabinet reshuffle
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Wednesday announced the appointment of new finance minister and foreign minister in a cabinet reshuffle. Announcing the reshuffle shortly after the swearing-in of Vice…
Zimbabwe receives 1 million Sinovac doses
Part of the over million Sinovac vaccines procured by Zimbabwe from China arrived at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport in Harare today. The consignment was received by Health and Childcare…
Nigerian Youth Ready to take Action Against Malaria
New research finds that 9 in 10 Nigerian youth want to take personal action in the fight against malaria, with over half (58%) believing the disease can be eliminated in…
Ethiopia to Trial GERD’s Electricity Generation
ADDIS ABABA– Close to 79 percent of the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has been accomplished and the dam would conduct preliminary energy generating trial this year,…
Kenya: Barrack Obama’s Grandmother, Mama Sarah Obama, Dies
Mama Sarah Onyango Obama, the grandmother of former US President Barrack Obama, is dead. She was aged about 99 years, having been born around 1922. Her demise was confirmed by…
Wentors and Microsoft to mentor and train 1000 women in tech
Wentors, a women’s mentorship organization has partnered with Microsoft to commit to the mentorship and training of 1000 women in the tech industry for several years. According to the two,…
SA local scale-up programme to impact entrepreneurs
The SME fund’s Local Scale-up programme looks to expedite the local and international growth of successful South African entrepreneurs running high-impact businesses that are primarily tech-driven and built in a…
Tanzania: President Magufuli’s State Burial Underway in Chato
Chato — Former President John Magufuli will be buried today in his hometown of Chato in Geita Region. Dr Magufuli will be laid to rest after several days of paying…
Zimbabwe: President Takes First Jab . . . Rallies Nation Against Conspiracies
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa, who received his first Covid-19 jab at a momentous occasion attended by different religious and political leaders yesterday, has called on the nation to shun conspiracy theories and…
Nigeria Launches HIV, STI Treatment Guideline for Key Populations
UNAIDS estimates that between 40 per cent and 50 per cent of all new HIV infections may occur between individuals in key populations. The Nigerian government on Tuesday launched a…
Nigeria Receives 300,000 Doses of Covid-19 Vaccines From MTN – Official
An official had announced MTN’s donation of 7 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccines to African countries. Nigeria has received 300,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines from telecom giant,…