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| 30.07.2026 | Congo says the death toll in fastest-growing Ebola outbreak has passed 1,500 | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By PROSPER HERI NGORORA and MARK BANCHEREAU
BUNIA, Congo (AP) — Ebola has killed more than 1,500 people in eastern Congo in the fastest-growing outbreak of the disease, data released Thursday showe... |
| 21.07.2026 | Commentary: This Ebola outbreak should never have caught the world off guard | GENEVA: In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), people infected with Ebola have been fighting for their lives with little more than fluids and supportive care. Healthcare workers cannot do much more because there are no approved treatmen... |
| 11.07.2026 | Congo Faces Unprecedented Ebola Crisis | Congo confronts a devastating Ebola outbreak. Over 600 lives are lost. Confirmed cases surpass 1,750. The disease now breaches new provincial boundaries. This specific Bundibugyo strain marks the fastest-growing outbreak in history. No appr... |
| 10.07.2026 | Ebola outbreak is 'fastest growing ever' as 600 die | NAIROBI: The Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo is the "fastest growing" ever, African health authorities said Thursday (Jul 9), as the World Health Organisation said it had killed 600 people.
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| 09.07.2026 | Ebola death toll in Congo reaches 600, as new cases suspected in previously unaffected provinces | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By JEAN-YVES KAMALE and JUSTIN KABUMBA
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — New suspected cases of Ebola have been reported in parts of Congo that were previously unaffected, the government said Thursday, as the... |
| 03.07.2026 | Bundibugyo Ebola Finally Has a Diagnostic: WHO Lists First Test After 438 Deaths | By Chase Fiorini
Published: Jul 03 2026, 3:09 PM EDT
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| 26.06.2026 | Ebola Arrives in France: Infected Aid Doctor Flew Commercial as 1,118 DRC Cases Mount | By John Bright
Published: Jun 26 2026, 3:59 PM EDT
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| 19.06.2026 | Mourners bury a 6-month-old Ebola victim, marking third orphanage death as Congo outbreak spreads | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By JUSTIN KABUMBA and WILSON MCMAKIN
BUNIA, Congo (AP) — Mourners gathered Friday to bury a 6-month-old girl who died from Ebola earlier this week, the third child to die at an orphanage in eastern... |
| 18.06.2026 | Ebola Outbreak Tops 837 Cases: Africa CDC Mandates Exit Screening, Warns Travel Bans Backfire | By Maxwell Templeton
Published: Jun 18 2026, 3:20 PM EDT
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| 18.06.2026 | Ebola cases increase almost 40% in a week as death toll passes 200 | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By WILSON MCMAKIN
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda has claimed more than 200 lives in its first month and is the worst known outbreak at this stage, with up to 35,000 su... |
| 15.06.2026 | Congo reports a record daily increase in Ebola cases a month after outbreak was declared | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By JEAN-YVES KAMALE and MARK BANCHEREAU
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congolese authorities have reported one of the highest daily increases in Ebola cases in a month-old outbreak as the virus spreads qui... |
| 05.06.2026 | Ebola outbreak in Central Africa could reach 20,000 cases without strong public health measures | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By MIKE STOBBE
NEW YORK (AP) — The Ebola outbreak in Central Africa could grow to 20,000 cases or more, depending on how quickly infected people are isolated to slow the spread, according to a new ... |
| 05.06.2026 | As Ebola spreads in Congo, a radio station tries to stop health misinformation | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By JUSTIN KABUMBA and OPE ADETAYO
BUNIA, Congo (AP) — The rare Bundibugyo type of Ebola that Congo is battling took locals by surprise after weeks of spreading unnoticed. Hundreds of cases were sus... |
| 03.06.2026 | I witnessed our Ebola response in 2014. We are now seeing the costs of US aid withdrawal. (Opinion) | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By Elizabeth Shackelford
In September 2014, I was working as a watch officer in the U.S. State Department’s Operations Center, the 24/7 nerve center that monitors world events and responds to globa... |
| 29.05.2026 | WHO chief lands in Congo, saying Ebola outbreak ‘can be stopped’ | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By JEAN-YVES KAMALE, JUSTIN KABUMBA and MARK BANCHEREAU, Associated Press
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization has arrived in Congo’s capital, Kinshasa, to support effor... |
| 29.05.2026 | EU and WHO scale up action to respond to the Ebola outbreak in DRC and Uganda | EU and WHO scale up action to respond to the Ebola outbreak in DRC and Uganda
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The European Union (EU) and the World Health Organization (WHO) reinforce their cooperation to support national au... |
| 28.05.2026 | Aid supplies reach heart of Congo’s Ebola outbreak as WHO head travels to Kinshasa | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By JUSTIN KABUMBA and OPE ADETAYO
BUNIA, Congo (AP) — Aid workers rushed supplies Thursday to the center of Congo’s outbreak of a rare type of Ebola virus while beleaguered medical personnel strugg... |
| 26.05.2026 | Attacks from suspicious residents complicate the fight against a rare type of Ebola | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By JUSTIN KABUMBA and OPE ADETAYO
BUNIA, Congo (AP) — Every time Vanny Birungi, a volunteer with the Red Cross in eastern Congo, goes out to raise awareness about the latest Ebola outbreak as suspe... |
| 19.05.2026 | WHO worried about 'scale and speed' of deadly DR Congo Ebola outbreak | KINSHASA: The World Health Organization on Tuesday (May 19) voiced concern about the "scale and speed" of an Ebola outbreak that has killed an estimated 131 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo and warned it could be lengthy... |
| 18.05.2026 | Congo will open 3 Ebola treatment centers as a rare strain spreads in Ituri | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By MONIKA PRONCZUK and WILSON MCMAKIN
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Congo will open three treatment centers for the Ebola virus in the eastern Ituri province following an outbreak of a variant that has no ... |
| 18.05.2026 | Ebola and hantavirus have Africa talking ‘health sovereignty’ as donor support fades | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By FARAI MUTSAKA
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A new and deadly Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda is the latest health emergency forcing African governments to break free of dependency on global donors ... |
| 17.05.2026 | WHO declares Ebola outbreak in Congo, Uganda an emergency of international concern | An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda has been declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organisation, after 80 suspected deaths.
The WHO said the outbreak, caused by the Bund... |
| 15.05.2026 | What to know about new Ebola outbreak that has killed 65 people in Congo | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By CHINEDU ASADU
Africa’s top public health body has confirmed a new Ebola outbreak in Congo’s Ituri province, the 17th since the disease first emerged in the country in 1976.
A total of 246 suspec... |
| 10.03.2026 | Equatorial Guinea's High-Tech Push to End Malaria By 2030 | In the humid equatorial belt of Central Africa; where dense forests, heavy rains and winding rivers create ideal breeding grounds for mosquitoes, malaria has long been a stubborn public health adversary. For Equatorial Guinea, the disease h... |
| 22.01.2026 | Guinea-Bissau suspends Trump-backed hepatitis B vaccine study for ethical review | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By WILSON MCMAKIN
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Guinea-Bissau is suspending a Trump administration-backed hepatitis B vaccine study on newborns in the West African country, pending an ethical review, the h... |
| 13.10.2025 | Africa in Urgent Need of Digital Health Solutions - Experts | Experts have emphasised that Africa is at a historic moment in medical innovation, with technology offering a unique opportunity to transform healthcare delivery to its 1.5 billion people.
ALSO READ: Inside Rwanda's plan to fast-track digit... |
| 08.10.2025 | Nigeria: Closing Nigeria's Digital Readiness Gap in Epidemic Surveillance | Over the past decade, Nigeria has made significant progress in strengthening its disease surveillance capacity, particularly through digital innovation. One of the most impactful tools has been the Surveillance Outbreak Response Management ... |
| 07.04.2025 | Trump's foreign aid cuts hinder Africa’s response to disease outbreaks | Listen
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| 06.03.2025 | The Road to Self-Reliance: Africa's Healthcare Awakening | Africa stands at a crossroads. The continent has long been dependent on foreign aid, particularly in healthcare. But the winds of change are blowing. Recent events have sparked a conversation about self-reliance. The call for African nation... |
| 06.03.2025 | The Global Diet Crisis: Supermarkets and Convenience Stores Fueling Obesity | A silent storm brews across the globe. Supermarkets and convenience stores are sprouting like weeds, threatening the health of millions. A recent study reveals a troubling trend: as these retail giants expand, so do waistlines. The findings... |
| 06.03.2025 | Investing in Our Future: The Call for Domestic Funding in Africa | In the heart of Africa, a silent crisis looms. Children, the continent's most precious resource, are often left behind. UNICEF has sounded the alarm. The message is clear: African governments must prioritize domestic funding for child welfa... |
| 05.03.2025 | Beyond Aid: Cultivating Self-Reliance in Africa’s Healthcare Landscape | My public health leadership journey began with the United States President’s Emergency Fund for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) nearly two decades ago.
I joined the effort to strengthen blood services in Nigeria and other African countries that was le... |
| 04.03.2025 | Tiankang's 'Made in Africa' Syringes Gain WHO's Quality Assurance | (Yicai) March 4 -- Tiankang Medical Technology has become China’s first syringe manufacturer to receive quality verification from the World Health Organization.
Tiankang’s auto-disable syringe factory in Rwanda, East Africa, obtained WHO pr... |
| 02.02.2025 | The Data Drought: Africa's Quest for Reliable Statistics | Africa stands at a crossroads. The continent is rich in resources and potential, yet it grapples with a severe data crisis. Without reliable statistics, development remains a mirage. The recent Forum on Statistical Development in Africa (FA... |
| 02.02.2025 | DR Congo conflict risks broader regional war, Burundi warns | GOMA: The conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo risks escalating into a broader regional war, Burundi's president said Saturday (Feb 1), as Africa's top health agency warned the fighting could spark new outbreaks of serious disea... |
| 09.12.2024 | Hong Kong tightens airport health checks amid Congo mystery disease outbreak | New: You can now listen to articles.
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Hong Kong authorities have stepped up health screening measures for all flights arriving from African transit hubs as they brace for risks of an unidentified diseas... |
| 10.11.2024 | Africa: A New Digital Health Platform for Africa | As the use of digital tools for effective healthcare delivery gradually takes foothold in Africa, the Africa CDC has unveiled a new platform that caters for differing needs in technology, including access, cost and infrastructure to member ... |
| 23.10.2024 | Health | Newer mpox strain poses bigger risk to young women, study shows | A separate analysis of 254 patients in the teaching hospital in Bujumbura, Burundi’s biggest city, showed a stark difference between men and women. Females who were hospitalized with the disease were on average 16 years old compared with me... |
| 11.09.2024 | DR Congo gets 50,000 mpox vaccine delivery from US | KINSHASA: Democratic Republic of Congo received on Tuesday (Sep 10) 50,000 more vaccine doses from the United States to fight the country's mpox epidemic, adding to some 200,000 donated by the European Union.
The DRC is at the epicentre of ... |
| 05.09.2024 | First mpox vaccines due in DR Congo on Sep 5 | KINSHASA: The first delivery of almost 100,000 doses of mpox vaccines will arrive in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday (Sep 5), the African Union's health watchdog said, with a total of 200,000 jabs expected this week.
The vast c... |
| 29.08.2024 | Africa to secure nearly a million mpox vaccines: health watchdog | Brazzaville, Congo: The African Union's health watchdog on Wednesday (Aug 28) said it was close to securing almost one million mpox vaccine doses, urging manufacturers to share the vaccine-making technology to battle the disease.
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| 21.08.2024 | Africa could start mpox vaccinations within days, health agency says | DAKAR: The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and other African countries could start vaccinating against mpox within days, Africa's top public health agency said on Tuesday (Aug 20).
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (A... |
| 17.08.2024 | What we know about the new mpox outbreak | GENEVA: A surging mpox outbreak in Africa was declared an emergency by the World Health Organisation this week and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), an EU agency said more imported cases to Europe were "hig... |
| 15.08.2024 | GAVI statement on MPOX emergency in Africa | Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance continues to be deeply concerned about the escalating mpox emergency on the African continent. We welcome recently announced measures by our partners at the African Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Afri... |
| 14.08.2024 | Navigating the Digital Future: Africa's Youth and the Mpox Challenge | Africa stands at a crossroads. On one side, a vibrant youth population eager to harness the power of technology for sustainable development. On the other, a public health crisis threatening to derail progress. The continent's future hinges ... |
| 14.08.2024 | Africa public health body declares mpox emergency | Africa's top public health body declared what it termed a "public health emergency of continental security" on Tuesday (Aug 13) over an outbreak of mpox that has spread from the Democratic Republic of Congo to neighbouring countri... |
| 31.07.2024 | Africa CDC and AU ECOSOCC Reimagine Role of Technology in Health Resilience and Democracy | On July 19, 2024, Africa CDC partnered with the African Union's Economic, Social, and Cultural Council (AU ECOSOCC) to facilitate discussions on the role of technology in enhancing health resilience and democracy in Africa. During the secon... |
| 14.06.2024 | Gavi Board Approves 2030 Strategy; New Vaccines; Key decisions on regional manufacturing and health security initiatives | The Gavi Board today approved the Vaccine Alliance’s strategy for the five years running from 2026 to 2030. African Vaccine Manufacturing Accelerator and Day Zero Financing Facility parameters were also approved, along with the expansion of... |
| 09.08.2023 | Meet the scientists trying to stop the next global pandemic from starting in Africa | Even experienced doctors could be fooled by this disease.
A deadly hemorrhagic illness, it often looks like yellow fever, malaria, or typhoid. At first, an infected individual might feel weak, uneasy, and feverish; after a few days, headach... |
| 09.06.2023 | Africa Health Excon 2023 - Showcasing Africa's Potential for Investment in Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical Business and Innovative Health Technology | Cairo, Egypt: June 9, 2023: The Director General of Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), H.E. Dr Jean Kaseya, has called for concerted efforts to protect the African population and ensure citizens have access to h... |
| 03.05.2023 | The Global North can’t solve its health care worker shortage by recruiting from the Global South | The U.S. is facing unprecedented health care labor shortages and related cost pressures. In the U.K., the National Health Service has witnessed its largest nursing strike in history alongside junior doctor strikes, which have been prompted ... |
| 07.04.2023 | Empowering frontline workers to develop and deliver health care solutions | Around the world, we are finally starting to recognize that addressing some of the biggest health challenges we face today—from antimicrobial resistance and communicable diseases to climate change and health disparities—requires not just in... |
| 22.03.2023 | Tanzania confirms five deaths in Marburg virus outbreak | Marburg virus. Image: The Conversation.
On Tuesday Tanzania’s Health Minister said that a mysterious disease that killed five people in Tanzania has been identified as Marburg hemorrhagic fever.
The UN’s World Health Organization (WHO) laud... |
| 04.03.2023 | Africa: GSMA Signs Agreement With Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, to Harness the Power of Mobile to Combat Disease in Africa | The new Memorandum of Understanding will bring a more developed communications infrastructure to African health centres and their workers, improving the lives of millions by using mobile data capabilities to reduce the spread of disease
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| 28.01.2023 | Health: Assuring health security for all | Finishing the job on HIV/AIDS
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U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and Special Representative for Health Diplomacy, U.S. Department of State
What it will take to end the HIV/AIDS pandemic as a global health threat by 2030
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| 15.12.2022 | Convenient Scapegoat: Why Hesitancy is Not the Cause of Low Vaccination Rates in Africa | Dr. Ernest Darkoh-Ampem, co-founder of BroadReach Group
At this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, the topic of the COVID-19 pandemic and its destructive impact was central to many of the discussions that took place. Among them, was the ... |
| 30.11.2022 | Racing to develop Africa’s next-gen vaccines before new pandemic | Cape Town, South Africa – It was early December 2021 and infections from a new coronavirus variant, Omicron, were ripping through South Africa, where 90,000 people had already died from the pandemic.
COVID-19 cases had surged 255 percent in... |
| 24.11.2022 | Uganda’s education in jeopardy as the country tackles Ebola | Young Ugandans have already fallen far behind in their learning because of COVID. And, as the effects of climate change worsen, Africa is becoming increasingly vulnerable to health emergencies, including a number of infectious diseases. Pho... |
| 24.06.2022 | At what point do we deem a disease to be a global threat? Here’s the answer | At what point do we deem a disease to be a global threat? Here’s the answer: Image: Adobe stock
Whenever there is an outbreak of a disease in the world – such as monkeypox – it is up to the World Health Organization (WHO) to consider what s... |
| 23.05.2022 | Lessons from Lagos: How Social media works for good during a crisis | Lessons from Lagos: How Social media works for good during a crisis. Image: Adobe Stock
In times of crisis, it is especially crucial that governments share accurate, up to date information with their citizens. Social media can play an impor... |
| 08.05.2022 | Building scientific talent in the Global South can help prevent future public health crises | There’s a clamor around the world to return to the pre-pandemic “normal.” In reality, though, a reset to the fall of 2019 is out of the question. Leaders at all levels, all around the globe, must apply the painful lessons learned these past... |
| 21.02.2022 | How Trying To Copy A COVID Vaccine Changes The Outlook For African Countries | Afrigen, a biotechnology company based in Cape Town, South Africa, is developing Africa’s first proprietary COVID-19 vaccine. Kristin Palitza/picture alliance via Getty Images |
| 21.02.2022 | How Trying To Copy A COVID Vaccine Changes The Outlook For African Countries | Afrigen, a biotechnology company based in Cape Town, South Africa, is developing Africa’s first proprietary COVID-19 vaccine. Kristin Palitza/picture alliance via Getty Images
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced the first six ... |
| 06.01.2022 | How mobile phones and digital tools have helped Togo tackle COVID-19 | Globally, the COVID-19 disease has infected more than 290 million people, claimed well over 5 million lives, and plunged millions into extreme poverty. The pandemic has been devastating in every sense of the word, and its impact felt in Afr... |
| 21.12.2021 | Claims of vaccine hesitancy in African countries are at odds with the reality on the ground | MBARARA, UGANDA — When word gets out that Covid-19 vaccines are locally available, crowds rush to Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital in western Uganda. Hundreds of people will wait for hours in the sweltering heat outside the hospital’s alw... |
| 06.12.2021 | Sustainedly high levels of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance in five Sub-Saharan African countries | In a previous blog post, we reported the results of a recent working paper finding high acceptance rates for an eventual COVID-19 vaccine in a sample of six Sub-Saharan African countries surveyed between September and December 2020. Since t... |
| 26.11.2021 | What’s Omicron? Here’s what we know and don’t know about the new COVID variant that’s roiling markets and air travel | Subscribe to Fortune Daily to get essential business stories straight to your inbox each morning.
The latest variant of the coronavirus, which the World Health Organization has named as Omicron, has already spread from southern Africa to Eu... |
| 26.11.2021 | A wave of countries is banning and restricting travel from southern Africa over a new virus variant | Countries in Europe and Asia raced to tighten border controls over a new coronavirus variant.
B.1.1.529 is spreading rapidly in South Africa and may be harder to contain than prior variants.
Germany, France, Italy, the UK, India, Japan, and... |
| 24.11.2021 | Африка почти не пострадала от COVID. Ученые не могут понять, почему | Смертность от пандемии в странах Африки к югу от Сахары (т.н. «Черная Африка») — остается заметно ниже по сравнению с Америками, Европой и Азией.
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| 20.10.2021 | Blockchain Technology, A Practical Solution To Vaccine Verification Systems | Vaccine verification is critical to any country’s ability to control the course of the pandemic. Having a reliable, secure, and accurate verification system gives governments, businesses, schools, or any other institution the opportunity to... |
| 30.06.2021 | IFC, Proparco, DEG and DFC Support South African COVID-19 Vaccine Maker, Aspen | Johannesburg, South Africa, June 30, 2021-To support the development of vaccines for African countries, IFC, the French Development institution Proparco, DEG - the German development finance institution, and the U.S. International Developme... |
| 09.03.2021 | Battling Misinformation Wars In Africa: Applying Lessons From GMOs To COVID-19 | People are faced with a lot of misinformation about both GMOs and COVID. Evan Clayburg
As the second wave of COVID-19 sweeps across Africa, bringing steep increases in infections and deaths, the battle between facts and conspiracies – espec... |
| 09.03.2021 | Battling Misinformation Wars In Africa: Applying Lessons From GMOs To COVID-19 | People are faced with a lot of misinformation about both GMOs and COVID. Evan Clayburg |
| 21.07.2020 | COVID-19: The Africa Medical Supplies Platform, Africa's united continental supply chain response to COVID, expands to African hospitals and CARICOM countries, and secures lifesaving COVID-19 medical ... | Johannesburg/Cairo/Addis Ababa, 22 July 2020 – Following a successful launch of the Africa Medical Supplies Platform (AMSP) by the Chairperson of the African Union, His Excellency, the President of the Republic of South Africa, Cyril Matame... |
| 01.07.2020 | Africa Union urges member countries to remove intellectual property barriers to Covid-19 vaccines | Amid growing concern over access to Covid-19 medical products, the organization that represents dozens of African nations urged its members to work with the World Health Organization to obtain a vaccine, but also not let pharmaceutical pate... |
| 01.05.2020 | Al Qaeda's affiliate in Somalia is sitting on a coronavirus powder keg | An armed member of the militant group al-Shabab at a rally on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia, February 13, 2012. Associated Press
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| 08.04.2020 | Africa CDC Dashboard brings timely and factual updates on COVID-19 | The new Dashboard is available at: africacdc.org & social media pages for regular updates & other resources on COVID-19.
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| 30.03.2020 | Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [30/03/2020] | In just a few days SA small businesses and startups can expect more details from financiers Business Partners on how to access funding from the Rupert family’s R1-billion in debt relief.
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| 30.03.2020 | Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [30/03/2020] | In just a few days SA small businesses and startups can expect more details from financiers Business Partners on how to access funding from the Rupert family’s R1-billion in debt relief.
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| - | Why Cuba’s extraordinary Covid vaccine success could provide the best hope for low-income countries | Cuba’s prestigious biotech sector has developed five different Covid vaccines to date, including Abdala, Soberana 02 and Soberana Plus — all of which Cuba has said provide upwards of 90% protection against symptomatic Covid when administere... |
| - | Africa CDC launches harmonised travel regime but testing concerns remain | David Thomas
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| - | The deadly virus Nigerians fear more than COVID-19: Lassa fever | Listen to this story:
Owo, Nigeria – The moment Victory Ovuoreoyen heard he had Lassa virus, he thought it was the end. The tradesman could barely walk and feared for his life when admitted to the Federal Medical Centre in the city of Owo i... |
| - | Africa must prepare for the next disaster – in more ways than one | Even as a third wave of Covid-19 hits more than a dozen African countries, economic recovery is a top priority for governments. But recovery may not take hold before the next disaster strikes. Unless African countries prepare now for the ne... |
| - | UPS vaccine logistics chief fears more Covid shots ‘returned or destroyed’ due to challenges | “There will be potentially more vaccines that have to be returned or destroyed” during second year of distribution, the president of UPS Healthcare told CNBC.
Tuesday marks one year since the initial shipments of the shots.
Wes Wheeler, who... |
| - | Africa has been shortchanged on Covid vaccines, African Development Bank says | Only 2.48% of the continent has been fully vaccinated as of Aug. 23, according to Our World in Data, far behind other continents.
“If there’s any lesson … that we have learned from this, it is that Africa should not depend on the rest of th... |
