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South Africa: AlphaCode’s incubate programme awards startup with R450 000

AlphaCode, the startup incubator from Rand Merchant Investments (RMI), has awarded Oyi Medical Card R450 0 at its first virtual demo day. Oyi is one of seven startups that were awarded entrepreneurial programs valued at R2 million each in 2019 as phase of AlphaCode’s Incubate programme. The Oyi Medical Card is a savings card that […]

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NEWS: Military given key posts in Mali’s interim govt

Mali’s meantime president Bah Ndaw, a retired colonel who was once sworn in closing month, appointed a 25-strong authorities on Monday, in which members of the army occupy key posts, according to a decree study stay on state television by using the president’s secretary-general Sekou Traore. At least four central cabinet posts – defense, security, […]

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Hundreds ask transitional government to resign in Sudan

Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets of Sudan’s capital Monday, worrying the departure of the transitional government. According to eyewitnesses and photos on social media, protection forces mounted a cordon in front of the presidential palace and the headquarters of the Sudanese Army in Khartoum. The protesters held banners pronouncing “Down with the government […]

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NEWS: Rwanda appreciates its teachers

Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Monday paid tribute to the country’s teachers on World Teachers’ Day. “Let’s take a moment to recognize our teachers, in particular in this challenging time. Students and mother and father comprehend your indispensable service, now extra than ever. Let’s work collectively to reopen our school rooms safely and get again […]

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Zimbabwe: Teachers vow to continue strike over wages

Teachers in Zimbabwe vowed to proceed their strike towards the 40% increment in salaries of teachers, which they reflect onconsideration on under their actual needs, neighborhood media stated Monday. “We are escalating our marketing campaign for higher salaries and allowances. We name upon all bona-fide individuals and sympathizers to join in the refrain of better […]

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Sudan: Protesters shut port in protest of peace deal

Sudanese protesters shut the Southern Port of Sudan on Sunday in protest of a recently-signed peace deal with insurrection groups. On Saturday, the Sudanese transitional government signed a power-sharing deal with the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF), an alliance of riot groups, in the course of a ceremony held in Juba, the capital of South Sudan. […]

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Ivory Coast opens 60,000-seater stadium ahead of AFCON 2023

Ivory Coast inaugurated Saturday its new 60,000-seat Olympic stadium, built with the help of China, in Ebimpe, on the outskirts of Abidjan, in preparation for the African Cup of Nations soccer in 2023. The ceremony, with a great show of dance and music, took place in the presence of 50,000 people, according to the organizers […]

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Business: Healthy deal for Sasol under the conditions

Petrochemicals giant Sasol fell almost 5 percent on the JSE on Friday after it announced that it would sell 50 percent of its difficult Lake Charles Chemicals Project (LCCP) in the US for $2 billion (R33.29bn) to LyondellBasell. Sasol said the proposed sale to one of the world’s greatest plastics, chemical compounds and refining companies […]

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Health chief salutes Africa’s fight against COVID-19

The head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control (CDC) has praised African states for managing to curb the spread of coronavirus. Africa has seen about 1.4 million cases and 34,000 deaths since February. These figures are far lower than those in Europe, Asia or the Americas, with reported cases continuing to decline. Early interventions […]

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NEWS: Archeologists find 59 ancient coffins in Egypt

Archeologists in Egypt announced on Saturday that they had discovered at least 59 ancient coffins in a vast necropolis south of the country’s capital Cairo, one containing the pristine mummy of an ancient priest. This is than 2,600 years since they were buried. The ornate sarcophagi have remained unopened since they were entombed near the […]

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Sudan government, rebel groups sign peace deal

Sudan’s transitional government signed a peace deal with various rebellion corporations on Saturday, amid excessive hopes for an end to years of conflict in regions across the country. The settlement between the government and the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF), an alliance of riot groups, used to be signed at a ceremony in Juba, the capital […]

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NEWS: Oromo celebrates thanksgiving holiday in Ethiopia

Oromo ethnic humans in Ethiopia on Saturday celebrated Irreecha, or thanksgiving holiday, in the country’s capital. Thousands of Oromo people, clad in colourful traditional clothes, had been considered flocking to the capital’s downtown as part of a procession to thank the God. Irreecha is celebrated yearly in Ethiopia around quit of September to mark the […]

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Breaking: Sudan government, rebels sign peace deal

The transitional government of Sudan and 13 rebel factions have today signed a final peace agreement in South Sudan capital, Juba. The agreement, which was brokered by South Sudan president Salva Kiir following continued unrest in Khartoum since the ouster of strongman Omar al-Bashir in April 2019, was witnessed by Mr Kiir, South Sudan Vice […]

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Politics: Opposition leaders Diabre, Zida register as candidates in Burkina Faso

The president of the Union for Progress and Change (UPC), Burkina Faso’s main opposition party, Zephirin Diabré, and former Prime Minister Isaac Zida, filed their candidacies for the November 22 presidential election with the National Electoral Commission (Ceni) on Friday. In the 2015 elections, Diabré, 61 years old, came second with 29.65% of the votes, […]

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Injured Ethiopian Star Runner Pulls Out of London Marathon

A Hurt World Champion Five-time world champion and three-time Olympic gold medalist, Kenenisa Bekele, announced in a video on social media Friday that he will no longer be competing in the highly anticipated London Marathon on Sunday that would have seen him face Kenyan icon and marathon world record-holder Eliud Kipchoge. An event that industry […]

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NEWS: Morocco Signs 10-Year Military Cooperation Deal with the United States of America

The United States Secretary of Defense Mark Esper signed a 10-year navy cooperation deal in Rabat, Morocco on Friday — two days after signing a similar deal in Tunisia as he made his final stop on a North African tour aimed at strengthening the fight against Islamist extremists in war-torn Libya and the Sahel-Sahara region. […]

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Business: Poultry exports resumes after 14-year avian flu suspension in Egypt

 Egypt is set to export fowl in the ultimate quarter of 2020 following the lifting of a suspension of over a decade due to the avian flu outbreak of 2006. According to a record with the aid of English-language daily newspaper Arab News, a number of Egyptian rooster agencies are making ready to export their […]

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South Africa: 1749 new Covid-19 cases detected

The National Health Ministry has demonstrated that South Africa’s cumulative Covid-19 depend stands at 677 833 with 1749 new cases suggested in the closing 24 hours. On Friday, Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize, announced that 1749 extra deaths had been reported. “Regrettably, we file forty three extra Covid-19 related deaths: three from Eastern Cape, eight […]