The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), the country’s premier Film Trade Association Body, has announced good news for cinema lovers on the occasion of the International Cinema Day. Opeyemi Ajayi, the chairman of the Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), said in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos that cinema lovers would enjoy discounted […]
An exceptional situation calls for exceptional measures. The Senegalese president has asked G20 states to relieve the African debt, as the continent is facing the coronavirus pandemic. Addressing a crowd of businessmen during a visit to the French Entrepreneurs’ Conference, Macky Sall pleaded for the moratorium on Africa’s debt to be extended until next year. […]
South Africa’s president has licensed the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to start probing allegations related to the misuse of COVID-19 funds, Cyril Ramaphosa advised Parliament Thursday. “The allegations of corruption in the procurement of items and offerings for our country’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has prompted outrage among South Africans and amongst us in […]
South Africa on Thursday registered 2,585 new cases of the novel coronavirus over the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases to 618,286, the health minister announced. Zweli Mkhize said 126 people died due to the virus on Thursday, pushing the total number of fatalities to 13,628. “We extend our condolences to the […]
Kenya has extended its coronavirus curfew for another thirty days. Bars and nightclubs will stay closed for another month, but the number of people allowed to attend weddings, funerals and other events has been increased. The Kenyan curfew from 9pm to 4am was introduced on the twenty fifth of March. The Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta […]
BOGOTA, Colombia Six months after the first coronavirus case used to be pronounced in the Latin America and Caribbean region, the pandemic has left extra than 265,000 useless and over 7 million infected. Countries in the vicinity are gradually opening sectors of very weakened economies while coronavirus instances are still developing steadily. Brazil Brazil […]
South Africa has recorded 149 new coronavirus-related deaths, bringing the country’s dying toll to 13,308, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said late Tuesday. Mkhize said 1,567 new instances of COVID-19 have been detected in the previous 24 hours, putting the total quantity of verified instances at 613,017. He said 35 of the deaths have been […]
Africa’s coronavirus outbreak may additionally have surpassed its peak, the World Health Organization (WHO) continental chief stated Tuesday, warning in opposition to complacency to keep away from a 2d wave. WHO Africa regional director Matshidiso Moeti informed a convention of African health ministers that numbers of new cases had been declining. “We are seeing […]
Teachers unions in South Africa expressed problem Monday as thousands and thousands of college students again to faculty after a precautionary smash in July due to the spread of the novel coronavirus in the country. Basil Manuel, president of the National Professional Teachers’ Organization of South Africa (NAPTOSA), stated they were concerned whether the […]
All 54 countries on the continent have been affected by the highly infectious COVID 19, with over 1.1 million cases and and 27,000 deaths according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. There have been allegations of corruption scandals involving personal protective equipment in Africa such as in Zimbabwe, Kenya and South Africa. […]
Italy on Saturday said 1,071 greater infections of the novel coronavirus, topping 1,000 every day cases for the first time given that mid-May, new information through the Health Ministry showed. The country has considered a consistent surge in new cases over the past few weeks, with scientists blaming excursion goers coming lower back from high-risk […]
At least 1,300 migrants who have returned to Ethiopia are currently finishing their obligatory COVID-19 quarantine throughout the country, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Saturday. More than 25,800 Ethiopian migrants have been flown again domestic due to the fact April 1 after losing their jobs overseas due to the pandemic, the IOM’s […]
South Africas largest union coprising of Education, Health and Allied Workers known as NEHAWU have threatened to go on strike beginning from Monday August 24 According to the union, this is in response to the govts failure to offer adequate personal protective equipment (PPE) against the coronavirus. “everybody is supposed to be taking the line […]
Uganda’s fitness authorities on Friday mentioned no new deaths from the coronavirus but a each day spike of ninety eight cases. Of the new cases, seventy five have been from the capital Kampala, local website The New Vision stated citing legitimate figures. Betty Amongi, the minister for capital affairs, issued a weekly public health advisory […]
In an effort to curtail the Covid-19 pandemic in the country, 32 states now have molecular laboratories for the trying out of the pandemic. The revelation was once made all through a teleconference meeting held Thursday between the 36 governors of the federation. It used to be similarly published that 50 per cent of instances […]
Students in Nigeria on Wednesday took to the streets of Abuja, the capital to demand the reopening of their schools, since closed as parts of efforts to contain the further spread of coronavirus. “We demand the reopening of our schools, because the schools educational sector is the number one sector of any progressive nation, one […]
India stated 69,652 new cases of the novel coronavirus Thursday, putting a clean record for the range of infections registered in a single day. The united states of america additionally scaled a new height in every day trying out with almost one million assessments performed in the final 24 hours, whilst the positivity charge […]
The spread of the Covid-19 pandemic across Africa has considered a surge in digital payments and e-commerce transactions as economic institutions scramble to provide organizations and consumers contactless methods of spending, borrowing and lending, and making payments. Cashless solutions like mobile lending and digital repayments had been already growing hastily on the continent even earlier […]
South Africa lifted its ban on alcohol and cigarette sales on Tuesday as the country eased coronavirus measures to level two. Cigarette, tobacco and alcohol sales were prohibited to prevent people from sharing cigarettes and to reduce the burden on hospitals to deal with alcohol-related injuries. South Africa is the continent’s worst affected country by […]