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Entertainment: Burna Boy’s Album, Twice As Tall, Hits No.1 Spot In 14 Countries In Less Than 48 Hours

Popular Nigerian singer, Burna Boy’s album ‘Twice At All’ has hit no.1 spot in 14 countries in less than 48 hours of being released. Burna Boy released the highly anticipated album on Friday, August 14 and it has since received worldwide acceptance. “Twice As Tall” is now maintaining no.1 spot on UK Apple top albums, […]

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Kenya: Billions lost as medical kits gather dust in counties – report

Billions shillings of taxpayer’ money is going down the drain in the controversial Sh63 billion leased medical equipment services (MES) programme, a new report shows. The report says some of the equipment that cost billions of shillings is still gathering dust while others are yet to be supplied despite the government having paid for them. […]

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AfDB trying to rescue low-income countries

The African Development Bank wants to support low-income countries, terribly weakened by the coronavirus pandemic that continues to devastate the world. AfDB has selected three countries in the ECOWAS zone for a start, and the grants are meant for the strengthening of health systems. Congo to launch e-tax system Could modernization help the Republic of […]

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Facebook expands Coronavirus Information Center to 24 more countries in Africa

Facebook (Facebook.com) is expanding its Coronavirus Information Center to 24 more countries in Africa as part of its ongoing commitment to empowering people around the world with timely and accurate news from trusted health authorities. The Coronavirus (COVID-19) Information Center is featured at the top of News Feed and provides a central place for people […]

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Salary losses in counties, which pose a significant challenge to Covid19

Several county governments are racing against time to raise funds for medics’ salary arrears to avert go-slows in the fight against Covid19. The counties that have written to the National Treasury to release the funds from the exchequer account are yet to receive the payments even as they continue equipping their health facilities to cater […]

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Egypt asks to exempt African countries from paying debt interests

Egypt has called for African countries to be exempt from paying debt interests bilaterally and multilaterally due to the worldwide spread of the novel coronavirus, Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) Ambassador Alaa Youssef said on Saturday. In an online seminar discussing the pandemic’s economic implications, Youssef said that exempting debt […]

Ethiopian delivers coronavirus donation to 41 African countries [List]

Ethiopia PM – Ali Baba CEO Africa – wide coronavirus support Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on March 15 announced that he had secured a continent wide support coronavirus support from Chinese businessman Jack Ma. The Ali Baba founder confirmed the news 24-hours later following which the materials were flown to Ethiopia on March 22. […]