COVID-19

Business: Now is the time to invest in Africa’s creative industries

Despite the effects of COVID-19, Africa’s young creative industries remain ripe for investment opportunities. African music, film, and fashion continue…

July 16, 2020

COVID-19: 57 health workers test positive in Plateau

The Plateau State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Nimkong Lar, has said that 57 health workers were infected with COVID-19 in…

July 16, 2020

The World: China becomes first economy to grow since coronavirus pandemic

China became the first major economy to grow since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, recording an unexpectedly strong 3.2…

July 16, 2020

Health: South Africa Wits University clinicians volunteer for COVID-19 vaccine trial

Six senior clinicians at the Faculty of Health Sciences at University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, have volunteer to…

July 15, 2020

Covid-19: Cape Town cop, 38, dies alone during self-isolation

A Cape Town sergeant, who self-isolated after finding out she had Covid-19, ended up dying alone in her flat, her…

July 15, 2020

Kenyans hold funeral for first doctor to die of covid-19

Family members and colleagues on Monday gather at the funeral of the first Kenyan doctor, Doreen Adisa Lugaliki in Bungoma,…

July 14, 2020

Business: Thousands of jobs are threatened by the government’s renewed ban on alcohol

Thousands of workers in the South African liquor industry and its value chain are facing job losses after the government…

July 14, 2020

Health: Ghana’s COVID-19 case count now 24,988

An update by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) on Monday, July 13, indicated that 470 new cases of the infection…

July 14, 2020

Business: SA business gives Mboweni’s zero-based budgeting thumbs up, but calls for no tax increases

Zero-based budgeting will be instrumental in curbing public debt, according to Business For South Africa. The organisation, which represents a…

July 12, 2020

Nigeria coronavirus: 31,323 cases; Atiku rejects WAEC cancellation

Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, as at end of June 2020 was Africa’s third most impacted country only behind South…

July 11, 2020

South African rapper, AKA tests positive for COVID-19

Kiernan Jarryd Forbes, South African rapper, popularly known as AKA has tested positive for COVID-19. The singer made the announcement…

July 11, 2020

Business: IMF warns cutting spending too soon could derail recovery

As governments rushed out funding to prevent an economic collapse amid the coronavirus pandemic, global public debt swelled to the…

July 11, 2020

NEWS: Police arrest four COVID-19 escapees in Rwanda

Rwandan police on Thursday arrested four people who had escaped from a COVID-19 treatment centre in Eastern province. The quartet,…

July 10, 2020

Covid 19 coronavirus: ‘Unknown pneumonia’ deadlier than coronavirus

The Chinese embassy in Kazakhstan has warned of a deadly "unknown pneumonia" after the former Soviet republic reported a spike…

July 10, 2020

Coronavirus cases in Ghana top 23,000

The number coronavirus cases in Ghana surpassed 23,000 Thursday with 641 infections reported over the past 24 hours, according to…

July 10, 2020

South Africa: Support ramped up for healthcare workers as pressure mounts

As pressure mounts on Gauteng hospitals to cope with the current surge in Covid-19 cases, hospitals in both the public…

July 9, 2020

Super Eagles striker tests positive for COVID-19

Super Eagles striker, Paul Onuachu, has tested positive for COVID-19. However, the results of his fellow Nigerians: Stephen Odey and…

July 9, 2020

Africa’s coronavirus cases hits half a million, about 12,000 deaths

Africa now has more than a half-million confirmed coronavirus cases. The continent-wide total is over 508,000, according to figures released…

July 8, 2020

The coronavirus is airborne – 239 experts

The coronavirus is finding new victims worldwide, in bars and restaurants, offices, markets and casinos, giving rise to frightening clusters…

July 8, 2020

Kenya coronavirus: school year annulled, classes resume in 2021

Kenya continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic with cases steadily rising each day. Government have locked down a handful of…

July 7, 2020

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