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 […]
From the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo-led Committee on Economic Sustainability Plan came warning that about 39.4 million people might be unemployed by the end of 2020, if the government failed to take preemptive measures. The panel also warned that millions of other citizens might fall into extreme poverty before the coronavirus pandemic ends, as Gross […]
Joburg mayor Geoffrey Makhubo has been forced to go into isolation after a staff member in his office tested positive for Covid-19. Makhubo’s spokesperson Mlimandlela Ndamase said the private office of the mayor recorded its first positive case after the staff member attended a funeral in the Western Cape last week. “The said staffer is […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has waived the requirement for the provision of guarantors by Households and Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) applying for its N50 billion COVID-19 Targeted Credit Facility. The apex bank made this known yesterday on its official twitter account. A source at the CBN confirmed to The Nation that […]
South Sudan’s Vice President Riek Machar and his wife, Defense Minister Angelina Teny, have resumed their official duties on Monday after recovering from COVID-19, an official statement said. Machar and Angelina went into self-isolation in Juba three weeks ago after both tested positive for the novel coronavirus. “The First Vice President, H.E. Dr. Riek Machar […]
Children in South Africa began returning to classrooms on Monday as part of a gradual loosening of restrictions imposed under a months-long COVID-19 lockdown in the continent’s most industrialised nation. The re-opening of schools had been delayed after teachers’ unions urged school staff to defy the government order last week, saying schools lacked sufficient health […]
THE Board of Directors of the African Development Bank on Friday approved a $288.5 million loan to help Nigeria tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. The loan will also help the Nigerian government mitigate the impact of COVID -19 on people and businesses. According to a statement from the AfDB, “the loan will bolster the government’s plans […]
Confirmed coronavirus cases neared the 180,000 mark Saturday in Africa, according to a tracker. Data from Worldometer recorded 4,942 deaths from the pandemic on the continent. A total of 7,126 new cases were registered in the last 24 hours, bringing the tally to 179,309. More than 80,322 patients have recovered from the virus. In the […]
Protestors in Dakar set tyres on fire and threw stones at security forces on Wednesday night during protests over a nationwide dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed almost three months ago because of the coronavirus pandemic. The unrest in Senegal’s capital followed similar action in the holy city of Touba a night earlier, where crowds of people torched […]
The representative of Knowledge Musona has given an update on the player’s current situation in Belgium. The 29-year-old Zimbabwean international is returning to his parent club, Anderlecht, after his loan stint with KAS Eupen got cut short due to the Jupiler Pro League being called off early amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. However, Musona’s camp is […]
Uganda on Wednesday said 18 more people had tested positive for Covid-19 as the country’s tally of confirmed cases rose to 507. Four of the new cases are truck drivers who arrived from South Sudan via Elegu while two cases are from Malaba. The Ministry of Health said 12 cases are alerts and contacts to […]
A nine-year-old Kenyan boy who made a wooden hand-washing machine to help curb the spread of coronavirus has told the KnowAfrika he is “very happy” after receiving a presidential award. “I now have two machines and I want to make more,” Stephen Wamukota said. They allow users to tip a bucket of water using a […]
The Standard Bank Group share price declined by more than 5 percent on the JSE on Monday after the group flagged an earnings decline of more than 20percent as the Covid-19 outbreak continues to spook the global markets. The bank said that its headline earnings per share (Heps) and earnings per share (Eps) would tumble […]
Border prisons at Beitbridge and Plumtree have been sealed off after six people — four inmates and two prison officers — tested positive for Covid-19 following PCR tests done to prevent the spread of the virus in jails. Two inmates and one officer are from Plumtree while another pair of inmates and one officer tested […]
Angie Motshekga is facing an uphill battle to make her ‘back to school’ plan stick, after unions and educational activists cranked up the pressure on the embattled education minister. Earlier this month, Motshekga revealed that children in Grade 7 and Grade 12 would be told to return to their classrooms on Monday 1 June, leading […]
Zimbabwe’s COVID-19 cases continue to rise as 9 returnees from South Africa and Botswana and 2 locals tested positive for the virus on Friday bringing to 160 the total number of confirmed cases. In its daily update for 29 May 2020, the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) revealed that a total of 11 […]
Three months ago sub-Saharan Africa confirmed its first COVID-19 case in Nigeria. Although infections have risen and continue to grow, early and swift action by many countries in the region has slowed down the spread of the virus. Even before the virus could hit the region, several countries, in collaboration with the World Health Organization […]
Nigeria has recorded 182 new cases of COVID-19, bringing to 8,915 the total number of confirmed cases in the country. Announcing this Thursday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said Lagos recorded 111 new cases of the disease, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) 16, Akwa Ibom 10, Oyo eight, Kaduna and Delta six each, Rivers […]
Tanzanian President Magufuli’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic bears many of the hallmarks of his leadership to date—but magnified. As has proved true elsewhere, the crisis has cast the status quo in a new—and sharper—light. The Tanzanian government at first seemed poised for concerted and timely action against the virus spread. As the first cases […]