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• Coronavirus: Global partnership to make available 120 million affordable, quality COVID-19 rapid tests for low- and middle-income countries September 28, 2020
  Download logoA full access package includes WHO policy guidance on the use of antigen-based rapid diagnostic tests, manufacturer volume guarantees for low and middle-income countries, catalytic funding to assist governments to deploy the tests and an initial US$50 million procurement fund; several rapid, point-of-care antigen tests are being assessed by WHO for Emergency Use Listing (EUL); […]
• Coronavirus: “A million individual tragedies” – International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) statement as official COVID-19 death toll hits 1 million September 28, 2020
  Download logoThe following is attributable to Jagan Chapagain, Secretary General of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC): “Today, we stand in grim solidarity with the hundreds of thousands of families that have lost loved ones. A million deaths represent 1 million individual tragedies and countless heartbreaks. They represent many, many […]
• Coronavirus: African Union Member States reporting COVID-19 cases as of 28 September 2020, 6 pm September 28, 2020
  African Union Member States (55) reporting COVID-19 cases (1,460,084), deaths (35,445), and recoveries (1,206,237) by region: Central (57,584 cases; 1,077 deaths; 50,402 recoveries): Burundi (485; 1; 472), Cameroon (20,735; 418; 19,440), CAR (4,806; 62; 1,840), Chad (1,178; 84; 1,005), Congo (5,089; 89; 3,995), DRC (10,624; 271; 10,093), Equatorial Guinea (5,028; 83; 4,740), Gabon (8,728; 54; […]
• Coronavirus - Namibia: German Embassy is supporting food distribution project in the South September 28, 2020
  Download logoAs part of its projects to mitigate the effects of Covid-19, the German Embassy supports about 70 more families in need, this time in the area of Mariental. A total of 28,143.77 NAD (approx. EUR 1,430.00) from the Embassy's micro project fund was made available as an immediate measure to purchase food packages. The […]
• Cycling – Sponsorship: Africa’s First Ever UCI Worldtour Team on the Hunt for New Title Partner September 28, 2020
  Download logoOn Monday evening team principal Douglas Ryder informed all members of our organisation – the UCI WorldTour outfit and UCI Continental team – that NTT (NTTProCycling.com) will not continue with the team, ending our six-year association. This is of course is very disappointing news but we are committed to fight for our team’s future […]
• Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO) Committee on Agriculture focuses on how livestock sector transformation can contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) September 28, 2020
  Download logoFAO Director-General calls for an integrated agri-food systems approach to better address food insecurity and malnutrition amid COVID-19 The agricultural sectors and livestock farming in particular must shift towards sustainability to enhance their contribution to food security, nutrition and healthy diets and build back better to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic and other challenges, FAO […]
• Binck Bank Tour: Lineup September 28, 2020
  Tomorrow NTT Pro Cycling (NTTProCycling.com) will lineup for the UCI World Tour Binck Bank Tour. The Belgian stage race has been shortened this year, from 7 stages to 5, due to the currently condensed UCI race calendar. The 2020 Binck Bank Tour will consist of 4 road stages and a 11km individual time trial (on […]
• Ayoba and MusicTime® partner to bring free music listening to Africa September 28, 2020
  Ayoba (https://ayoba.me/) and MusicTime® (https://www.MusicTime.co.za/) are proud to announce their partnership to bring free music listening to ayoba users, with the launch of a new feature in the ayoba app titled MusicTime in ayoba. MusicTime® in ayoba [or MTiA] is now live in South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Rwanda, Uganda, Congo Brazzaville, Guinee, Guinee Bissau, […]
• SouthBridge Group and Brazil Africa Institute sign partnership to bring Brazilian investors closer to the African opportunities September 28, 2020
  Download logoSouthBridge Group (www.SouthBGroup.com) signed a Collaboration Agreement with The Brazil Africa Institute (https://IBRAF.org) (IBRAF). The Agreement was signed by Professor João Bosco Monte, President of IBRAF, and Andrew Alli, CEO of the SouthBridge Group. Both organizations seek to jointly create a platform that will make it easier for Brazilian investors approaching the vast opportunities […]
• Kenya Bankers Association (KBA), Huawei Ink Partnership Agreement to Promote Tech-Driven Financial Inclusion, Fintech Capacity Building September 28, 2020
  Partnership seeks to promote tech-led financial inclusion as well as Fintech ICT Capacity; The two organizations have convened a summit on ICT and financial inclusion. The Kenya Bankers Association (KBA) has signed a collaboration agreement with tech-firm Huawei-Kenya that seeks to deepen financial inclusion in the banking sector through further deployment of technology and building […]