Download logo Sub-Saharan Africa is set to emerge from the 2020 recession sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic with growth expected to expand by 3.3 percent in 2021. This is one percent higher than the April 2021 forecast according to the latest edition of Africa’s Pulse. This rebound is currently fueled by elevated commodity prices, a […]
Diving into Digital from Practice, Huawei Releases 11 Scenario-based Solutions
On Day 2 of HUAWEI CONNECT 2021, Mr. Peng Zhongyang, Huawei’s (https://e.Huawei.com/za/) Board Member, President of the Enterprise Business Group delivered a keynote speech on the subject of “Diving into Digital for a Brighter Future” proposing three focus areas of scenario, models, and eco-system regarding the vision and future of industrial digital transformation. During the […]
Huawei: Innovating Nonstop for Faster Digitalization
Huawei's (e.Huawei.com) annual flagship event for the global ICT industry – HUAWEI CONNECT 2021 – kicked off on Sep 23, 2021. Huawei Rotating Chairman Eric Xu opened the event with a keynote speech titled “Innovating Nonstop for Faster Digitalization”. This year's event, themed “Dive into Digital”, explores how digital technology can better integrate with business […]
Kenya Rugby Men's Team Lined up Against Currie Cup's creme de la creme in Carling Champions match
Sevens fans favourites Kenya will show off their growing ambition in the XV-a-side game after being confirmed as the inaugural opponents in next month’s Champions Match – to face the best of South African domestic rugby. The East African nation – ever-popular at the HSBC Cape Town Sevens – will meet the Carling Champion Team, […]
Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (T?KA) Supports Modern Poultry Farming in Somalia
Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) built a modern poultry farm with a total floor space of 198 sq. meters in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, as part of the “Project for Developing Layer Poultry Farming in Somalia,” implemented in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of the Republic of Turkey, IHH Humanitarian […]
UNMISS farewells Police Commissioner as an "extraordinary leader and woman of caliber"
With emotion shining in her eyes, Unaisi Bolatolu-Vuniwaqa watched with pride as her police officers marched in tight formation before her in a special parade of honour to bid farewell to their leader. It has been a long and challenging journey for the first female Police Commissioner to serve with the United Nations Mission in […]
U.S. and Morocco Launch Partnership to Preserve the Kingdom's Diverse Cultural Heritage
U.S. Embassy Chargé d’Affaires David Greene joined H.E. André Azoulay, Senior Advisor to H.M. King Mohamed VI, at Bayt Dakira in Essaouira to launch a three-year USAID program aimed at recording and sharing hundreds of stories that capture the Kingdom’s rich multicultural history. This $3 million program, called the Religious and Ethnic Minorities Activity (REMA), will […]
Landmark report highlights untapped potential of Africa's film industry
Download logo Africa’s film and audiovisual industries could create over 20 million jobs and contribute $20 billion to the continent’s combined Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the UN cultural agency, UNESCO, said on Tuesday in a new report highlighting this untapped potential. The African Film Industry: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities for Growth is the first-ever mapping of the sector, which currently employs some […]
Namibia: Discrimination Deprives Indigenous San People of the Right to Health as TB Poses Serious Risk to their Lives
Download logo Rampant discrimination against the Indigenous San people in Namibia is denying them access to healthcare and leaving them vulnerable to deadly diseases such as tuberculosis (TB) and its multi-drug resistant strain, which is ravaging their communities in the Omaheke and Otjozondjupa regions, Amnesty International said today in a new report. Namibia carries one […]
Namibia Receives US$90.4 million for HIV Programming from the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
U.S. Embassy Chargé d’Affaires Jess Long announced that the United States will contribute US$90.4 million in 2022 towards Namibia’s fight against AIDS through the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). This is an increase from US$89 million contributed in 2021. The US$90.4 million will intensify the country’s efforts to reach epidemic control of the […]