African Union Member States (54) reporting COVID-19 cases (508,086) deaths (11,955), and recoveries (245,068) by region: Central (38,614 cases; 806 deaths; 21,538 recoveries): Burundi (191; 1; 128), Cameroon (14,524; 342; 11,360), CAR (4,071; 52; 970), Chad (873; 74; 788), Congo (1,757; 44; 525), DRC (7,660; 183; 4,072), Equatorial Guinea (3,071; 51; 842), Gabon (5,743; 46; […]
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Coronavirus – Seychelles: Contacts of seafarers tested for COVID-19
Download logo Tests for COVID-19 are being conducted on people who were identified as contacts to the seafarers who tested positive for the virus. From the group of contacts, 6 Seychellois have preliminary positive results and retesting is being carried out for confirmation. They are all well and showing no signs of illness. They are […]
Coronavirus – Uganda: Results of COVID-19 Tests Done on 07 July 2020
Download logo Today, the Ministry of Health confirms 06 new COVID-19 cases from 3,451 samples tested. The cumulative confirmed cases of Ugandans is now 977. Of the 6 confirmed cases; Four (4) are truck drivers who arrived from Kenya via Malaba Point of Entry, two (02) are contacts and alerts from Tororo and Moyo Districts. […]
Coronavirus – Nigeria: 503 new cases of COVID19 Nigeria
503 new cases of COVID19 Nigeria; Lagos-153 Ondo-76 Edo-54 FCT-41 Enugu-37 Rivers-30 Benue-24 Osun-20 Kaduna-15 Kwara-13 Abia-9 Borno-8 Plateau-6 Taraba-5 Ogun-3 Kano-3 Kebbi-2 Nasarawa-2 Bayelsa-1 Gombe-1 29,879 confirmed 12,108 discharged 669 deaths Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). Media filesDownload logo Source: Apo-Opa
Islamic Development Bank Group to respond to COVID-19 with USD 2.3 Billion package and to launch three supportive and robust initiatives in partnership with UAE Ministry of Economy and Annual Investment Meeting (AIM)
A crowd of over 1000+ engaged participants comprising of exceptional entities, seasonal practitioners, Government officials, individual investors, business associations, entrepreneurs, Multilateral and financial institutions, Chairmen, Presidents & CEOs of local/international companies, Chambers of Commerce & Industry and Investment promotion agencies, came together to celebrate in the IsDB Group Private Sector Action Response to COVID-19 webinar […]
American Multinational Abbot Laboratories faces multimillion-dollar lawsuit over contract compliance with African Covid-19 Test Kits
Centurion Law Group (https://CenturionLG.com/) has been engaged to institute legal action against American multinational health care company Abbott Laboratories for willfully undersupplying African suppliers of COVID-19 test kits. Even when the African parties made orders first, delivery was effected last or not at all. “Abbott Laboratories should have known better and their handling of orders […]
REMINDER: WHO Africa Online Press Briefing on COVID-19 and vaccine development in Africa
Please join an online media briefing with the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Africa (www.afro.who.int), and the Principal Investigator of Oxford Covid-19 Vaccine Trial in South Africa. The briefing is on-the-record and it is an opportunity for you to ask questions about the COVID-19 and vaccine development in Africa. The media briefing is […]
Post COVID-19: Africa’s growth stands to rebound to 3% in 2021, African Development Bank says in African Economic Outlook 2020 Supplement
Download logo Governments and development partners must respond in a more coordinated, targeted, and rapid manner to be effective in limiting impact; An additional 49 million Africans could be pushed into extreme poverty by the pandemic and its aftermath; West and Central Africa stand to be worst hit Africa’s economic growth could rebound in 2021, […]
Tanzania: African Development Bank project tripled incomes of rural producers and traders
Download logo An African Development Bank (http://www.AfDB.org) project to enhance market infrastructure, value addition and rural finance (MIVARF) (https://bit.ly/38xRvFo) in Tanzania produced highly satisfactory results, according to a report released by the project team. The project, rolled out in the country between 2012 and 2017 increased the incomes of rural producers and traders threefold. With […]
Coronavirus – Malawi: COVID-19 Daily Information Update (7th July 2020)
New cases: 59 Total confirmed cases: 1877 Total active cases: 1508 Total recovered: 345 Total number of tests conducted: 17693 Total deaths: 24 Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of Health and Population, Republic of Malawi. Media filesDownload logo Source: Apo-Opa