AFRICA

Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Researchers at the  University of Nairobi, Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis (CEMA), have released results of three studies that could significantly transform the treatment of older adults living with HIV across Africa. The findings presented at the International AIDS Society Conference on HIV …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Absa Group CEO Kenny Fihla is visiting Uganda this week as part of his first strategic East Africa roadshow since taking up the role of Group CEO last month. The visit underscores Absa’s commitment to regional integration, customer-centricity, and long-term investment in East Africa’s …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Some of the fish species that supported the livelihoods and survivals of many living around Africa’s lakes are on the brink of extinction says new report by World Wildlife Fund (WWF). WWF is a global body that leads international efforts to protect endangered species and their …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As Africa marked the anti-corruption fight day, Uganda was urged to reconsider her own way of dealing with the vice, if a headway is to be made, since the institutions are in place. This is because, despite the several efforts the country has put …

Partnership to advance growth and innovation across Africa Johannesburg, South Africa  | THE INDEPENDENT | Absa and Visa have renewed their strategic partnership to accelerate the development of innovative, inclusive, secure, and digitally enabled financial payment ecosystems across Absa’s Regional Operations (ARO) which incorporates Absa’s presence outside South Africa. The …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Scientists attending the world’s first international conference on the triple elimination of HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B have raised alarm over the continued neglect of syphilis prevention and control efforts, despite the infection’s growing burden across the African continent. Speaking at the ongoing conference …

This is not a peace you declare on Monday and implement on Tuesday. It is a peace that must be built KINSHASA, DRC  | Xinhua | The peace process in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has entered its “most delicate phase,” the DRC government has said. “There is …

  Harare, Zimbabwe | Linda Mujuru Global Press Journal ZIMBABWE | In 2023, Peter, a truck driver, was approaching a border checkpoint between Zimbabwe and Mozambique. He had little reason to question what was in his truck’s sealed container — he’d transported shipments for this Chinese-owned company before. “We just thought everything …

The rise in digital financial services like mobile wallets, savings apps, and instant loans are opening access to money for millions of African women, helping to narrow long-standing gender gaps and giving women greater financial control and independence. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY |  At the crack of dawn on …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | Xinhua | Health experts, policymakers, and researchers on Monday began a three-day meeting in Kampala, the Ugandan capital, to accelerate the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B across Africa. The event, held under the theme “Unifying Actions, Transforming Futures: Achieving Triple Elimination in …