Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | AstraZeneca has announced a planned expansion of its access to healthcare programme, Healthy Heart Africa (HHA), to 10 new countries, starting in 2023. The programme, which is currently present in nine countries including Uganda, is designed to contribute to the prevention and control of hypertension …
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With only three years left to achieve the global testing and treatment targets, African countries are demonstrating significant progress toward HIV epidemic control. Harare, Zimbabwe | BIRD AGENCY | To achieve the 2030 global goal of ending AIDS, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) tasked countries to ensure …
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Seventeen African nations are to start testing the Single African Air Transport Market between their territories, fully opening their skies to each other as part of the pilot – a first for the continent. Dakar, Senegal | BIRD AGENCY | Intra-African air travel under the Single African Air Transport Market …
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HIV experts want priority shifted to vulnerable groups Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | As the world gears up to commemorate this year’s World AIDS Day which is celebrated every December 1, experts in the HIV prevention, treatment and research want the international community to focus and support more ‘priority populations’ …
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Will he turn on the charm or signal end of schmoozing? Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | U.S. President Joe Biden has invited 49 of 54 African leaders for a three-day summit scheduled for 13-15 December. Not invited are Burkina Faso, Guinea, Sudan, Mali, Eritrea, and Western Sahara. This means that …
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Renewable energy will need more investment, or Africa will stay dependent on fossil fuels NEW ANALYSIS | THE INDEPENDENT | Renewable energy technologies such as solar photovoltaics and onshore wind power can help sub-Saharan Africa meet its energy requirements from sources that have lower emissions than fossil fuels. Currently, the sub-continent …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The United Bank of Africa Group Chief Executive Officer Oliver Alawuba has described Uganda as one of the most dynamic and transformative market that the lender continues to support. Speaking to journbalists on Nov.18, Alawuba said, “Many companies are now laser-focused on transformation – …
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Experts combine number crunching and research to predict COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT | Many football lovers hope an African team will win the men’s 2022 Fifa World Cup. The world has been waiting for this since the great Brazilian player Pelé predicted (in the 1970s) that an African country would …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved an equity investment of $20 million in Evolution Fund III, a pan-African clean and sustainable energy private equity fund that is mobilising about $400 million into renewable energy and resource-efficiency assets across sub-Saharan …
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Up to 80 per cent of fertiliser consumed across sub-Saharan Africa is imported, with West Africa accounting for 40% while East and Southern Africa consume remaining 60% Pointe Noire, Congo | BIRD AGENCY | Located in Kouilou Province, 32km north of the central economic hub of Pointe Noire in the …
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