Saturday, June 3, 2023

Africa warned against ‘ditch the dollar’ calls

 

Kenya's President William Ruto. PHOTO | COURTESY

By Zephania Ubwani

Summary

·         Analysts say while Ruto’s proposal was sound, it was unlikely to be implemented given the continent’s current level of economic development


Tanzanians in the Diaspora to get special status by December

 

Summary

·         What the diaspora wanted was to be able to enter the country, own land and access financial services, all of which have been considered in the proposed special status framework.

Experts explain how climate change costs Tanzania trillions

 





Deputy Minister in the Vice President’s Office (Union and Environment), Hamza Khamis, addresses the audience at the Climate Change Forum.  PHOTO | FILE

Summary

·         The forum came up with a proposal for the establishment of a special fund to mitigate the devastating effects of climate change to developing countries

Wellworth Hotels pumps $18 million in a five-star hotel in the Serengeti

 

Lake Manyara Kilimamoja Lodge is one of the hotels run by Wellworth Hotels and Lodges Ltd. PHOTO | COURTESY

Summary

·         With its traditional, elegant architecture and furnishings reminiscent of the early 1920s, the hotel would have 75 luxurious residential units

Fighting worsens in Sudan despite US sanctions

 

Summary

·         Witnesses reported "artillery fire" in eastern Khartoum and around the state television building in the capital's sister city Omdurman, just across the Nile


Khartoum. Shelling rocked greater Khartoum on Friday as fighting between Sudan's warring generals intensified, despite US sanctions imposed after the collapse of a US- and Saudi-brokered truce.

US, Japan, South Korea aim to share North Korea missile warning data

 

Summary

·         The announcement followed a North Korean attempt to launch a spy satellite that ended with it crashing into the sea after a rocket failure earlier in the week, the latest in a string of banned tests conducted by Pyongyang

Friday, June 2, 2023

Institut Pasteur de Dakar and Mastercard Foundation announce Unprecedented Partnership to Expand Workforce for Vaccine Manufacturing in Africa

 

Institut Pasteur de Dakar and Mastercard Foundation  announce Unprecedented Partnership to Expand Workforce for Vaccine Manufacturing in Africa





DAKAR, Senegal, African Media Agency (AMA)/- The Institut Pasteur de Dakar (IPD) and the Mastercard Foundation have announced a historic $45 million partnership named MADIBA (Manufacturing in Africa for...