US President Donald Trump (pictured) has criticised the World Health Organization (WHO) for not responding strongly to reports of racism and discrimination against Africans living in southern Chinese city of Guangzhou in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. Mr Trump has called the WHO health body a "puppet of China"
Read More
By Cathy Smith, Managing Director at SAP Africa It is becoming clear that most - if not all - our major social, economic and political decisions over the next few years will be made through the prism of the coronavirus and the ripple effects of the pandemic. Lacking the financial
Read More
Ethiopia, Africa’s largest coffee grower, could face “significant volatility” in the crop’s yields in a decade due to changing weather patterns, according to McKinsey & Co. A drop in coffee yields in the magnitude of 25% will become more likely by 2030 as temperatures increase and rainfall decreases during the
Read More
This picture taken on May 14, 2020 shows a researcher at Peking University's Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Genomics conducting tests at their laboratory in Beijing. (Photo by WANG ZHAO / AFP) / TO GO WITH Health-virus-China-vaccine,FOCUS by Qian Ye and Matthew Knight A Chinese laboratory has been developing a
Read More
South Sudan's Vice-President Riek Machar (pictured) has tested positive for coronavirus. He said he had no symptoms, but would self- isolate for 14 days. His wife, Defence Minister Angelina Teny, some bodyguards and other staff have also tested positive. Mr Machar was tested on 13 May after one of the
Read More
US President Donald Trump (pictured) has sent a letter to the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) threatening to pull US funding permanently over COVID-19. The letter outlines a 30-day deadline for the body to commit to "substantive improvements" or risk losing millions and US membership altogether. Addressed to
Read More
President Yoweri Museveni Monday evening addressed the nation for the 14th time about COVID-19 situation in the country. Here are the key take-aways from his address. Once the issue of universal access to standard/recommended face masks is addressed, then: 1. Shops selling general merchandize will open provided they are not
Read More
By Charles Peter Mayiga On the 12th May, 2013 a royal proclamation, from Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II, announcing my ascendency to the office of Katikkiro was made. I then became the fifth Katikkiro during his reign, to date, During the time of the Ssaabataka's Supreme Council (the precursor to
Read More
KCB Group chief executive officer Joshua Oigara (pictured) earned KSh299.1 million (UShs10.62bn) in salary, bonus and allowances in 2019, a year when Kenya’s biggest bank by assets announced a record net profit, Daily Nation reports. Mr Oigara’s compensation increased by 9.6 percent or the equivalent of KSh26.2 million (UShs 930.69m)
Read More
The Ministry of Heath has announced 21 new cases from 1,071 samples from various Points of Entry, taking Uganda's total confirmed cases to 248. “All cases are Ugandan nationals from Elegu, Mutukula and Malaba points. All 253 community samples are negative for COVID-19,” the Ministry said, adding that the COVID-19
Read More
