Africa World Africa: Who Director-General’s Opening Remarks At Financing Covid-19 Vaccines for Africa – a Whole-of-Africa Approach to Addressing Vaccine Access, Delivery and Uptake – 4 March 2021 [ad_1] Excellencies, distinguished guests, dear colleagues and friends, Good afternoon to all of you, and thank you so much for the opportunity of speaking to you today. When COVID-19 first emerged more than a year ago, we were all deeply concerned about its potential impact in Africa, and other regions with weaker health systems. So […] Written by Maakye Ghana March 5, 2021March 5, 2021
Business Africa: Post-Covid-19 – a Chance to Leapfrog Africa’s Development Through Digitalization [ad_1] Africa recorded remarkable economic growth in the first 15 years of the 21st century, largely because of positive trends in the export of primary commodities, among other factors. However, this narrative of “Africa Rising” was skewed from the onset, as it focused mostly on economic growth based on the gross domestic product (GDP), which […] Written by Maakye Ghana March 5, 2021March 5, 2021
Sports Africa: CAF to Now Allow Limited Media to Cover 43rd CAF General Assembly and Total U17 Afcon , Morocco 2021 [ad_1] CAF is pleased to announce that following further consultation with the Royal Moroccan Football Federation, the 43rdCAF Elective General Assembly and the matches of the TOTAL Africa Cup of Nations U17 will now be open to a limited number of media representatives. The agreed spread is 30% for the local press and 70% for […] Written by Maakye Ghana March 4, 2021March 4, 2021
Business Africa: JKIA, Moi International Airports Win Airports Council International Best Airports in Africa [ad_1] Nairobi — Airports Council International (ACI) – the voice of world airports has today awarded the coveted Best Airport by Size and Region to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), Nairobi and Moi International Airport (MIA), Mombasa for their excellence in customer service. JKIA 0won the 2020 Best Airport by Size and Region in the […] Written by Maakye Ghana March 4, 2021March 4, 2021
Business Africa: ‘Digital Authoritarianism’ Threatening Basic Rights in Africa, Study Says [ad_1] Measures used by governments in past two decades include digital surveillance, disinformation, internet shutdowns and arrests for online speech From internet shutdowns and online surveillance to social media taxes and arrests for anti-government posts, “digital authoritarianism” is a threat to basic freedoms and rights in many African countries, researchers said on Tuesday. A study […] Written by Maakye Ghana March 4, 2021March 4, 2021
Africa World Africa: International Women’s Day, 2021 – Feminist Leadership At the United Nations – Gender Equality Within & Without [ad_1] New York — When the United Nations was founded in 1945, the principle of equality for all – regardless of sex, race, language, or religion – was enshrined in the organization’s Charter. More than seventy-five years have passed, and during the intervening decades, the UN has played a leading role in advancing gender equality […] Written by Maakye Ghana March 4, 2021March 4, 2021
News Africa: International Women’s Day, 2021 – Women in Leadership Positions: an Economist’s View of International Women’s Day [ad_1] Canberra, Australia — The COVID-19 pandemic (henceforth pandemic) has women particularly hard. In almost all countries, women constitute the bulk of the labor force in the service sector, which was hardest hit by the pandemic. Furthermore, they also represent a disproportionate share of the workforce in particularly vulnerable sectors such as health care. Women […] Written by Maakye Ghana March 4, 2021March 4, 2021
Africa World Kenya: U.S. Warns of Al-Shabaab Attacks in Kenyan Airspace [ad_1] The US government has issued a new warning to civilian airlines flying in the Kenyan airspace to watch out for possible attacks by militant groups, in what could heighten anxiety for the industry already weighed down by massive financial losses due to travel restrictions to curb the spread of Covid-19. The US Federal Aviation […] Written by Maakye Ghana March 4, 2021March 4, 2021
Business Opinion Africa: Money Laundering – the Darker Side of the World’s Offshore Financial System [ad_1] United Nations — A sign outside a laundry in New York city had a frivolously flippant slogan: “We launder dirty clothes, not dirty money.” And a 2019 movie titled “Laundromat,” based on a book ‘Secrecy World’ by Pulitzer Prize winning author Jake Bernstein, exposed the byzantine world of money laundering. That’s the insidiously darker […] Written by Maakye Ghana March 4, 2021March 4, 2021
Africa World Africa: UN, AU and EU Urge Somalia to Quickly Agree On Election Date [ad_1] The United Nations, African Union, and European Union urged the Somali government and opposition on Monday to quickly agree on a date for elections, warning that the delay is fueling violence and impacting the impoverished Horn of Africa nation’s development and security. Acting U.S. ambassador Richard Mills echoed their appeal to swiftly resolve the […] Written by Maakye Ghana March 3, 2021March 3, 2021
