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Nation takes steps to maximise AfCFTA gains

February 25, 2021 Ghana has put in place an institutional framework to help maximise gains from the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) which took off on January 1, this year. It includes the...

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February 25, 2021 / Comments (0)

Ghana, South Africa to benefit from German auto industry cooperation

February 24, 2021 The German Ambassador to Ghana, Christoph Retzlaff, has announced that Ghana will be one of two African countries to benefit from a German automobile cooperation agreement. He posted on...

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February 24, 2021 / Comments (0)

EU doubles COVAX contribution to ensure vaccines for low, middle-income countries

February 23, 2021 The European Union (EU) has announced an additional €500 million for the COVAX Facility, doubling its contribution to ensure equitable access to effective COVID-19 vaccines in low and...

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February 23, 2021 / Comments (0)

China to aid 19 more African nations with COVID-19 vaccines – Foreign Ministry

February 23, 2021 China has provided COVID-19 vaccine aid to Equatorial Guinea and Zimbabwe and will aid 19 more African countries as part of its commitment to making vaccines global public goods, Foreign...

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February 23, 2021 / Comments (0)

Africa to receive 300m doses of Russian vaccine

February 22, 2021 Africa Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (AVATT) has received an offer of 300 million doses of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine. Director of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

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February 22, 2021 / Comments (0)

South Korea donates COVID-19 testing equipment, PPE to MoH

February 1, 2021 The Republic of South Korea has donated COVID-19 laboratory testing equipment and personal protective equipment (PPE), worth $200,000, to the country. The gesture forms part of that...

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February 1, 2021 / Comments (0)

Ivermectin: Africa CDC warns against use of parasite drug to treat COVID-19

January 29, 2021 The head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control (CDC) has advised against the use of an anti-parasite drug called Ivermectin to combat COVID-19. It is being hailed in some quarters as a...

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January 29, 2021 / Comments (0)

Africa records higher deaths in second wave of coronavirus – WHO

January 22, 2021 Africa has recorded nearly 82,000 deaths due to the coronavirus in its second wave, the World Health Organization said Thursday. The figure is higher than when the first wave of the virus...

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January 22, 2021 / Comments (0)

African Union ‘secures 300m Covid vaccine doses’

January 14, 2021 The Associated Press is quoting an adviser for the Africa Centers for Disease Control (CDC) as saying the African Union has secured close to 300 million Covid-19 vaccine doses. The...

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January 14, 2021 / Comments (0)

Women, young Africans to benefit from AfCFTA

January 14, 2021 The Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement seeks to benefit women and youth, as well as small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs), who engage in economic activities in...

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January 14, 2021 / Comments (0)