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Key findings: – The 2020 KnowBe4 (www.KnowBe4.com) African Report based on their “What keeps you up at night?” survey, reveals a landscape with some shared concerns, but many divergent ones as well. – Ransomware, malware and phishing are generally seen as threats, though this changes considerably at a granular level.
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The founder of a cassava processing business in Kenya, a co-founder of a novel food processing technology start-up, and the owner of a smallholder farmer food procurement company in Nigeria won the top cash prizes in the African Development Bank’s (https://www.AfDB.org/) $120,000 AgriPitch competition on
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The Board of the African Development Fund on Wednesday approved grants worth $28.233 million to Sudan to shore up the country’s health system to effectively respond and contain the COVID-19 pandemic, mitigate its social and economic impacts and build resilience to future pandemics, including climate-induced outbreaks. The funding
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Le ministre nigérien du Pétrole, Foumakoye Gado, a été nommé cette semaine par la Chambre africaine de l’énergie (www.EnergyChamber.org) parmi les 25 leaders de l’industrie pour 2021. Cela souligne l’importance croissante du Niger en tant que producteur de pétrole en Afrique. Chaque année, la Chambre
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Niger’s Minister of Petroleum Foumakoye Gado was named by the African Energy Chamber (www.EnergyChamber.org) this week as a top 25 leader to watch for 2021. This highlights the growing importance of Niger as an oil producer in Africa. Every year, the Chamber recognises 25 individuals who are
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Le nombre de femmes au sein du Top 25 des acteurs les plus influents du secteur de la Chambre africaine de l’énergie (www.EnergyChamber.org) a fait un bond significatif de 3 à 8 entre 2020 et 2021. Publiée chaque année, la liste met en évidence les responsables gouvernementaux,
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The number of women within the African Energy Chamber’s (www.EnergyChamber.org) Top 25 Movers & Shakers Watch List has made a significant jump from 3 to 8 between 2020 and 2021. Released annually, the list highlights the government officials, public and private executives whose work and decisions can
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The Islamic Corporation for the development of the Private Sector (ICD) (www.ICD-idb.org), the private arm of the Islamic Development Bank Group (IsDBG), today launches the “ICD Finnovation Award 2020”, to recognize, showcase and encourage financial institutions that provide an outstanding solution for the financial industry. The COVID-19 pandemic
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957 people have tested positive for the virus, from a sample size of 5,559 tested in the last 24 hours, bringing to 72,686 the number of confirmed positive cases in the country. The cumulative tests are now 804,894. From the cases 908 are Kenyans and 49 are
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En à peine deux semaines, l’escalade des hostilités dans le Tigré et le nord de l’Éthiopie a causé d’énormes souffrances et risque de dégénérer en une crise humanitaire de grande ampleur. Le Comité international de la Croix-Rouge (CICR) a visité des établissements de santé dans le Tigré
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Over 1.9 million confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent – with more than 1.6 million recoveries & 47,000 deaths cumulatively. View country figures & more with the WHO African Region COVID-19 Dashboard: http://arcg.is/XvuSX. Read more on https://who-africa.africa-newsroom.com/press/coronavirus-africa-covid19-update-17-november-2020?lang=en
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As of 1pm on 17 November, the Western Cape has 4294 active COVID-19 infections with a total of 121 139 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 112 371 recoveries. Total confirmed COVID-19 cases 121 139 Total recoveries 112 371 Total deaths 4474 Total active cases (currently infected patients) 4294 Tests conducted 721
