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By Wambui Gichuri, Acting Vice President, Agriculture, Human and Social Development and Director, Water Development and Sanitation at the African Development Bank (https://www.AfDB.org/) As the prevalence of COVID-19 accelerates across Africa, over 40% of the population in Sub-Saharan Africa do not have access to clean
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As at 26 August 2020, Zimbabwe had 6 251 confirmed cases, including 5 001 recoveries and 179 deaths. Read more on https://africa-newsroom.com/press/coronavirus-zimbabwe-covid19-update-26-august-2020?lang=en As at 26 August 2020, Zimbabwe had 6 251 confirmed cases, including 5 001 recoveries
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Results from COVID-19 tests done on 26 August 2020 confirm 155 new cases. The cumulative confirmed cases of Ugandans is now 2,679. 2 new COVID deaths recorded. The total COVID-19 deaths are now 28. Read more on https://africa-newsroom.com/press/coronavirus-uganda-covid19-update-26-
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Minister of Health Lizzie Nkosi announces one new #COVID19 death in Eswatini, taking the total number of #COVID19 deaths in the country to 89. “May his soul rest in peace.” New cases: 46 Total cases: 4433 New recoveries: 37 Total recoveries: 3115 New death: 1 Total deaths: 89 Read more
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Results of COVID-19 tests done on 25 August 2020 confirm 98 new cases. The cumulative confirmed cases of Ugandans to-date is 2,524. One new COVID-19 death recorded today. The total COVID-19 deaths are now 26 Recoveries: 1,268 Read more on https://africa-newsroom.com/
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Natural Resources Minister Peter Bhembe is touring schools in the Shiselweni region in his capacity as member of the Cabinet Task Team on schools’ #COVID19 preparedness. This is part of Government’s efforts towards ensuring that schools remain safe for learners, teachers & staff. Read more on https://africa-newsroom.
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Minister of Health Lizzie Nkosi announces two new COVID19 deaths in Eswatini, taking the total number of COVID19 deaths to 88. “May their souls rest in peace.” New cases: 60 Total cases: 4387 New recoveries: 119 Total recoveries: 3078 New deaths: 2 T otal deaths: 88 Read more on https:
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Since the COVID-19 pandemic first confirmed in the country, Japan has been supporting the Government of Kenya in various ways in the fight against the virus. Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) provided water treatment chemicals (chlorine) for water purification to nine water service providers around the country to help
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Togo has received validation from the World Health Organization (WHO) for having eliminated human African trypanosomiasis or “sleeping sickness” as a public health problem, becoming the first country in Africa to reach this milestone. Sleeping sickness is caused by parasites which are transmitted by infected tsetse flies and is only
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In the last 24hrs, Zambia recorded 91 new cases of out of 599 tests, 0 Deaths and 294 recoveries. The cumulative number of cases now stands at 11,376 including 282 deaths and 10,693 recoveries. Read more on https://africa-newsroom.com/press/coronavirus-zambia-daily-covid19-update-26-
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A la suite d’une phase pilote conduite avec succès en collaboration aves des Fintech sélectionnées, la Plateforme bancaire Panafricaine -Sandbox- du Groupe Ecobank (www.Ecobank.com) est désormais mise en service et accessible à la demande de la communauté des Fintech Africaines. Grâce à la Sandbox, les Fintech peuvent
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After a successful pilot run with select Fintechs in early 2020, the Pan-African Banking Sandbox of Ecobank Group (www.Ecobank.com) is now live and acessible, on request, to the African Fintech community. The Sandbox allows Fintechs to access Ecobank’s Application Programming Interface (APIs) for the development of