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Kenya Imposes New Covid-19 Lockdown Restrictions
Following a hike in infection rates, Kenya has imposed an indefinite lockdown as announced by the President on Friday, April 3, 2021. President Uhuru Kenyatta also announced a ban on all inland travel in the capital Nairobi and international travels to and from the UK and some other countries. Kenya’s Covid-19 positivity rate has jumped…
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South Africa To Commence Production Of More High-Tech Trains
South Africa’s Gibela has announced they would be building 62 high-tech per year for the next ten years to add to the country’s fleet. Recognized as the continent’s largest train manufacturing plant, Gibela is taking up the 51-billon-rand ($3-billion, 2.8-billion-euro) contract in a time when the South African rail infrastructure is in ruins. South Africa’s railway…
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Ivory Coast Achieves 94% Energy Coverage Of Its National Territory
Côte d’Ivoire currently has one of the best renewable energy production capacities in Africa according to recent reports. In order to achieve this stature, the West African country chose to privatise the renewable energy sector in 1993. More than 25 years later, Côte d’Ivoire has achieved 94% coverage of its national territory and aims to cover…
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Safaricom Launches Africa’s Third 5G Network
Leading Kenyan telecom operator, Safaricom is introducing its ultra-high-speed broadband to the African market a year after its first 5G trial. This new service would make Kenya become the second African country to to roll out the 5G technology to customers, according to GSMA, an organization representing mobile network operators worldwide. According to Safaricom, the…
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New HIV Vaccine Shows Huge Promise in First-In-Human Trial
A new vaccine for the prevention of HIV has successfully passed the first stage of the in-human trial. Dr William Schief, a professor and immunologist at Scripps research and executive director of vaccine design at IAVI’s neutralizing antibody centre where the vaccine was developed said the vaccine was produced by triggering the right B cells…
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Nigeria Bags Below Average Score In New Corruption Perception Index
The latest Corruption Perception Index (CPI) showed Nigeria scored 25/100 which is by one point less than its 26 points in the previous year as assessed by Transparency International (TI). This is an indicator that corruption in Buhari’s administration is perceived to have worsened within the last one year as the country dropped three places and…
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Breaking: FG Approves Appointment Of New IGP
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Usman Alkali Baba as acting Inspector General of Police (IGP). The minister for police affairs, Maigari Dingyadi, made this known at the State House in Abuja, on Tuesday, April 6. Buhari who had on February 4 extended the tenure of now-former…
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Covid-19: Kenya Added To UK’s Travel Ban List
The UK government has announced more countries would be added to its travel ban list due to concerns over new Covid-19 variants. International travels to or from Kenya, Bangladesh, Pakistan and the Philippines would be banned starting April 9. On Friday, the Department for Transport said the number of countries on its “red list” will…
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Kenya To Receive $2.34 Billion Package From IMF
The International Monetary Fund Board has approved about US$2.34 billion financial package for Kenya to support a move that is expected to mitigate the effect of a worsening health and economic crisis in the African state. The three-year ECF and EFF arrangements would also advance the broader reform and governance agenda, including addressing weaknesses in some state-owned…
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FG Threatens 14-Year Jail Sentence For Nigerians Without NIN
The minister for communications in Nigeria has warned Nigerians without the National Identification Number could be facing a 14-year jail sentence. In an address centred on encouraging Nigerians to register for their NIN, Communications and Digital Economy Minister, Isa Pantami, reiterated the fact that no country could be successful without a reliable database of its…