EAST / CENTRAL AFRICA

Malawi has surpassed the 10 per cent COVID-19 vaccination milestone (of total population, fully vaccinated), a noteworthy step in the protection of lives and towards ending vaccine inequity.   Since the start of COVID-19 vaccination in March 2021, the Malawi government, working together with stakeholders and partners, including COVAX, has ...

The only sedan in the Volkswagen model range, the new Polo Sedan, is now available for sale at Volkswagen dealerships.  The Volkswagen Polo Sedan, which is manufactured in Pune, India, has sold 44 267 units in the local market since its launch in 2011. The new Polo Sedan is set ...

Airbus has joined experts and key decision makers in the aviation industry at the Aviation Africa Summit and Exhibition taking place 12th and 13 September 2022 in Kigali, capital of Rwanda. During the two-day summit, Airbus will discuss a range of compelling regional and global challenges and solutions including : ...

The 7th edition of the awards sees a return to in-person format with a ceremony bursting with ‘firsts’  Continental Reinsurance Plc, Friday night,  announced the winners of the 7th pan-African (re)insurance journalism awards at an in-person event in Lagos, after two years of virtual events, One of the many firsts of the ...

Enry’s Island, the first worldwide distributed platform for startup incubation and acceleration, has  launched Enry’s Island Africa both in-person and in the Metaverse for a powerful, immersive experience. The in-person event was held at the prestigious Hemingways Hotel in Nairobi, and it sold out right away, while over 100 people ...

  Ethiopian Airlines Group, the flag carrier of Ethiopia, Africa’s largest airline group, has upsized four of its A350-900 on order to the largest variant of the A350 Family, the A350-1000, becoming Africa’s first customer for the aircraft. Ethiopian Airlines has already ordered 22 A350-900s, of which 16 aircraft have ...

More than 100,000 people have signed a petition calling on President Félix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to end the development of new oil and gas fields in the country. The petition was launched earlier this month by Congolese and international NGOs and was handed over today ...

The Tanzanian Minister for Livestock and Fisheries, Hon. Mashimba Mashauri Ndaki, has declared a ban on donkey slaughter for the skin trade. In a budget speech to Parliament, the Hon. Minister noted that Tanzania’s current donkey population is estimated at 650,000  but recognised the risk of donkeys becoming extinct. He ...

 COVAX has surpassed the milestone of 1.5 billion COVID-19 vaccines delivered around the world, following a shipment of 2.26 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine to Tanzania. A little over 15 months since its first international delivery to Ghana, COVAX has now shipped COVID-19 vaccines to 145 countries ...

The innovative model, focusing on community building, is designed to be replicated across the continent and beyond.  Municipality of Bailundo receives a new town with more than 3,000 housing units, enabling more than 20,000 people to start a new life.  The community and housing project, Centralidade do Halavala, located in ...