The government of Congo said it is soon implementing a national e-health strategy, using ICTs to develop the sector. The related framework document was first validated by e-Health experts and technical partners on October 18, during a workshop held in Brazzaville. According to Jacqueline Lydia Mikolo, the health Minister, the national strategy “will provide quality health information for...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has inked its €12.5 million equity commitment to the first investment fund of Adiwale Partners, the institution said in an official statement issued on October 18. The deal signing follows a commitment decision taken in March 2019, with the approval of the AfDB Board of Directors.Adiwale Fund 1 is managed by Jean Marc Savi of Tové (pictured, left) who...

The Ivorian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Marcel Amon Tanoh, and the Ambassador of China, Wan Li, signed two (02) Financing Agreements on 17 October in Abidjan. Valued at a total of 157.9 billion CFA francs (about $266 million), the agreements aim to support and develop the health sector through the third phase of technical assistance at the Gagnoa General Hospital. But also, the project...

The African Development Bank has approved a grant of $1 million to boost a children’s food and nutrition security program in Bié province in Angola.The resources are from a special relief fund to the government of Angola, in response to a prevailing drought that has caused severe malnutrition. The grant was approved on 23 September.During the third quarter of 2018, the food security unit...

Vincent Sun, MD of Huawei Egypt, and Mohamed El Tayeb, Deputy Minister of Higher Education, signed a memorandum of understanding on 15 October 2019 for strategic cooperation in the sector of information and communication technologies (ICT). The two parties will collaborate on the continued development of youth in the ICT sector in Egypt, in order to bridge the gap between the capacities of...

The Malian government announced on Wednesday it has once again extended its nationwide state of emergency by a year. Following a second extension that saw the period set to end this 31 October, this third extension ends on 31 October 2020. Authorities said the previous extension enabled the government to continue to strengthen preventive measures with competent administrative authorities, to...

In just a few weeks, the second edition of the annual Africa Investment Forum will kick off in Johannesburg, South Africa, with development finance institutions determined to tackle the continent’s infrastructure investment challenges and advance Africa’s economic transformation agenda. Africa Investment Forum 2018 broke the mold for regional investments and offered lessons about what can be...

Comforted by performances achieved this year, the Angolan government is seeking to reach zero deficit for the budget in 2020, the Budget Secretary, Aia-Eza da Silva (pictured), said on Tuesday.In an address to Parliament this week, President Joao Lourenço said that the 2019 budget “is currently in surplus, enabling less use of public debt.” He said the oil sector is expected to grow by 1.5%...

The Ivorian government is considering the resumption of collaboration with its neighboring countries to combat illegal gold mining, the Mining Minister, Jean-Claude Kouassi, said last week. He said the government wants “to offer new opportunities and new perspectives to the small mine sector.” Sharing experiences with neighboring nations in the fight against illegal gold mining would back...

Corruption under the presidency term of Jacob Zuma cost about 10% of South Africa’s Gross Domestic Product, current President Cyril Ramaphosa (pictured) said during the FT Africa Summit 2019 in London. The Head of State said during the ten years Zuma ran South Africa, the rainbow nation lost about R500 billion, or about $33.3 billion. “It was much bigger than I think most people could...