Every morning, Mukeshimana Clarisse walks just a few steps from her kitchen to pick fresh vegetables for her family’s meals.
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Mobile Money: How Digital Payments Are Strengthening Health Response in Mozambique
Maputo, Mozambique, August 10, 2026/ — During the second round of the national polio vaccination campaign, held in June 2026, the system once again demonstrated its value.
30 Independent News Providers Join Plus Hub for Critical Infrastructure Services
When a journalist exposes corruption, reports on conflict or covers a public health crisis, we see the results. But we don’t see what is needed behind the scenes to do that work: the technical systems required to actually reach audiences, the digital security that protects content and audiences, the operational structures that keep organisations running […]
Ghana: Weija Children’s Hospital Handed Over to GHS After Months of Pressure
The long-awaited Children’s Specialist Hospital at Weija has moved a step closer to opening its doors, following the formal handover of the completed facility to the Ghana Health Service (GHS).
Shock Jobs Report Ends the Case for a September Kike: deVere CEO
A shock US jobs report has all but ended the case for a September rate hike, affirms the CEO of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organisations.
Africa CDC, WHO Call For Urgent and Community-led Action to Contain Ebola in DR Congo
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo// — The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) (https://AfricaCDC.org/) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have called for an urgent scale-up of the community-led Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with stronger early detection, contact follow up, access to care, support for […]
Oxford Economics: Ghana’s New Cocoa Bill Strengthens Oversight
Ghana’s Parliament has passed the Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) Bill, 2026, marking the most comprehensive overhaul of the country’s cocoa sector in more than four decades.
986 Pregnant Women Died in Ghana in 2024 – Deputy Health Minister
Ghana’s Deputy Minister for Health, Dr Grace Ayensu-Danquah, has disclosed that 986 pregnant women died in Ghana in 2024, with the country’s maternal mortality ratio standing at 235 deaths per 100,000 live births.
Mahama Inspires African, Caribbean Youth to Become Problem-solvers
Young Africans and people of African descent across the diaspora must endeavour to become innovators, entrepreneurs and problem-solvers capable of shaping the next chapter of the African continent and the Caribbean’s development, Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama has urged.
Committee on Agric Calls for Urgent Action to Strengthen South Africa’s Response to Foot-and-Mouth Disease
Cape Town, South Africa// — The Portfolio Committee on Agriculture has concluded its engagements with the Minister of Agriculture, provincial MECs for agriculture and senior officials from the national and provincial departments of agriculture on provincial interventions to combat Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD).