October 24, 2019//-The Olifants River Bridge won the award for Technical Excellence at the South African Institute of Civil Engineers (SAICE) Annual Awards.
Category: Economy
Zaria Springs to Life as African Development Bank Project Provides 20,000 Households with Potable Water
October 24, 2019//-“When the water was first released, we filled up our water containers, large and small, for the days ahead when the taps would go dry again. Surprisingly, the next day the taps were still flowing; they haven’t stopped since then.’ – Hauwa Sani, Housewife, Zaria City.
Ghana Drops 4 Places on World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business
Accra, Ghana, October 24, 2019//-Ghana has dropped four places on the latest World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business rankings.
Doing Business 2020: Nigeria, Togo Among Most Improved In Ease Of Doing Business
Washington, USA, October 24, 2019 – Economies in Sub-Saharan Africa continued to improve their business climates, with the region’s largest economy, Nigeria, earning a place among the year’s top global improvers alongside Togo, according to the World Bank Group’s Doing Business study.
HELIXAFE Algorithm Detects the Genetic Instability Through Blood Cell-free DNA
Rome, Italy, October 24, 2019 – Blood cell-free DNA (cfDNA) testing can be useful before cancer develops, in healthy people.
New Milestone Towards a Polio-free World, But There is No Time to Relax
Brazzaville, Congo Republic, October 24, 2019/ — In another historic step for humanity towards a world free of polio, an independent commission of experts today certified – on World Polio Day – that the second of three types of the wild poliovirus had been eradicated globally.
US Under Sustained Pressure to Lift Zimbabwe Sanctions
Harare, Zimbabwe, October 24, 2019//-Zimbabwe and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) bloc have stepped up a crusade against sanctions imposed by the United States two decades ago.
Female Entrepreneur, 21, Crowned Winner of 2019 Anzisha Prize
Johannesburg, South Africa, October 24, 2019//- 21-year-old young lady Yannick Kimanuka from the Democratic Republic of Congo has been crowned as the winner of the 2019 Anzisha Prize.
How Russia Is Growing Its Strategic Influence in Africa
Angolan President Joao Lourenco and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Johannesburg in 2018. EPA-EFE/Alexei Nikolsky/Kremlin Pool Theo Neethling, University of the Free State October 24, 2019//-Much has been made about China’s role and profile in Africa and the factors underlying its activities on the continent. Less debated is the spread and depth of Russia’s contemporary […]
Education to Employment Model Provides Young Africans with Relevant Skills for Work
October 24, 2019//-Half of the 10 million African university students who graduate each year are unemployed.