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Hackathon participants were split into eight focus groups, each of which was tasked with developing an innovative and scalable concept aligned with one of the eight pillars of WHO’s current Covid-19 response strategy.

WHO in Africa holds first hackathon for Covid-19

Our Correspondent3 April 2020 3:44 PM IST

World Health Organization (WHO) regional office for Africa hosted its first virtual ‘hackathon’ bringing together 100 leading innovators from across...

Africa is witnessing a rapid rise in the number of reported confirmed Covid-19 cases, with a 25 percent daily increase over the past five days.

UAE donates 11 tonnes of medical supplies to Seychelles

Our Correspondent27 March 2020 4:17 PM IST

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) government handed over 11 tonnes of medical supplies to the Seychelles government, as humanitarian aid to help contain...

One of the projects was the construction of an offshore supply base in the port which would offer internationally competitive services to vessels passing along the Saldanha bay coastline.

Saldanha Bay industrial zone inks $18.3 million deal with three investors

Our Correspondent16 March 2020 6:11 PM IST

Operated by Marathon Oil Corporation with shareholders Marubeni, Mitsui

Equatorial Guinea’s LNG liquefaction terminal handles 700th cargo

Our Correspondent2 March 2020 5:49 PM IST

Nuwa Capital’s managing partner Khaled Talhouni at STEP conference held in Dubai.

Nuwa Capital fund targets MENA, East African, Pakistan, Turkey startups

Our Correspondent12 Feb 2020 9:04 PM IST

Mombasa Cement’s 36 MW wind farm in Kilifi County to open by Dec 2020

Our Correspondent22 Nov 2019 6:06 PM IST

The proposed project involves the construction of a 473 kilometres expressway that will begin at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) along the existing Nairobi-Mombasa highway and will snake through seven counties to end at the Changamwe roundabout in Mombasa.

Nairobi-Mombasa expressway project in Kenya stalled

Our Correspondent30 Oct 2019 6:53 PM IST

The new agreement is based on the principles of the common fisheries policy such as transparency, governance of fishing activities, non-discrimination, respect of the scientific advice and scientific cooperation on data collection and analysis.

EU, Seychelles conclude negotiations for new fisheries agreement

Our Correspondent30 Oct 2019 6:29 PM IST

Akinwumi Adesina, president, AfDB

AfDB president receives Emeka Anyaoku lifetime achievement award

Our Correspondent10 Oct 2019 5:18 PM IST

Kristalina Georgieva, MD, IMF

IMF MD warns global slowdown but GDP of 19 African countries estimated to rise

Our Correspondent9 Oct 2019 11:04 PM IST

The project company, Off-grid Power, will develop a portfolio of solar mini-grids across the southern and eastern half of Sierra Leone.

InfraCo Africa, PowerGen ink $6.9 mn pact for Sierra Leone mini-grid project

Our Correspondent31 Aug 2019 6:08 PM IST

Located at the Port of Akonikien on the country's mainland, the plant will enable the transportation and storage of LNG from the EG LNG plant at the Punta Europa Gas Complex on Bioko Island, to Akonikien on the southern border of the mainland.

Equatorial Guinea to construct first LNG plant in West Africa

Our Correspondent23 Aug 2019 7:13 PM IST