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Over 1,600 healthcare workers from more than 20 African nations participated in the live exchange.

Jack Ma joins Africa CDC in online medical exchange session on combating Covid-19

Our Correspondent4 May 2020 11:36 AM GMT

The Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Group founder appeared in a medical-exchange webinar co-hosted by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and...

NGS during an outbreak enables countries to understand how the virus is being introduced and spread, perform contact tracing, design control measures, and monitor how the virus is evolving.

Illumina, Africa CDC to strengthen sequencing capacity for Covid-19 surveillance in Africa

Our Correspondent28 April 2020 8:29 AM GMT

Illumina has donated sequencing systems and related consumables to the African Union Commission through the Africa Centres for Disease Control and...

A WFP food distribution site at Madziwa Secondary School in Shamva District, Zimbabwe. Photo: WFP/Claire Nevill.

African, European leaders call on WFP to lead Covid-19 fight in Africa

Our Correspondent21 April 2020 2:20 PM GMT

The listing marks an important milestone as the bank launches its first bond on London Stock Exchange.

Largest social bond ‘Fight Covid-19’ by AfDB launched on LSE

Our Correspondent13 April 2020 4:43 PM GMT

The primary beneficiaries will be the infected persons, at-risk populations, medical and emergency personnel, medical and testing facilities, and national health agencies.

Covid-19: World Bank Group grants $50 million to Kenya

Our Correspondent3 April 2020 10:29 AM GMT

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 10:14 AM GMT

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