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Kenya

Will Kenya’s Amina Mohamed be the WTO’s first African leader?

Just weeks after current World Trade Organisation Director General Roberto Azevêdo announced his abrupt resignation, Kenyan diplomat and minister ... Amina Mohamed is among the top candidates to replace him.

FILE PHOTO: Kaombo Norte floating oil platform is seen from a helicopter off the coast of Angola

POST COVID ERA

Post-coronavirus: More sorrow for Africa’s new oil and gas producers

The crash in oil and gas prices, triggered by the coronavirus pandemic and the slump in economic activity, has dealt a blow to the plans and ... public finances of major oil- and gas-producing countries. But a group of countries in sub-Saharan Africa once designated as “prospective producers” are facing a different challenge.

Article 2/10 of "Corona Chronicles: 25 May – 29 May"

Elizabeth Rogo

balanced energy

Kenya’s renewable sector and women in the industry: Elizabeth Rogo AEC President East Africa

Kenya has one of the most active renewable sectors in Africa. Could it serve as a model to be followed by other countries across Africa? We ... find out more from Elizabeth Rogo, the African Energy Chamber President for East Africa on the energy sector and on being the only female in a top leadership role.

Andela

from bad to worse

Coronavirus: Andela, in search of a model, experiences run of bad luck

The pandemic has increased uncertainty among the start-up’s leaders as to the strategy to adopt to meet the needs of its market.
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Virus Outbreak South Africa Daily Life

MIXED HARVEST

Coronavirus: South African Distell trying to curb hit from pandemic

Distell has toasted the performance of its Kenyan operations, while it is mulling the sale of two premium wine farms and other cost-reduction ... measures in South Africa as it grapples with COVID-19 restrictions.

Article 2/10 of "Corona Chronicles: 18 May – 22 May"

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Virus Outbreak Burundi

pandemic polls

Burundi: WHO reps expelled ahead of polls set to go, despite COVID-19

Burundi expelled World Health Organisation (WHO) representatives in the country and warned election observers from the region that they would ... have to go into quarantine for 14 days upon arrival.

Article 8/10 of "Corona Chronicles: 18 May – 22 May"

Tanzania President and Drama

COVID complications

Coronavirus: Tanzania’s handling of pandemic raises eyebrows

With just months to go to the end of his first term, Tanzania's president John P. Magufuli is making global headlines once again, as his administration ... continues its somewhat questionable approach to controlling COVID-19 within its borders.

Article 3/10 of "Corona Chronicles: 10 May – 15 May"

Lasting Unicorn?

Interswitch to extend Verve card use in Africa to up unicorn status

The COVID-19 pandemic gives Interswitch the opportunity to extend use of its Verve debit card into new African markets, CEO Mitchell Elegbe tells ... The Africa Report.

A pupil sits inside a classroom ahead of the primary school final national examinations at Kiboro Primary school along Juja road in Nairobi

profiting from education

IFC to freeze investment to for-profit education: small win in a long fight

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) announces a shift in education strategy that acknowledges the voices of the most marginalized. ...

Talking Africa Podcast

Coronavirus: Easing the lockdown – Johannesburg, Nairobi and Lagos

A week is a long time in a global pandemic. ...

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