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Coronavirus

It’s all about the (vaccine) money

Big Pharma failing to share coronavirus vaccine know-how with Africa

Despite numerous pleas for equitable access to Covid-19 vaccines, large laboratories have still not budged, according to NGOs and international ... institutions.

Cold Chain

South Africa: Renergen pioneers cold storage solution for coronavirus vaccine transport

South Africa’s emerging natural gas and helium producer Renergen is branching out into cold storage solutions for covid vaccine transportation. ...

medical independence

Morocco-Egypt vs South Africa-Nigeria: A race for vaccines on the continent

While African nations are mobilising to manufacture vaccines locally, industrial capacity is uneven and negotiations with pharmaceutical giants ... such as Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer-BioNTech remain opaque.

Equity Bank's Chief Executive Officer James Mwangi is seen during a Reuters interview in Nairobi

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Equity Group sees positive DRC contribution from second half, Mwangi says

Equity Group expects its BCDC operation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to make a “significant” contribution to group profitability ... from the second half of this year, CEO James Mwangi tells The Africa Report.

Coronavirus top stories

Cold Chain

South Africa: Renergen pioneers cold storage solution for coronavirus vaccine transport

medical independence

Morocco-Egypt vs South Africa-Nigeria: A race for vaccines on the continent

Equity Bank's Chief Executive Officer James Mwangi is seen during a Reuters interview in Nairobi

page turned

Equity Group sees positive DRC contribution from second half, Mwangi says

Cold Chain

South Africa: Renergen pioneers cold storage solution for coronavirus vaccine transport

medical independence

Morocco-Egypt vs South Africa-Nigeria: A race for vaccines on the continent

Equity Bank's Chief Executive Officer James Mwangi is seen during a Reuters interview in Nairobi

page turned

Equity Group sees positive DRC contribution from second half, Mwangi says

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independent check

Cameroon’s ‘Covidgate’: IMF calls for audit of mismanaged Covid funds

A report from Cameroon’s Audit Chamber of the Supreme Court reveals some irregularities over its handling of funds allocated for the Covid-19 ... crisis, but the IMF says it is not satisfied with those findings.

grumbles growing

President João Lourenço’s mission impossible: Fixing Angola’s economy

Elected president in 2017 on the promise of delivering an economic miracle, João Lourenço has faced challenges with regard to debt, privatisation, ... Covid-19. Not to mention intense criticism, even from within his own political party.

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human weakness

Uganda Airlines stalling due to scandals and mismanagement

Barely two years old, Uganda Airlines launched a few months before the coronavirus grounded flights worldwide. But insiders say the current malaise ... runs far deeper, with allegations of nepotism and corruption prompting experts to worry the same fate awaits this latest iteration of Uganda Airlines as hit it predecessor. Can the government pull up before its too late?

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E-commerce Strategy

South Africa’s Zulzi seeks funds to expand dark store network

South African grocery delivery marketplace Zulzi is seeking to raise 100m rand ($7m) to extend its network of “dark stores” nationwide, CEO ... Vutlharhi Valoyi tells The Africa Report.

Baby steps

Are African banks ready to take on the trade-finance market?

Pan-African groups, especially Moroccan ones, are beginning – little by little – to gain a share of the trade-finance market. They are gradually ... becoming more influential as they invest in financial inclusion, support entrepreneurs and take up digital innovations.

pandemic priorities

Tanzania: President Hassan makes a post-Magufuli U-turn on Covid response and vaccines

The government of Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan has turned a page on the Covid-denialist policies of the late former president John ... Mugufuli by launching a national task force, which is recommending the country purchase vaccines and cooperated with the World Health Organisation (WHO) by publishing statistics and taking other measures.

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