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Coronavirus

Vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Cairo

African-made vaccines

BioNTech to produce vaccines in Africa

The German laboratory BioNTech has announced that mobile production units for its Covid-19 vaccine will be shipped to Africa. In the long term, ... this solution would also enable the continent to better fight malaria and tuberculosis.

A woman receives a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine during a mass vaccination exercise at Wuse market in Abuja

health sovereignty

Africa’s health security requires strong African regulators

The Covid-19 pandemic has taught us many lessons about health security – not the least that, when health resources are scarce, African countries ... cannot necessarily rely on imports to protect their people.

Cooling towers are pictured at a coal-based power station owned by Eskom in Duhva

Clock Ticking

Coal consumption is on the rise, so South Africa must kickstart renewables, analysts say

Forecasts from the International Energy Agency (IEA) that South Africa’s coal consumption is set to increase show that not enough is being ... done to make the transition to renewable sources happen, analysts say.

follow the golden road

From Kampala to Dubai, Africa’s new gold routes

Gold is the ultimate safe haven, and its price has soared as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. After peaking at $66,000 in August 2020, a kilo ... of the yellow metal was trading at $58,000 on 1 February. This record surge, which has not been witnessed in more than a decade, has led to a global rush.

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fears revived

Should we stop making a fuss about African debt?

Article 1/5 of "Africa’s new debt deals"

Money Supply

Steve Hanke: African central banks have tools to beat stagflation, aren’t using them

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General, World Trade Organisation

free radical

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: ‘I hope the tensions won’t lead to World War III!’

fears revived

Should we stop making a fuss about African debt?

Money Supply

Steve Hanke: African central banks have tools to beat stagflation, aren’t using them

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General, World Trade Organisation

free radical

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: ‘I hope the tensions won’t lead to World War III!’

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I’m still standing

DRC: Has the economy made its comeback?

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which has a long history of poor economic performance, is recovering. Not only did it manage to avoid ... a recession in 2020, unlike most of its neighbours, but the IMF predicted comfortable growth that has even been revised upwards, to 5.4% instead of 4.9% for 2021, and 6.2% instead of 5.6% for 2022.

Combining forces

Ecobank: Francophone Africa operations close the gap with the Anglophone zone

Although Nigeria has been dethroned as the primary source of revenue for the pan-African banking group Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), ... the two clusters of French-speaking West Africa and English-speaking West Africa continued to contribute approximately 60% of profits in 2021.

RINGING CHANGES

Planned Vodafone Egypt acquisition strengthens Vodacom’s Africa vision

Vodacom Group has received minority shareholder backing to acquire a 55% stake in Vodafone Egypt for $2.7bn. The transaction furthers the group’s ... ambition of becoming one of Africa’s leading telecos. Dobek Pater, a telecoms analyst at Africa Analysis, tells The Africa Report that the Egyptian market could become to Vodacom what Nigeria has been for rival mobile operator, MTN.

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Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa arrive for bilateral talks in Harare

In the neighbourhood

South Africa/Zimbabwe: Migrants become political pawns as relationship sours

The relationship between Pretoria and Harare, which has been cordial for decades, is deteriorating. Migration, as ever, is high on the list of ... grievances.

Cloudy forecast

East Africa: Turbulence for Kenya Airways with regional rivalries and SAA tie-up?

The East African aviation industry, like its counterparts globally, is having a tumultuous pandemic period. Revenue losses and reduced passenger ... numbers due to Covid-19 travel restrictions as well as uncertainty have hit the aviation sector hard, pushing some to the brink of collapse. Kenya’s loss-making national carrier Kenya Airways has not been spared and is in the midst of a restructuring.

People walk up the stands at Olembe Stadium in Yaounde

Tragic loss

AFCON football stadium crush kills eight in Cameroon

A disaster in Cameroon yesterday left eight people dead and 38 injured in a stadium accident at the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) football ... tournament.

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