Month: June 2022

Want Your Favourite Artists To Keep Creating Authentic Content? Support Them Directly

“Yeah, they’re great but they were so much better before they sold out.” Whether it’s a formerly independent musician who’s signed to a major record label or an underground mural artist that’s started taking on corporate commissions, it’s a sentiment we’re all familiar with (and may even have expressed one point or another). It’s understandable …

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The Foundations Of Youth Empowerment: Education And Employment – IYF’s Skills Development Initiatives Cultivate Youth Potential

The International Youth Foundation (IYF) has developed internationally benchmarked and effective programmes that address youth employability challenges by providing sustainable opportunities for Africa’s youth. Driven by the idea of active and inclusive learning, IYF’s Skills for Life programme, supported by the Embassy of Ireland and the De Beers Group, is dedicated to providing foundational interpersonal …

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African Sovereign Funds Sign Deal To Boost Investment In Africa

Conscious of the importance of mobilizing international capital to finance the future growth of the continent, a dozen African sovereign wealth funds and investors have come together at the initiative of Ithmar Capital, to create Africa Sovereign Investors Forum (ASIF), a platform dedicated to project development and investment promotion. ASIF promotes collective and concerted action …

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Ecommerce, Payments And Realising The Potential Of The African Continental Free Trade Area

What are the realities facing Africa’s boldest growth opportunity? After six years of planning, strategy and coordination, and now just 16 months since its inception, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) has the weight of the continent resting on its shoulders. AfCFTA will cover a market of 1.3 billion people and a gross domestic …

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Shift Towards Domestic Tourism a Game Changer in Post-Covid-19 Recovery

By Wayne Godwin For decades, tourism has remained a major contributor to the GDP of African economies. In 2019, the industry accounted for about seven percent of Africa’s GDP and contributed $169 billion to its economy—about the size of Côte d’Ivoire’s and Kenya’s combined GDP. But the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic changed all that. …

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Delivering On The Promise: Why We Must End Malaria And Neglected Tropical Diseases

By Yacine Djibo, founder and executive director of Speak Up Africa, a nonprofit based in Dakar, Senegal, focused on public health and development in Africa. Nobel Peace Prize winner, Kailash Satyarthi once said: “…In a globalized world, you cannot live in isolation; all the problems and solutions are interconnected …” Health challenges, like many others …

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BRIM NPHCDA BRIEF

On 26th May 2022, the African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET) team paid an advocacy visit to the leadership of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA)to introduce the project titled “Building a Resilient Infection Prevention and Control Program in Nigeria through comprehensive Multi-level interventions (BRIM)”. The BRIM project, the phase III of the Health Care Capacity Building Programme, …

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AFENET CONDUCTS THE SECOND COHORT OF THE FRONTLINE MALARIA SHORT COURSE

Between 23rd – 27th of May 2022, the African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET) in conjunction with the United States President’s Malaria Initiative and the National Malaria Elimination Programme, (NMEP) successfully conducted the first cluster of the Frontline Malaria Short Course for Cohort Two Residents. Topics taught in the cluster include Basic malariology, Epidemiology of malaria, …

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‘Quality of Ghana’s water resources generally unhealthy’

She, however, explained that the extent of deterioration varied according to the river system and river basin. Ms. Dapaah said these on the floor of Parliament, in Accra, yesterday, in an answer to a question asked of her by the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kwesimintsim, Dr Prince Hamidu Armah, who wanted to know the …

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