(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Bank (AfDB) has partnered with the University of Oxford to provide training on sustainable finance for up to 1,000 public and third sector workers from across Africa. The University of Oxford’s Public and Third Sector Academy for Sustainable Finance (P3SA) is a global center of learning and capacity building. It […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – South Africa’s government has expressed disapproval of a US alert warning of a possible terrorist attack in the former. President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa at a press conference on Thursday described as unfortunate the alert issued by the US which he said was done without consulting the South African government. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The first formal peace talks aimed at ending two years of war between the Ethiopian army and forces from the country’s northern region of Tigray started in South Africa on Tuesday and will end on Sunday, the South African government said. At stake is an opportunity to end a conflict that has […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The prison sentence of beleaguered ex-South African President Jacob Zuma officially ended on Friday, with correctional services saying he had been released from their system having served only part of his term behind bars. The former Head of State was jailed for 15 months for contempt of court in July last year […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) has become Africa’s fifth country, alongside Nigeria, Tanzania, Ghana and Egypt, to become an “ML III” (the third of four levels in the WHO’s classification} for vaccines. Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa made this known in a statement issued by the world […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Miss South Africa, Lalela Mswane has announced the launch of her mentorship programme, which is aimed at empowering young girls in the country. The ex-beauty queen said the programme will be facilitated by Lalela Foundation, which she founded in 2019 with the aim to assist and create opportunities for children without […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rikhado “Riky Rick” Makhado will be honoured posthumously at upcoming BET HipHop Awards ceremony to be hosted by Grammy-nominated recording artist, actor, entrepreneur, and media personality, Fat Joe on October 5. The South African entrepreneur, rapper, and fashion Icon, Riky Rick who passed on recently due to mental health struggles, will be […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Uganda health ministry on Tuesday announced that the deadly Ebola virus has broken out in the central part of the country. According to local authorities, a person was admitted at Mubende regional referral hospital on Sept. 15 after presenting Ebola symptoms and died on Sept. 19. The authorities said six other deaths […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Bank (AfDB), has issued a 200 million South African rand (ZAR), 1-year Green Bond which will be due September 2023. The bond, which pays a coupon of 6.90 percent, was arranged by Daiwa Capital Markets Europe and sold in a Private Placement format to a single Japanese institutional investor, Sony […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – South Africa and the European Union (EU) have agreed to collaborate in organizing events and expert level exchanges on a number of specific issues, including gender equality, business and human rights and the right to development. The agreement was reached at the 7th EU-South Africa Structured Dialogue Forum on Human Rights which […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The UN says no fewer than 173 civilians have been killed in South Sudan for a four-month period of violence while human rights violations is reported committed in Unity State. As fighting continues in South Sudan, a new UN report released on Tuesday documents 173 civilian deaths over a four-month period along […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The South Africa Tourism (SAT) says the country’s e-visa procurement portal has begun operations. Nomasonto Ndlovu, Chief Operating Officer, SAT, said this on Thursday during the country’s roadshow programme held in Lagos. Ndlovu said that applicants could submit their documents via the e-visa procurement portal, www.dha.gov.za, for processing and acquisition of their […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Zambian Minister of Commerce and Industry, Mr. Chipoka Mulenga, has sought the assistance of the President, Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote in the development of his country’s agricultural sector. Chipoka Mulenga, who led a delegation from Zambia on tour of the 3.00 million metric tonnes Dangote Fertiliser plant at the weekend, called […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – South African health department on Wednesday appealed to citizens to overcome religious and cultural influences hindering donations of organs correctly. Foster Mohale, the spokesperson for the department said around 2,780 people were waiting for organ donations at present and transplants in the country, the organs included kidneys, livers, hearts and lungs. In […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rwanda is set to conduct the fifth Population and Housing Census from Aug. 16 to 30, a government official said. All required preparations had been put in place for a seamless census, Venant Habarugira, director of the Censuses Department, at the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR), told Xinhua. “Various census […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – South African police minister Bheki Cele said on Monday that the police discovered more than 130 empty cartridges of AK47 at the scene of Sunday’s random shooting in Johannesburg, where 15 people were killed and eight people injured. This means the assailants meant “business of killing,” he told community members and media […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least, 17 young people were found dead at a nightclub in a township in South Africa’s southern city of East London on Sunday, police said. “We got a report of about 17 people that died in a local tavern in Scenery Park, which is based in East London,” a Provincial Police […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Namibia and Germany signed a Financial Cooperation Agreement that would see the latter providing about 170 million U.S. dollars in a loan on favorable terms to support economic development in Namibia. This is disclosed in a joint statement by the two governments on Friday. According to the statement, the loans will be […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has called for an immediate ceasefire in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where fighting has led to the loss of lives and property. Kenyatta, the co-convener of the Inter-Congolese consultations under the Nairobi Process, urged all armed groups, both foreign and local, to lay down arms […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa, on Thursday suspended the country’s anti-corruption chief Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane with immediate effect. “The Constitution provides that the President may suspend the Public Protector (or any member of a Chapter 9 institution) at any time after the start of proceedings by a committee of the National Assembly […]