The Governing Council of the Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism -AFFM, has issued a call for greater action to secure adequate financing for the continent's fertilizer sector at its ninth meeting held recently. During the meeting, which was held virtually, and attended by 13 institutional members, the Council adopted the report on the year 2020 activities and endorsed a work program for 2021. The Council also commended AFFM's achievements, which include the formation of a partnership with Fertilizer group -OCP Africa-, aimed at improving access to quality inputs for 430,000 smallholder rice and maize farmers. To get some reaction on this, Khumbelo Munzhelele spoke to Dr Fadel Ndiame, Deputy President of The Alliance for Green Revolution for Africa -Otherwise known as -AGRA...

Green revolution

The UK Minister for Africa, James Duddridge says the integrated review will strive to position his country as a great partner in helping address some of the humanitarian challenges Africa faces, provide young girls with quality education as well as help get COVID-19 vaccines to the continent through the COVAX initiative. The document is a comprehensive articulation of the UK's national security and international policy. Among other things, it puts an emphasis on openness as a source of prosperity and places an increased determination on seeking multilateral solutions to challenges like climate change. Duddridge elaborates on what the Integrated Review is....

UK- Africa

Issues of sustainability are becoming very crucial to businesses. This is according to Industry Trend Analyst Dion Chang.He was speaking at a panel discussion hosted by Ricoffy in Johannesburg. The panel heard that COVID-19 has offered brands, especially those previously hesitant about jumping on the bandwagon due to expense, the opportunity for a do-over to instil sustainability holistically throughout their company. Chang says sustainability is quickly becoming a must do for most companies..

Brand sustainability

As countries marked International Womens Day *yesterday, The US Department of state announced the winners for the 15th International Women of Courage Awards. The annual award honors women who have demonstrated exceptional courage, strength, and leadership in acting to improve the lives of others. Since its inception, the US Department of state has recognized more than 155 remarkable women from over 75 countries around the world with the IWOC award. Three of the winners this year are from Africa. Maximilienne Ngo Mbe from Cameroon is one them.She is said to have demonstrated extraordinary leadership, courage, and perseverance through adversity in promoting human rights in Cameroon and Central Africa.

15th International Women of Courage Awards

After a year of disruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the path to recovery for the people of Ghana can finally begin. This is thanks to the arrival of some 600 000 COVID-19 vaccine doses shipped this week via the COVAX Facility. The shipment is part of an initial tranche of deliveries of the AstraZeneca / Oxford vaccine licensed to the Serum Institute of India, which represent part of the first wave of COVID vaccines headed to several low and middle-income countries. To discuss this further, Samora Mangesi spoke to Celestin Traore, UNICEF's Regional Immunization Advisor on the line from Dakar, Senegal..

600 000 COVID-19 vaccine doses arrive in Ghana

A new partnership that will seek to advance capacity building for equitable COVID-19 vaccine introduction around the world has been launched. This is thanks to a partnership between the University of New Mexico's Health Sciences Center's Project ECHO and the Country Readiness and Delivery Workstream, which is a collaboration of global health organizations led by the World Health Organization. To discuss this further, Tracey Boomgaard spoke to Dr Bruce Struminger, a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of New Mexico……

A partnership to advance capacity building for equitable COVID-19 vaccine launched

South Africa is this week observing National Pregnancy Awareness Week to strengthen pregnancy education and stress the important issues that promote a healthy pregnancy and safe motherhood. Paed-IQ Babyline, a telephonic-based, medical advice subscription service for caregivers to babies and children is shining the spotlight on the issue of miscarriage, which is often traumatic for many, but very hardly spoken about. Dr Iqbal Karbanee, who is the CEO of Paed-IQ Babyline discusses this further….

National Pregnancy Awareness Week kicks off in South Africa

Advocates and affected communities working towards the global scale-up of a short-course TB preventive therapy have hailed the recent announcement of the launch of what they say is a decently priced, patient-friendly fixed-dose combinations of FDC 3HP in five high burden HIV and TB countries. The news, made possible by a Unitaid-funded project comes at a time as communities grapple with the devastation wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic. To discuss this further, Tracey Boomgaard spoke to Lynette Mabote, Advocacy advisor with the Treatment Action Group ….

Tuberculosis Theraphy

South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu and his wife Leah have thrown their weight behind the covid-19 vaccine. Tutu has pledged that he will get vaccine as soon as one becomes available. In a statement released by the Tutu and Leah Legacy Foundation, they sympathised with the people whose lives have been destroyed by the virus. Channel Africas Nhlanhla Mahlangu reports.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu and wife throw their weight behind the Covid-19 vaccine

Simple, practical solutions could help bring an end to load-shedding and set Eskom on the path to successfully meeting its objective of effectively delivering electricity in South Africa. This is the thrust of the #PowerToThePeople campaign launched by the Institute of Race Relations, IRR, aimed at building public pressure on Minister of Energy Gwede Mantashe to consider a range of measures that have the potential to end load-shedding. More from Hermann Pretorius, IRR Head of Strategic Initiative.

Loadshedding Campaign Live

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