Month: January 2024

Today, the Government of Zimbabwe launched a vaccination campaign against cholera, in collaboration with UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO). The first cholera vaccines were administrated by the Health and Child Care Honorable Minister Dr Douglas Mombeshora during an event in Kuwadzana, one of the most affected areas of the current cholera outbreak, in the presence of Dr Tajudeen Oyewale, UNICEF Representative, and Professor Jean-Marie Dangou, WHO Country Representative. […]

Stephen Omondi Odhiambo signs the word “HEN” to his wife, Dorah Akungu, and she immediately understands. By fingerspelling words, Stephen has taught her, his family and close friends the signs for the most commonly used words and now they communicate fluidly. Stephen himself had to learn sign language in school at the age of seven, when an illness caused problems in his ears. Despite prolonged hospitalization, he ultimately lost his […]

African Prosperity Network (APN) awarded Prof. Benedict Oramah, President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of African Export and Import Bank (www.Afreximbank.com) (Afreximbank or “the Bank”) with the Financial Leadership Award at their African Prosperity Dialogue gala dinner held on January 26, 2024. The Leadership Awards is an initiative of the African Prosperity Network that seeks to recognise and celebrate Africans making transformational impacts in the financial services industry […]

The U.S. government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is pleased to announce significant progress in helping Mozambicans affected by cyclones and floods.  USAID’s Deputy Administrator Isobel Coleman visited today the city of Dondo, Sofala Province, a community that Cyclone Idai ravaged almost five years ago, to emphasize the U.S. Government’s determination to help Mozambicans confront disasters and emerge stronger, healthier, and safer.  Immediately after Idai in […]