Month: October 2024

 Orange Middle East and Africa (OMEA) (www.Orange.com) and Mastercard have announced a strategic partnership to expand access to mobile financial services across Sub-Saharan Africa. This collaboration, one of the largest of its kind in the region, is set to enable millions of Orange Money wallet holders to access digital payments through Mastercard’s global network of merchants by 2025. The partnership will be rolled out in seven countries including Cameroon, Central African Republic, […]

 Network International (Network) (www.Network.ae), a leading enabler of digital commerce in the Middle East and Africa (MEA), and leading global digital payment and financial technology provider Ant International, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore extension of innovative digital payment solutions to businesses in the Middle East and Africa, driving digital transformation and financial inclusion in the region. The ceremony was witnessed by H.E. Jamal Abdulla AlSuwaidi, the Ambassador […]

 As the rainy season continues in South Sudan, rising water levels in Fangak, a county in Jonglei state that lies adjacent to the White Nile, have caused concern among local authorities and communities residing here. Following recent heavy downpours here, a delegation from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) visited the area to assist in putting flood mitigation measures in place. “The South Sudanese government alongside international partners has begun […]

 The President of the Republic of Liberia, His Excellency Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., has on behalf of the Government and People of Liberia and in his own name extended warm congratulations to the Government and people of the Republic of Türkiye on the occasion marking the celebration of that country National Day on October 29, 2024. According to a Foreign Ministry release, President Boakai stressed that as Liberians join in the celebration of […]

 The Ministry of Agriculture, in collaboration with the International Atomic Energy Agency, organized a training session focused on the maintenance and calibration of the national animal and plant health laboratory. The goal is to combat livestock and crop diseases effectively. The training, conducted in Asmara from 14 to 25 October, was attended by laboratory experts from Eritrea, Benin, Central African Republic, Eswatini, Libya, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Sierra Leone, and Seychelles. […]

 Logging licences will no longer be issued in an opaque manner, President William Ruto has announced. Instead, the President has directed that this should from now on be done through open and public tendering. This way, Kenyans will get value for forest resources, while transparency will develop the capacity of local industry to utilise them and boost job creation, he said. “To make sure that we exploit our forest resources […]

 Continuous rainfall and floods in South Sudan’s Eastern Equatoria state have led to a sharp increase in disease. Stagnating pools of flood water creates ideal breeding grounds for mosquitoes, significantly raising instances of malaria among children and pregnant women. This, in turn, has resulted in increased cases of anemia among communities residing here. To tackle the growing health crisis, the state Ministry of Health and partners are focusing on boosting […]