Health

By YANGE IKYAA A new project of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), which was launched recently has been designed to empower as many as two million young...

Exactly one year ago, on the 27th of February 2020, Nigeria detected her first case of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). This was the first reported case in Sub-Saharan Africa....

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has extended an Official Development Assistance loan of up to 30 billion Japanese yen ($289 million) to support Mauritius’ response to the Covid-19 pandemic...

By YANGE IKYAA The Heineken Africa Foundation, WaterAid Nigeria, civil society organizations and the government have celebrated a seven-month project that expanded hygiene access for marginalized and vulnerable communities in...

The Republic of Ghana has received its first consignment of Covid-19 vaccine, Pascal Soriot, chief executive officer of AstraZeneca, has said. AstraZeneca is a global, science-led biopharmaceutical company that focuses...

Red Cross teams in Guinea and across West Africa are ramping up response efforts to contain a deadly Ebola outbreak, as volunteers in Guinea, Liberia, Côte d’Ivoire, Mali, Senegal and...

Nestlé Côte d’Ivoire, Nestlé Nigeria and their parent company, Nestlé Central and West Africa Region (CWA) Limited have been certified as top employers by the global authority on rewarding excellence...

West Africa’s largest carrier-neutral data centre and a fully owned subsidiary of MainOne is leading the way in reducing greenhouse gas emission in its quest to promote sustainable development. The...

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional arm of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), has signed a loan agreement of 73.6 billion...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Wednesday received a shipment of Covid-19 test kits and other medical supplies procured by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Valued at...