The first Covid-19 vaccination campaign in Africa kicked off in Ivory Coast on Monday with the administration of doses from… Read More
Africa will be paying more for Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine than it is for Oxford/AstraZeneca, Novavax, and other ‘western’… Read More
Nigeria will get 4 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine next week in the first tranche of Covax facility consignment to… Read More
Ghana this week became the first African country to receive a shipment of coronavirus vaccines through the World Health Organisation’s… Read More
Before the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic stalled learning for students in Nigeria, the nation’s education system was facing an epidemic of… Read More
Standard Bank has been recognised among the top banks globally in its efforts to provide relief to local small and… Read More
The United Kingdom said Sunday that it had reached its goal of giving at least one Covid-19 vaccine shot to… Read More
Whereas rich countries aim to vaccinate most people by the middle of this year, John Nkengasong, the head of Africa… Read More
A drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, tocilizumab, could reduce the number of deaths from the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) disease… Read More
The move by South Africa to trade the AstraZeneca jab comes as the government tries to tame the fast-spreading variant.… Read More
American drugmaker Pfizer has said it plans to reduce the amount of time it takes to produce a batch of… Read More
The world’s food systems endured numerous shocks in 2020, from economic impacts on producers and consumers to desert locust swarms… Read More