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Healthtech: 3 Moroccan startups win Gates Foundation funding

Moroccan companies DeepEcho, Medevice and Sorbus are among the winners of grants awarded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support African health innovators seeking to optimize supply chains, improve access to medicines and advance towards universal health coverage. Twenty-seven other healthtech start-ups have been selected to benefit from a $7 million program (i3) […]

Morocco maintains aid for worst-hit sectors by pandemic until June

A Moroccan economic monitoring committee (CVE) decided to maintain aid to workers in sectors most hit by the pandemic until June. This financial aid benefits 102,000 workers in sectors handicapped by the Covid-19 outbreak, notably tourism, catering, events and other services whose normal activity halted due to the restrictive measures to contain the virus. These […]

Uganda’s democracy tested as military trial of opposition leader sparks outcry

In Uganda’s tense political atmosphere, a landmark Supreme Court ruling has become the latest flashpoint in the case of Kizza Besigye, the opposition leader facing possible death penalty charges in a military court. The ruling, which declared civilian trials by military tribunals unconstitutional, has energized opposition figures demanding his immediate release. Besigye’s journey from disappeared […]