Jan Kubis

Outdated borders, grounded dreams: Africa risks losing $80B despite aviation growth

Despite Africa’s burgeoning tech sector and ambitious continental trade plans, outdated border systems and restrictive visa policies are poised to cost the continent an estimated $80 billion in lost economic potential over the next decade. According to a recent report from the International Air Transport Association (IATA), Africa’s aviation growth is being stunted by paper-based […]

First batch of Chinese vaccine arrives in Morocco

Morocco received the first batch of China’s Sinopharm vaccine as it plans to vaccinate 25 million people, Moroccan media reported. Moroccan health minister Khaled Ait Taleb had said that Morocco ordered 65 million doses, 25 million from the UK’s AstraZeneca and 40 from Sinopharm. King Mohammed VI had given directives for the campaign to start […]

Burkina Faso bans French television “LCI” for three months

Burkina Faso’s media regulator, CSC, has suspended for three months French television “LCI” for airing wrong information on the security situation in the West African country struggling with terrorism. The decision came following popular show known as “24h Pujadas, l’info en question” in which the regulator accused the journalist Abnousse Shalmani of making false and […]