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The Moroccan Association for Advanced Sciences, Innovation and Research (MASCIR) will soon put on the market the first African-manufactured kits to diagnose breast cancer and leukaemia, a move that will cut costs and waiting times for patients in Morocco and the wider African continents, wrote the UK newspaper the Guardian. “The price of the kit […]
Inflation constitutes one of the major economic problems all across Africa, with the food prices in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and South Africa continuing to rise significantly and with the Senegalese government announcing a rise in fuel and electricity prices starting from Saturday January 7. In its latest update on food inflation, the […]
In 2023, some of Africa’s major economies are expected to suffer from the ongoing impacts of the Russia-Ukraine war, runaway food price inflation and the tailwinds of the Covid-19 pandemic that caused enormous economic disruption, but experts say that although these negative factors are likely to spill over into this new year, Kenya and Senegal […]
African politics: the promise and peril of key elections in 2023 African politics and democracy will likely see a busy 2023 year, as many of its countries, notably Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe, Liberia, Gabon and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), will hold high-stakes elections. The February general election in Nigeria has raised a great deal […]
Morocco, Egypt, South Africa, Mauritius, and Tunisia are Africa’s most industrialized economies but it is the other countries, which have improved the most over the past 10 years, that have made the greatest efforts to move away from economic dependence on extractives toward value-adding sectors. The countries that showed the greatest progress over the past […]
Morocco’s Royal Football Federation (FRMF) told the Confederation of African Football that the national team could boycott the Africa U23 Cup of Nations if the national team is not allowed to have a direct flight to Algeria. Algeria has closed its airspace to all Moroccan flights adding to borders which it has kept closed since […]
Dutch King Willem-Alexander welcomed the government’s apology for the Netherlands’ role in 250 years of slavery in his Christmas address on Sunday (25 December), saying it was the “start of a long journey.” The official apology was made Monday Dec. 19 by Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte who responded to recommendations from a panel of […]
Africa accounts for only 2.4% of global Gross Domestic Products (GDP), although the continent has approximately 30% of the earth’s remaining mineral resources, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) revealed last week. Despite Africa’s disproportionately low share of the global GDP, the continent has the largest reserves of precious metals with over 40% of […]
The West and China should seek deeper cooperation over Africa’s debt conundrum in 2023, without which many countries on the continent will face debt distress and defaults, a new research paper by Chatham House warns. The report warns that although China’s lending to Africa did not cause the current African debt distress in most cases […]
Immigration restrictions between citizens of East African Community (EAC) member states could derail the efforts by the bloc to align with the continental free trade policies, according to new data prepared by the African Development Bank (AfDB). The report released by the AfDB and African Union Commission on Sunday shows that while the EAC is […]