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Farmers hit hard by the effects of tropical storms Ida and Grace in August are to receive support from the Ministry of Agriculture to purchase seeds and other inputs such as pesticides to get back into full production. Agriculture Minister Audley...
A November 26 letter from the presidency asked the head of Uganda's national drug authority to 'work out a mechanism' to clear the importation of the vaccines.
China has about five COVID-19 vaccine candidates at different levels of trials. It was not clear what vaccine was being imported into Uganda.
One of the frontrunners is the Sinopharm vaccine developed by the Beijing Institute of Biological Product, a unit of Sinopharm’s China National Biotec Group (CNBG).
On Wednesday, the United Arab Emirates said the vaccine has 86% efficacy, citing an interim analysis of late-stage clinical trials.
China has used the drug to vaccinate up to a million people under its emergency use program.
On Tuesday, Morocco said it was ordering up to 10 million doses of the vaccine.
Record cases
Uganda on Monday registered 701 new COVID-19 cases, the highest-ever daily increase, bringing its national count to 23,200.
The new cases were out of the 5,578 samples tested for the novel coronavirus over the past 24 hours, the country's health ministry said in a statement.
Tuesday's tally was 606, the second-highest ever number of new infections, bringing the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the east African country to 23,860.
Health authorities have blamed ongoing election campaigns which have drawn huge crowds for the rise in infections.
'NO child is going to be abandoned twice' is the promise Monsignor Gregory Ramkissoon, founder of Mustard Seed Communities which he established in 1978, has given to more than 500 of the nation's most vulnerable children.
[Monitor] A source at Mulago National Referral Hospital has revealed that the facility is facing a crisis of oxygen supply for patients in Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, on Wednesday handed over conditional ownership for water harvesting infrastructure to 12 water user (farming) groups in seven parishes across the island.\tThese include reservoirs, catchment and...
For thousands of Ethiopians who have fled fighting in the Tigray region to Sudan, this year’s Coptic Christmas on January 7 is a sombre celebration. There will be little feasting for those living hand-to-mouth in the crowded Um Raquba refugee camp.
THE relationship between the two countries — Zimbabwe and China — has been strategic as they have engaged in a number of bilateral agreements which have helped strengthen their different economies. Letwin Mapaike Zimbabwe, which once benefited from loans from the International Monetary Fund under the Bretton Woods system and failed to pay back, has since looked east and is now benefiting from Chinese grants, “cheap loans”, investments and aid. China in turn is benefiting from the rich natural resources in Zimbabwe to increase production in its motherland like gold, chrome, diamonds and platinum. The “Look East Policy” was built on the basis of commitment to each other to protect and shield each other against Western authoritarian aggression and brutality. China has always acted as an important pillar in protecting Zimbabwe in the International arena against Western dominance. The two countries have managed to sail through the best and worst economic times in their mutual friendship from military prowess offered by Beijing dating back from the 1970s to economic and social aid. Although China says it has no political ambition in Africa, former South Africa President Thabo Mbeki has stressed that Africa, if not cautious, risked becoming an economic colony. At a fifth plenum held in October 2020, top officials and delegates of the Communist Party of China drafted a five-year economic plan for the years 2021 to 2025. This funding is meant to secure and advance national security interests, use market restrictions and its one belt, one road global network to create unfettered Chinese supply chains. They also plan to design a bank to influence global finance. Zimbabwe as well has marshalled a roadmap which encompasses Transitional Stabilisation Programme aimed at dealing with fiscal consolidation, external sector balance and exchange rate stability. China is still willing to offer more loans to Zimbabwe to help resuscitate the southern African nation’s comatose economy. Zimbabwe recently came up with a successor economic revival document the National Development Strategy 1 and 2 whose goal is to achieve an empowered and prosperous upper-middle income society by 2030. This will be done through inclusive economic development to create wealth and job opportunities to benefit all Zimbabweans. Already China is benefiting as more than 35 Chinese local companies have been given business permits to operate in Zimbabwe. By so doing, China has created employment which is much sought after by Zimbabweans. China’s President Xi Jinpin is working hard to reduce tension in the trading sector by expanding markets which dates back to 2015 and secure supply chains which will open doors for free trade between China and other trading partners. China also firmly believes in the Silk Road primarily referring to the land routes connecting East Asia and Southeast Asia with South Asia, Persia, the Arabian Peninsula, East Africa and Southern Europe. The Silk Road derives its name from the lucrative trade in silk carried out along its length, beginni
THE availability, versatility and affordability of white rice has made it one of the most popular food items in the world, consumed by more than half of the world's population.On the other hand, the low amount of active and useful nutrients in it makes white rice one of the most controversial food items in the world.
Charles and Audrey Cousins celebrated their 51st wedding anniversary on September 13. The couple credits the longevity of their union to the enduring love and deep respect they have for each other, as well as their total understanding of each other...
A senior research analyst at the Jamaica Productivity Centre (JPC) is pitching agriculture and agro-processing as the best option to move the country’s economy into a position of sustained growth. Wendel Ivey told panellists at yesterday’s Jamaica...
[Premium Times] The online lectures are being conducted by adjunct lecturers.
[Monitor] By Irene Abalo Otto
IT is now a lot easier for residents of 12 infirmaries and two golden age homes across the island to stay in touch with their families who have been asked to stay away since March.On Wednesday Digicel presented each location with two smartphones each, part of a Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development drive to help families keep in touch, despite the physical distance that comes with fighting the novel coronavirus pandemic.
[Nation] Human activities at the Mchelelo Primate Reserve in Tana River County have driven two rare monkey species to the brink of extinction.
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The private agricultural investments approved by the Agricultural Investments Promotion Agency (French: APIA) dropped by 16.8% in terms of value, to 352.7 million dinars (MD) in the first ten months of 2020 compared to the same period in 2019, according to the latest statistics published by the agency.
Many South Florida farmers are still picking up the pieces after Tropical Storm Eta destroyed 80 percent of their crops. Millie Green is a farmer from
A days-old hunt for an elderly man accused of molesting a seven-year-old girl in a small farming St James community, which The Gleaner is choosing not to name, is under way with the police vowing to search “every inch of this parish” to find him....
[The Conversation Africa] Imagine being a potato farmer in Ethiopia, Kenya or Nigeria. On a small piece of land, which you depend on for food and income, you have spent months planting, weeding and watering. Up to twice a week, you manually spray your field, sometimes with limited equipment, or hire someone to do it, spending much of your income on fungicides to avoid crop diseases.
During a year that can be described as tumultuous, to say the least, 2020 did bring several reasons for members of the Prairie View A&M University family to celebrate—well over 60 million reasons, in fact. Thanks in large part to the leadership brought by PVAMU's president Dr. Ruth J. Simmons, Texas’ oldest HBCU has seen […]
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COLOMBO - Sri Lanka's plan to boost exports of treacle of palmyra and indigenous kithul has encountered a major hurdle in lack of workforce. Communities that were engaged in extracting sap from trees have moved on to other professions and few know to convert the sap to treacle. 'Communities whose livelihoods used to be based on tapping and preparing the […]
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BY TATIRA ZWINOIRA CFI Holdings Limited (CHL) has delayed the publication of its abridged annual results due to COVID-19-related delays to its audit process. In a statement yesterday, CHL company secretary Panganayi Hare said the group was initially supposed to publish its abridged annual results for the year ended September 30, 2020 by December 31, 2020. “COVID-related issues resulted in a delayed start to the audit and its completion, necessitating a month’s extension to the finalisation processes. The financial results will now be published on or before the 31st of January 2021. The approval of the extension was granted by the ZSE,” Hare said. During the intended financial period yet to be reported, the country was still undergoing strict lockdown measures imposed in March 2020, which saw business operations disrupted and reduced along with consumer traffic. Government later eased the restrictions in the latter half of 2020. But, a second COVID-19 spike in recent weeks has seen the government bringing back stricter restrictions this week with stakeholders accusing it of not consulting them. In its half year report ended March 31, 2020, CHL projected that the third quarter would be severely impacted by the restrictions on human and economic activity arising from COVID-19 restrictions. At the time, CHL said: “We hope this will ease in the event that lockdown restrictions are either softened or lifted altogether in the last quarter of the financial year.” As such, CHL’s full year performance is expected to be affected by COVID-19 restrictions while the group also warned of negative effects of hyperinflation, an unstable exchange rate, limited availability of foreign currency in the formal banking channels and drought. In CHL’s full year performance ended September 30, 2019, before COVID-19, the group’s inflation-adjusted turnover for the year increased by 25,2% to $347,8 million from $277,9 million in the previous period. From this amount, retail operations contributed 98% compared to 95% in 2018 while farming operations contributed 2% compared to 2018’s –5% to the total turnover. “The group operating profit improved by 141,3%, from $20,2 million in the prior period to $43,2 million. The improvement was a result of the increased merchandise volumes in retail and enhanced cost-containment efforts. The Group incurred financing mark-to-market costs of $38.9 million arising from the loan raised to finance the exit of entities from judicial management,” CHL said at the time. “The group recorded a profit before tax of $44,4 million against a profit before tax of $18,4million in the prior year. Entities under judicial management posted a profit before tax of $144 million against losses of $4,1 million incurred in the prior year.” In terms of liquidity, at the end of the 2019 year, CHL had a current ratio of 2,57 showing the group was liquid to cover any liabilities in the 2020 financial year. l Follow Tatira on Twitter @tati_tatira
In the midst of the holidays, as Christmas decorations go up, so does the rate of COVID-19 infections. L.A County health officials are seeing their early holiday predications coming to light after Thanksgiving, as many visited with others outside their residences. The result has sent L.A. County into stricter Stay-At- Home order guidelines.
The post Stay-At-Home Order Keeps Public Home Amid COVID-19 Surge appeared first on Los Angeles Sentinel.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries should stop with immediate effect the issuance of chicken back and neck import permits under current arrangements, the Integrity Commission has recommended in a damning report. The report, tabled in the...
[New Zimbabwe] MINES Minister Winston Chitando is caught up in a controversial saga with a local businessman Yakub Ibrahim Mahomed who is accusing the senior government official of seizing eight \"juicy\" gold rich mining claims in Mberengwa, Midlands province.
The Ministry of Education says no student or staff at the pilot schools reopened for the facilitation of face-to-face learning has been identified with signs or symptoms of COVID-19 or has tested positive for the virus.\tIt says this based on...
The SAPS CFO, who was responsible for the Secret Service Account (SSA), was convicted of corruption valued at over R200 000.
The wave of farmers market which flooded the country in the first quarter of the country, including innovations such as the Drive-Thru Farmers’ Market at the Agricultural Marketing Corporation (AMC) at 188 Spanish Town Road, has practically dried...
Rwanda has deployed troops to the Central African Republic, where its soldiers serving in the UN peacekeeping force have been targeted by rebels, the defence ministry in Kigali said.
Kenya may select the Oxford-AstraZeneca Plc Covid-19 vaccine because it doesn’t require complex cold storage, unlike those of Pfizer Inc. and Moderna Inc., according to a health ministry official. Firm orders from the U.S. and EU for the latter two inoculations are in place until 2022, which could lead to delays, said Rashid Aman, chief administrative secretary in the health department. Kenya wants to secure quick access to a vaccine as its health system is stretched by the virus, with doctors threatening to join other medical workers in a nationwide strike over working conditions. The AstraZeneca vaccine “seems to be more appropriate for our situation in Africa because it can be stored at temperatures” of other primary vaccines, Aman told reporters. Kenya is open to “take on any vaccine that we are satisfied would be able to protect our people,” he said. Clinical testing of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is continuing, with participants from Kenya and South Africa taking part in the global trials. Nurses and clinical officers in Kenya started a strike on Monday in protest at poor working conditions such as lack of protective clothing, and non-payment of risk-allowances. The labor ministry convened a meeting to address the health workers’ demands, Peterson Wachira, chairman of the Kenya Union of Clinical Officers, said by phone. Doctors postponed postponed their planned industrial action by a fortnight to allow for more talks. Kenya has 89,100 confirmed cases of Covid-19 and 1,545 fatalities as at Dec. 8, according to the Ministry of Health. -Bloomberg
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The Mocha Arcadia Multi-Purpose Agricultural Co-operative Society (MAMPA) will be hosting the village’s first Market Day on Sunday from 6am.
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