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Here’s why startup funding in the Maghreb ecosystem is low | TechCabal

The Magregion has several problems that, if not resolved soon, may not only continue to shrink the potential of its burgeoning startup sector but could bury it completely.

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United Nations members are scheduled to vote today for new non-permanent members of the Security Council in a race that could test future relations of Kenya and

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The South Africa-hosted Fifa World Cup was supposed to be the moment in which African football teams finally came

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East Africa: There's a Hole in Region's Use of Treated Bed Nets - Study

[East African] East Africa is reporting mixed results in its use of and access to insecticide-treated bed nets (ITNs), which have been crucial in the fight against malaria infections since the 1990s.

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China sees third force in huge outcry over its Zim activities - The Zimbabwe Independent

Chinese businesses, facing tremendous pressure across African countries to review their attitude towards key issues like environmental protection and workers’ rights, have recently come under pressure in Zimbabwe, where they face resource plunder

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guest column:Mills Soko THE remarkable economic transformation of Asia in recent decades has attracted global attention. It has ignited scholarly and policy debates about the region’s development models and strategies. African policymakers have not been immune to the worldwide fascination with the

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Africa: Kagame - Donations Insufficient, Africa Needs to Produce Vaccines

[East African] Covid-19 vaccine donations will not cut it for Africa, and the continent needs to be serious about setting up vaccine manufacturing plants so as to end reliance on the West, Rwandan President Paul Kagame has said.

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Dine & Design Offers a Safe Group Activity During COVID-19

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Africa: West Africa Takes Tentative Steps to Re-Open Region After COVID-19 Crisis

West African countries that had imposed travel restrictions to combat the spread of Covid-19 are contemplating coordinating efforts to allow travelers from countries within the region to enter to conduct cross-border

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Tanzania: President Suluhu's Advise to Tanzania and Kenya's Traders

[Daily News] Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan has urged business communities from Tanzania and Kenya to establish business relationships which will enable them to unleash opportunities available in the two East African countries.

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Africa: What Developing Countries Can Teach Us About How to Respond to a Pandemic

Analysis - Nine months into the pandemic, Europe remains one of the regions worst affected by COVID-19. Ten of the 20 countries with the highest death count per million people are European. The other ten are in the Americas. This includes the US, which has the highest number of confirmed cases and

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Africa's Lack of Vaccine Trial Capacity is a Global Health Risk. It's Time for our Governments to Act

[The Aspen Institute] As new COVID-19 variants cause spikes in COVID cases across the continent with cases and deaths increasing by almost 40% in the past week - the acute imbalance in vaccine access across the world is on full display. Thankfully, governments and funders are responding. The WHO

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Chad takes delivery of Madagascar virus cure, COVID-Organics

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(1965) Malcolm X, “Speech at Ford Auditorium”

On February 13, 1965, Malcolm Xs home in New York City was bombed. He and his family were not hurt and he decided to keep a longstanding speaking commitment at Detroit, arriving the next day to give the presentation below. This proved however to be his last public appearance. One week later on

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African Continental Free Trade Area - a Pipe Dream or Silver Bullet?

[Daily Maverick] Trade within Africa is of better quality than its trade with the rest of the world. The African Continental Free Trade Area can potentially help African countries transform by expanding domestic productive capacity, enabling them to move up the value chain and diversify local and

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Prisoners Released Early Due To Covid-19 Struggle To Fit In Society – Free Press of Jacksonville

HARARE, Zimbabwe — Two years ago, Richard Mutende, 33, was arrested and charged with marijuana possession and sentenced to serve three years in jail at the Chikurubi Prison, a maximum-security facility on the outskirts of Harare, Zimbabwe’s capital.

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Africa's Leap to Clean Energy Seen Needing Policy Change, Investment

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Study predicts that fossil fuels will still account for two thirds of the electricity generated on the continent by 2030

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Illicit financial flows costing Africa $89 billion annually - UN

UNCTAD say the scale and scope of illicit capital flight is equivalent to 3.7% of Africa’s GDP.

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Africa: At UBA Web Summit, Leaders Outline Path for Africa's Recovery

The leaders and experts made the call yesterday at the United Bank for Africa's (UBA) 2020 Africa Day Conversations, with the theme: "Growth, Jobs, and Sustainable Development Amidst a global Pandemic," that was moderated by the Chairman of the bank, Mr. Tony

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Africa: Covid-19 Vaccination - Morocco Leads African Countries (Africa CDC)

[MAP] Addis Ababa -- Morocco is leading African countries in terms of COVID-19 vaccines administered, according to Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC).

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Africa Steps Up Surveillance of New Covid Variants

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Early Leader in Shipping and in Civil Rights

Paul Cuffe of the Westport-New Bedford area became a prosperous merchant, mariner, ship builder and owner between 1780 and 1810. He pioneered the opening up of trade with West African countries, using his own ships. He was also the nation's first Black millionaire who used his considerable

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Africa: Covid-19 Deaths Near 34,000 Across Continent

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Africa: Why It's So Critical to Continuously Monitor and Manage Plant Diseases

Yet food and forest production systems, as well as native environments around the world, are just as threatened by emerging

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Africa: How Can Countries Continue to Combat Malaria During a Pandemic?

[African Arguments] With medical disruptions due to COVID-19 likely to kill more people in Africa than the disease itself, two countries provide interesting lessons.

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Africa: France Wants to Triple Special Drawing Rights Dedicated to Africa - Macron

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday his country hopes to reach a political agreement, by the G7 and G20 meetings, to allow Africa to benefit from nearly 100 billion dollars, during the next allocation of special drawing rights (SDR) of the

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Should Sierra Leoneans be pawns on the SLPP-APC political chessboard? – A Rejoinder

We are taking ourselves back to the prehistoric or tribal war days, while other African countries are progressing steadily towards their development

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Ivorian Authorities Want Locals to Keep Up with COVID-19 Measures | Africanews

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