Leading digital money transfer service WorldRemit (www.WorldRemit.com) and Huawei (www.Huawei.com/en) have announced a partnership making WorldRemit’s international money transfer service available to all partners of Huawei’s mobile money service platform across Africa. The partnership, which was announced at the GSMA’s…
First official visit of the new WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom to Ethiopia
After taking office on 1 July 2017, the new Director-General of the World Health Organization, Dr Tedros Adhanom, conducted his first official visit to Ethiopia, on the occasion of the 29th African Union Summit of Heads of State and Government.…
Experts and stakeholders conclude consultations on Natural Resources Governance in Africa’s Great Lakes region
The International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) and the Office of the Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General for the Great Lakes (O/SESG-GL) convened on 5 and 6 July in Nairobi, Kenya, a “Regional Experts and Stakeholders…
Seychelles High Commissioner Accredited to Sri Lanka
Seychelles High Commissioner Conrad Meric presented his Credentials to His Excellency Mr Maithripala Sirisena, President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka at his Official Residence on Wednesday 28th June 2017 accrediting him as the Third Resident High Commissioner Extraordinary…
Mobile cash reduces hunger, boosts local economies in Kenya
An innovative, mobile phone-driven cash programme has helped prevent nearly 250,000 people from slipping into severe food insecurity in drought-ravaged Kenya. The Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) has given monthly grants of 3,000 Kenya Shillings (about 28 Swiss francs)…
Minister Davies to Attend the Tripartite Committee of Sectoral Ministers Meeting Uganda
The Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies will today for Kampala, Uganda to attend the Tripartite Committee of Sectoral Ministers meeting to be held tomorrow. The meeting will give the Ministers from the Common Market for Eastern and…
Algeria: Press Statement about Mr. Jihad Azour’s visit to Algeria
Mr Jihad Azour, the new Director of the IMF’s Middle East and Central Asia Department, will be visiting Algeria during July 11-12, 2017. His visit will be an opportunity to meet with members of the newly appointed government and exchange…
President Zuma Appoints Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson of the Financial and Fiscal Commission
President Jacob Zuma has in terms of section 221(1) (a) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, and section 8 of the Financial and Fiscal Commission Act, 1997, appointed Professor Daniel Plaatjies as Chairperson and Dr Sibongile…
Media Statement: The Recapitalisation of the South Africa Airways
Government has decided to transfer funds from the National Revenue Fund to South African Airways to allow the airline to pay back its debt to Standard Chartered Bank thereby avoiding a default. This payment was done in terms of section…
MSF: HIV response in West and Central Africa will not succeed if key barriers remain unaddressed
As African heads of state meet today in Addis Ababa to endorse the Emergency catch-up plan led by UNAIDS to accelerate HIV treatment in West and Central Africa, the international humanitarian medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) reiterates…