Rest of Africa Archives - Businessday NG https://businessday.ng/category/rest-of-africa/ Thu, 09 Dec 2021 09:30:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 188198514 South Africa license first locally produced rapid antigen test kit for Covid https://businessday.ng/coronavirus/article/south-africa-license-first-locally-produced-rapid-antigen-test-kit-for-covid/ https://businessday.ng/coronavirus/article/south-africa-license-first-locally-produced-rapid-antigen-test-kit-for-covid/#respond Thu, 09 Dec 2021 09:30:49 +0000 https://businessday.ng/?p=598426 South Africa license first locally produced rapid antigen test kit for Covid

South Africa’s Health Products Regulatory Authority (Sahpra) has approved the first locally developed antigen test that can offer a result for Covid-19 inside 15 minutes and will cost just over a thousand naira. Ashley Uys, founder, and CEO of Medical Diagnostech, a local developer and manufacturer of high-quality rapid diagnostic test kits, developed the test […]

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]]> https://businessday.ng/coronavirus/article/south-africa-license-first-locally-produced-rapid-antigen-test-kit-for-covid/feed/ 0 598426 South African scientists lash out at countries imposing travel bans over Omicron https://businessday.ng/coronavirus/article/south-african-scientists-lash-out-at-countries-imposing-travel-bans-over-omicron/ https://businessday.ng/coronavirus/article/south-african-scientists-lash-out-at-countries-imposing-travel-bans-over-omicron/#respond Sun, 05 Dec 2021 07:10:47 +0000 https://businessday.ng/?p=597204 South African scientists lash out at countries imposing travel bans over Omicron

South Africa’s top scientists say that at the time European and other countries began to impose travel bans, the horse had long since bolted. Omicron had likely ‘already spread globally’, they wrote in the Lancet this week. The authors — Marc Mendelson‚ Francois Venter‚ Mosa Moshabela‚ Glenda Gray‚ Lucille Blumberg‚ Tulio de Oliveira and Shabir […]

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]]> https://businessday.ng/coronavirus/article/south-african-scientists-lash-out-at-countries-imposing-travel-bans-over-omicron/feed/ 0 597204 Omicron variant: AfDB postpones Africa investment forum https://businessday.ng/rest-of-africa/article/omicron-variant-afdb-postpones-africa-investment-forum/ https://businessday.ng/rest-of-africa/article/omicron-variant-afdb-postpones-africa-investment-forum/#respond Mon, 29 Nov 2021 18:19:41 +0000 https://businessday.ng/?p=595598 Omicron variant: AfDB postpones Africa investment forum

The African Development Bank (AfDB) group, has postponed indefinitely, the 2021 Africa Investment Forum (AIB) scheduled for December 1 to December 3, in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire until further notice. Akinwumi Adesina, president of AfDB, in a statement issued on Monday in Abidjan, said that the postponement was in relation to travel restrictions arising from the […]

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The Danish military says the crew of one of its warships operating off West Africa have killed four pirates in a gun battle. A statement said the frigate Esbern Snare accompanied by a helicopter approached a speeding motorboat south of Nigeria on Wednesday. There were eight men on board with ladders and other tools often […]

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]]> https://businessday.ng/rest-of-africa/article/danish-military-kills-four-pirates-off-nigeria-coast/feed/ 0 594350 Intra-African Trade Fair records $36bn deals– Afreximbank https://businessday.ng/rest-of-africa/article/intra-african-trade-fair-records-36bn-deals-afreximbank/ https://businessday.ng/rest-of-africa/article/intra-african-trade-fair-records-36bn-deals-afreximbank/#respond Mon, 22 Nov 2021 06:09:12 +0000 https://businessday.ng/?p=593114 Intra-African Trade Fair records $36bn deals– Afreximbank

The African Import and Export Bank (Afreximbank) on Sunday announced that the seven-day, 2021 Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF), which commenced in Durban, South Africa on November 15, 2021, has come to an end with deals or transactions worth $36 billion concluded. Kanayo Awani, managing director of IATF at Afreximbank who disclosed this at the closing […]

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