(CNN)Africa’s ailing presidents and powerful elites have been known to jet out to seek treatment abroad, instead of investing in healthcare in their own countries.
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari was out of the country for several months in 2017 Continue reading →
First cases also detected in New Zealand and Lithuania as stock market losses around the world deepen
Coronavirus has spread to sub-Saharan Africa for the first time as stock market losses around the world deepened amid investor alarm over a Continue reading →
Vezeeta, a healthcare platform operating in the Middle East and Africa, has raised a $40 Million Series D funding round led by UAE-based Gulf Capital, alongside further investment from existing Riyadh-based investor Saudi Technology Ventures (STV), which previously Continue reading →
The Catalyst Fund has gained $15 million in new support from JP Morgan and UK Aid and will back 30 fintech startups in Africa, Asia, and Latin America over the next three years.
Africa’s logistics startup space has gained another multi-million-dollar round with global backing.
Kenyan company Sendy — with an on-demand platform that connects clients to drivers and vehicles for goods delivery — has raised a $20 million Series B led by Continue reading →
Pledge comes as former rulers daughter denounces Luanda Leaks investigation
The Angolan government has vowed to use all possible means to force the return of Isabel dos Santos following the Luanda Leaks investigation into how the ex-presidents daughter accrued her Continue reading →
(CNN)A deployment of Russian guns-for-hire, with links to the Kremlin, has sustained casualties in its fight against Islamist militants in Mozambique, multiple sources have told CNN.
(CNN)The measles epidemic ravaging the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed more than twice as many people since the beginning of the year as the country’s ongoing Ebola outbreak, the United Nations has warned, calling for a strong response. Continue reading →