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COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator Awards $20 Million in Initial Grants to Fund Clinical Trials

April 02, 2020(0) Comments

Partners in the COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator announced grants of $20 million to three institutions—the University of Washington, University of Oxford, and La Jolla Institute for Immunology—to fun ...

African Development Bank approves $2 million emergency assistance for WHO-led measures to curb COVID-19 in Africa

April 02, 2020(0) Comments

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) on Tuesday approved $2 million in emergency assistance for the World Health Organization (WHO) to reinforce its capacity to help ...

How TikTok Content Creators Keep Kenyans Educated and Entertained During Social Distancing

April 02, 2020(0) Comments

As Kenya fights against COVID-19 and strongly encourages social-distancing and self-isolation, which was implemented in an effort to flatten the curve on coronavirus, Kenyans are looking online, now m ...

Ringier Africa Digital Publishing (RADP) unifies all its brands under the company name PULSE

March 05, 2020(0) Comments

Ringier Africa Digital Publishing (RADP) (RADP.Africa), one of Africa’s leading media groups is unifying its assets across the continent - to form one integrated media company under the Pulse brand. W ...

We must not jeopardize Africa’s future in the name of fighting Climate Change

March 05, 2020(0) Comments

By NJ Ayuk Pressure is building to phase out fossil fuels in Africa to fight climate change. Organizations ranging from the World Bank to the European Investment Bank (EIB) have dropped support for Af ...

Absa Bank Kenya unveils Sh10 Billion Kitty for Women-led Business

March 05, 2020(0) Comments

Absa Bank Kenya PLC formally Barclay Bank Kenya Tuesday announced a KES10 billion fund to advance credit to women-owned small and medium enterprises over the next five years as part of the new custome ...

Letshego, Liberty Life launch low-priced last expense cover

March 05, 2020(0) Comments

Letshego Kenya Insurance Agency Limited (a subsidiary of Letshego Kenya Limited / “Letshego Kenya”) has partnered with leading international insurer Liberty Life to launch the lowest priced funeral in ...

Mizizi Africa Homes firms grip in off-plan provision with launch of Heritage Estate

March 05, 2020(0) Comments

Real Estate firm, Mizizi Africa Homes has launched a new project along Kenyatta road exit 14, off Thika Superhighway. The project, Heritage Estate is an off-plan development just 25 minutes’ drive fro ...

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