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Masiyiwa raps 'rich' nations for hoarding COVID-19 vaccines
PHILANTHROPIST and telecommunications giant Strive Masiyiwa has criticised the world's richest nations for deliberately causing a shortage of COVID-19 vaccines in Africa.A livid Masiyiwa, who ...Published: 25 Jun 2021 at 07:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe receives equipment to detect COVID-19 variants
ZIMBABWE is now able to detect COVID-19 variants after it received a donation of 57 PCR testing machines from a Chinese firm.Satewave Technologies donated the machines, along with 1 000 boxes ...Published: 25 Jun 2021 at 07:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
World Bank, African Union's COVID vaccine task force, all set to deploy vaccines to 400 million Africans
World Bank President David Malpass, and his senior management team, comprised of Dr Axel van Trotsenburg and Dr Makhtar Diop, have met with the African Union's COVID-19 Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 16:05hrs | 15 | by Agencies
World Bank partnership unlocks over US$3 billion for African countries to buy vaccines from AU platform
World Bank President David Malpass this week met with a delegation of the Africa Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (AVATT), led by African Union (AU) Special Envoy Strive Masiyiwa, to discuss the multibil...Published: 13 Jun 2021 at 18:07hrs | 7 | by Agencies
Mnangagwa bids farewell to Ramaphosa
Statement by His Excellency Dr E.D Mnangagwa at the Report of the progress of the African Union response on Covid-19 pandemic in Africa; 34th Ordinary Session of the African Union;6 and 7 Febr...Published: 07 Feb 2021 at 06:37hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa hails AU Covid-19 fight
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has hailed the African Union (AU) and its partners for efforts in procuring Covid-19 vaccines for countries on the continent, saying the bloc boasts of well-coordinated and effecti...Published: 07 Feb 2021 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Africa must develop own medicines industry'
THE elaborate, well-coordinated and effective new initiatives towards combating the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic in Africa is a demonstration of solidarity, cooperation and unity among African nati...Published: 07 Feb 2021 at 06:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans targets 2 top AU posts
TWO Zimbabweans are vying for top posts at the upcoming African Union 34th Ordinary Session where President Mnangagwa is expected to join other Heads of State for the summit virtually over the weekend...Published: 04 Feb 2021 at 05:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
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