Africa

BLANTRYE, MALAWI - Malawi is struggling to quarantine migrant workers returning from South Africa who were being tested for the coronavirus. At a facility this week, returnees upset over living conditions clashed with police, and authorities said about 20 returnees escaped. … [Read more...] about Malawian Migrant Workers, Back Home From South Africa, Riot in Quarantine

While Gricd products have not yet received PQS certification from the WHO, Iortim says that the cold boxes are in the process of acquiring certification. He adds that the product has been certified by the Standards Organisation of Nigeria. … [Read more...] about How solar tech could help distribute Covid-19 vaccines in Africa

The minister said the first million doses will be arriving this month, with the remainder delivered in February. Priority will be given to South Africa's more than one million health care workers in both the public and private sector in the first round of inoculations. … [Read more...] about South Africa records ‘grim’ Covid milestone as humanitarian crisis unfolds at border with Zimbabwe

"For example, transporting medical supplies to remove areas or transporting samples very fast, where it will take a lot of time to transport them.  We have also worked on emergency preparedness and response because with data and drone imagery, you can see where flooding will happen,” Schwenk said. … [Read more...] about Malawi is Home to Africa’s First Drone Academy

“We’ve really seen the opportunities,” she told VOA. “So it’s a proven and tested model around what we can really do in Africa and where Africa is both in terms of adoption but also in terms of creating new solutions that really speak to and solve some of the problems that we have on the continent.” … [Read more...] about Microsoft Signals Commitment to Building Digital Expertise in Africa