Coronavirus – South Africa: Health Committee welcomes report on Effects of Alcohol on Health Services

Some of the alcohol-related incidents impacting on the pandemic are trauma patients presenting themselves to healthcare facilities

Novartis launches first-of-its-kind not-for-profit portfolio of medicines for symptomatic treatment of COVID-19

Portfolio will be sold at zero-profit to governments in up to 791 eligible countries during the pandemic and until a vaccine or curative treatment is available

Who’s behind #AfricaBrief

Editor-in-Chief of AfricaBrief is Winston Mwale, a Malawian journalist who loves telling stories, listening to stories and being in the middle of stories.

Coronavirus - Africa: U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) to launch Regional Team Based in Africa

Africa Investment Advisor Program will help expand DFC’s engagement on the continent

Coronavirus - Africa: More than 150 countries engaged in COVID-19 vaccine global access facility

“COVAX is the only truly global solution to the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Dr Seth Berkley, CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.

Niger: The African Development Bank enhances food security for nine million people (report)

The project entailed establishment of various types of infrastructure

Coronavirus - Africa will need a lot of energy to power its COVID-19 recovery

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Executive Secretary said the issue of the continent’s energy was not transition but energy substitution

Coronavirus - South Africa: Employment and Labour on critical role played by entities during Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

Close to 7 million payments (6808971) have benefitted millions of workers thus far, with at least 557823 employers taking advantage of the offer by government

Coronavirus - Africa: European Investment Bank (EIB) approves € 16.6 billion for COVID-19 health response and economic resilience, climate, clean transport, energy and housing

As Winston Mwale reports, companies in North and sub-Saharan Africa, the Eastern Neighbourhood and southern Caucasus to access financing under a dedicated regional COVID-19 financing programme

Malawi now second country in SADC region with highest number of COVID-19 cases

As Winston Mwale reports, as of 12 July, the number of COVID-19 fatalities increased by 63 per cent from 19 in the past week to 38.

Coronavirus - Africa: As more go hungry and malnutrition persists, achieving Zero Hunger by 2030 in doubt, UN report warns

The hungry are most numerous in Asia, but expanding fastest in Africa

Coronavirus - South Sudan: Security Council Press Statement on South Sudan