PRESS RELEASES
Caribbean Countries Get Access to Africa Medical Supplies Platform for Procurement of COVID-19 Supplies
Jul 03, 2020 (263Chat/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have been given access to the Africa Medical Supplies Platform (AMSP), a procurement system for supplies and equipment in the fight against COVID-19. The...
African business steps up in global scramble for virus test kits
When the first cases of coronavirus spread from Wuhan to western Europe in February the chief executive of mPharma, a pharmaceutical distribution start-up in Ghana, feared he would have a problem. As the world began to scramble to access the drugs and equipment...
AU Chair to provide public update on continental strategy to fight COVID-19
His Excellency, President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa of the Republic of South Africa, and Chairperson of the African Union (AU), will tomorrow, Thursday, 18 June 2020, provide a public update on the continent-wide effort to contain the coronavirus (COVID-19)...
COVID-19: We Still Have Issues To Address As The EAC- President Kagame
President Paul Kagame, who is also the sitting chairperson of the East African Community (EAC) says the region still has many issues to address in order to jointly face challenges presented by the New Coronavirus. President Kagame made the observation on Thursday...
PRESS RELEASE – Communiqué of the Teleconference Meeting of the Bureau of the Assembly of the African Union (AU)
His Excellency, President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa of the Republic of South Africa, and Chairperson of the African Union (AU) convened a teleconference Meeting of the Bureau of the Assembly of AU Heads of State and Government with the Chairpersons of the AU...
PRESS RELEASE – African and Global Philanthropists Team-up to Manufacture COVID-19 Medical Equipment in Africa
African and global philanthropists have teamed up to help African nations secure urgently needed ventilators, breathing support devices and other medical equipment, in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. Strive Masiyiwa, co-founder of Higherlife Foundation,...