Lesley Williams, CEO of Tshimologong Precinct, Johannesburg’s leading digital innovation hub, has been selected as a member of the inaugural class of the Obama Foundation Leaders: Africa programme
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Low oil production minimised Cameroon’s economic growth in 2017, says IMF
Overall economic growth in Cameroon decelerated to 3.2 per cent in 2017, due to a steep decline in oil production despite the gradual rebound in international prices, said IMF’s Corinne Deléchat after concluding visit to Yaoundé from 27 April to 14 May 2018
South Africa's DTI to lead delegation to Kenya, Tanzania
South Africas Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) will lead a delegation to Kenya and Tanzania to boost ties with both nations
AstraZeneca and CISL to launch sustainability project in Kenya
AstraZeneca will announce a new sustainability project in partnership with the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) at the 71st World Health Assembly
WHO abstains from public health emergency warning for DRC Ebola outbreak
The WHO said that the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo did not yet warrant a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC)