Physical fitness and wellness has long been associated with the wealthy class, the elderly or people suffering from lifestyle diseases such as obesity. Statistics show that the level of obesity in Kenya is approaching 50% of the population as at 2018 with the most affected group being women between the...
Mansa Media in partnership with Afrochampions Initiative and ADS Group Launch “The State of Africa 2020”, a virtual conference of rich debates about the future of Africa post-COVID-19. Mansa media, the leading source for African business news, in partnership with Afrochampions, the pan-African business leadership network focused on regional integration...
With the rise in COVID-19 cases in Nigeria, hospitals are embracing telemedicine to keep their business going as patients stay away from their facilities due to risks associated with contacts. There has been a rise in remote consultation while tech companies in the country are rising the challenge of plugging...
Domestic flights re-opened in Nigeria and despite hike in flight costs, flyers trooped out to travel to different destinations across the country after over three months of flight and inter-station travel restrictions....
The West African coast is increasingly becoming a dangerous route for commercial shipping as a report has shown that the area accounts for over 90 per cent of global maritime kidnappings. 77 seafarers were kidnapped for ransom between January and June 2020, majority of them in the Gulf of Guinea...
This week will be a seminal moment in South Africa’s fight against the devastating Covid-19 pandemic and depending on how we conduct ourselves, the next seven days could have a lasting socio-economic impact. From an economic standpoint the return of over 8 million people to work will be a...
Senegal has demonstrated strong ambition for economic development and rapid progress towards becoming an attractive investment destination (By Thomas Hedley, Field Editor) Although they are located 1,800Km from each other, Côte d’Ivoire and Senegal vie for the place of the economic leader in West Africa, with a slight...
It was around 11 am on Tuesday, April 21 when Mrs. Deborah Oluwadero was rushed to the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital in Nigeria’s southwest region. Diabetic and hypertensive, she sometimes suffered from fluctuating blood glucose. According to her son, John, who himself is a pharmacist, on few days...
This Opinion is co-signed by the ministers of finance and / or ministers of development of the following countries: Angola, Cameroun, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Namibia, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone and Tunisia. As the Coronavirus pandemic storm sweeps through the world, in Africa it is leaving...
