Africa Djibouti International Djibouti Industrial Park Operation and Air Djibouti signed a partnership agreement with Ethiopian Airlines Cargo to start multimodal sea-air transport between China and Africa
Africa Kenya US-based biotechnology company Moderna plans to invest more than $500 million in a mRNA vaccine and drug manufacturing facility in the country
Africa Tunisia The Date Technical Centre in Kebili conducts field and laboratory research in order to increase the quantity and quality of date production, which is severely threatened by climate change
Africa Ivory Coast ECOWAS, aiming to improve development and financing in all key economic sectors in the country, has pledged to further increase funding; despite rising GDP, the poverty rate has risen sharply in recent decades
Africa South Africa South African judge Raymond Zondo has been appointed as the new head of the Constitutional Court, the country's highest court; he was previously in charge of the investigation into state corruption under President Jacob Zuma
Africa Guinea-Bissau The Organising Committee of the VIth Ordinary Congress of the National Union of Teachers will hold the magnum meeting of teachers today after a postponement due to the state of alert
Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo 27 million people - about a quarter of the population - faced severe food insecurity as of September 2021, according to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Africa Mali A virtual gallery containing thousands of ancient Malian documents has been launched, with 40.000 documents written in ancient Arabic being digitised and made available online by Google together with local and international partners
Africa Togo The number of businesses created by women grew by 24% between 2019 (with 3.049 enterprises) and 2021 (3.739), according to data from the Business Formality Centre; over 70% borrowed money for their businesses
Africa Libya The Turkish-Libyan Business Council predicts that Libya's trade volume with Turkey will reach $15 billion within 5 years; in February alone, Turkish exports to the country amounted to $265,5 million
Africa Niger Nigerien director Aicha Macky's film Zinder has won the best feature film award at the Festival Femmes Afrique in Dakar, Senegal, a film festival dedicated to women; the festival ends a tour of eight regions of the country today
Africa Ghana In Bolgatanga, in the north, thousands of women weave grass stalks every day to make baskets and hats, exported all over the world, sustaining the economy of thousands of families in an arid region with little industrialisation
Africa Cameroon This year marks the beginning of the link between Venice Biennale International Art Exhibition and Cameroon, which will be present for the first time with its own pavilion at the 59th edition