Africa Development News …

The World Bank has announced that it has launched the world’s first wildlife conservation bond (WCB), generating 150 million dollars to boost initiatives to raise the endangered black rhino species in South Africa. The bank said the 5 year “rhino bond” would pay holders depending on the pace of expansion …

As of April 20, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached  11,465,800 while over 282,567,569 vaccinations have been administered across the continent. Reported deaths in Africa reached   252,640 and   9,646,671 people have recovered. South Africa has the most reported cases of  3,743,582 and  100,195 people died. Other most-affected …

Medical Laboratory and research scientists from across West Africa will this week converge in Ghana to deliberate on how West Africa can build needed local capacity for the manufacturing of vaccines and other medical products in the sub-region. The annual conference tagged CelebrateLAB West Africa 2022, which is the 8th …