The impact of Covid-19 has been lower in Africa, experts weigh reasons

Big pharmaceuticals oppose plan, saying vaccine development is expensive & if rights are waived there will be no motivation to develop them in future.

Since 1950, more than nine billion tonnes of plastic have been produced globally, of which only nine per cent is recycled.

Thrust five years into the future by Covid-19, as management firm McKinsey puts it, most of what we expected to see in 2030 will soon be upon us.

The reason: more jobs becoming automated as technologies such as artificial intelligence and robotics take over the workplace.

It has been 37 years since HIV was first discovered as the cause of AIDS, but there is still no vaccine available against this disease.

These grim projections are not, WHO stresses, a certainty.

The new coronavirus has caused widespread global disruption to human activities, unlike outbreaks experienced in recent history.

Kenya’s very own Larry Madowo has been listed among the most influential young global leaders under 40

The government has announced its plan to fund private secondary schools.

Last week, Chinese President Xi Jinping took to the stage at the 43rd summit of the World Economic Forum, (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland. He was the first Chinese president to ever address the annual conference.

The Smart Africa Secretariat and Ericsson have partnered to develop a more connected, knowledge-based society in Africa.

At the ongoing World Economic Forum in Rwanda leading economic experts are upbeat that the future belongs to Africa. But only, if Africa invests in its youthful population expected to hit 2.5 billion in 2015 and with the world's largest workforce by 2030.