On Friday, South Africa’s Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries, Barbara Creecy notified Eskom of the decision by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to pursue criminal prosecution.
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The meeting was held to discuss a number of issues the Egypt’s tourism sector is facing, and to identify the challenges and obstacles the vital sector faces in light of the second wave of the global coronavirus pandemic.
The Mpesa-Visa partnership aims to enable tourists visiting Kenya to use Mpesa in Kenya by downloading an app. Similarly, Mpesa users travelling abroad should be able to use Mpesa to make payments abroad.
The virtual meeting of the EAC Sectoral Council of the Ministers of Trade, Industry, Finance and Investment (SCTIFI) will also discuss other regional matters such as EAC policies on trade, non-tariff barriers, customs, budgets, standards and quality, industrialisation and the tripartite agenda.
This came to the fore as leaders from the EAC congratulated Biden for his election win, with many expressing hopes that his presidency will boost ties with the regional bloc.
More than 409,000 people globally; most of them children in the impoverished parts of Africa were killed by malaria last year, the WHO said in its latest global malaria report, and COVID-19 will almost certainly make that toll higher in 2020.
The latest data by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) shows that on average over 10 percent of export revenues and primary income in the region is spent on debt repayments.
With the investment, Eksab plans to scale its product to the millions of football fans in the region with the goal of launching its first paid competitions over the next year.
The government says expansion of the airline’s fleet will wait until business goes back to normal.
The President is joined by his counterparts; Presidents Mokgweetsi Masisi of Botswana, Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa, Félix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Filipe Nyusi of Mozambique and will deliberate on the threat of Islamic insurgency in Cabo Delgado Province in northern Mozambique.