African Union pleads to Europe: Invest in Africa’s digital infrastructure

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The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of digital technologies to keep businesses, healthcare, education and public services running, commented Dr Amani Abou-Zeid, AU Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy at the Africa-Europe Digital for Development (D4D) Hub Multi-Stakeholder Forum. “These exceptional times have also shown the urgency to invest in Africa’s digital infrastructure and build on Africa’s innovation…

Makerere study finds high metal concretes in consumable products near garbage site

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Scientists have asked authorities to ensure municipal garbage dumped at landfills is first treated having found heavy metal concentrations in milk from cows grazed along dumpsites.   Researchers based at the Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH) have said that they found the presence of heavy metals in plants such as vegetables that are grown…

Uganda President orders $835,000 funding for Ivermectin clinical trials

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Uganda’s President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has directed the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development to release Shillings 3.024 billion to facilitate research on the use of Ivermectin prophylaxis in the treatment of COVID-19 infection. Ivermectin is approved for human use to treat infections caused by some parasitic worms and head lice and skin conditions like…