April 2024 – Science Africa

30 Apr, 24

Eastern Africa: ICPAC Receives Funding to Enhance Disaster Preparedness

Eastern Africa: ICPAC Receives Funding to Enhance Disaster Preparedness By Joyce Ojanji The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC) has received support from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to implement a project that will increase disaster preparedness and response capabilities in the region. The “Strengthening Early Warning Systems […]

Sri Lanka’s Experience Could Guide Countries in Malaria Eradication

Sri Lanka’s Experience Could Guide Countries in Malaria Eradication By Gift Briton The successful journey to eliminate and prevent relapse of malaria cases in Sri Lanka offers valuable lessons for countries striving to attain malaria-free status, notes the World Health Organization (WHO). Sri Lanka got malaria-free certification from WHO in 2016 after maintaining zero indigenous […]

France Hosts Inaugural High-Level Meeting to Defeat Meningitis

France Hosts Inaugural High-Level Meeting to Defeat Meningitis Following Nigeria’s successful roll out of a new vaccine which targets five major strains of bacterial meningitis in Africa, leaders have committed to implement the global roadmap for defeating meningitis by 2030. To achieve this goal, the global leaders are convening at a high-level meeting co-hosted by […]

30 Apr, 24

Africa: Carbon Tax on Fossils Fuels, Transport could Increase Development Financing

Africa: Carbon Tax on Fossils Fuels, Transport could Increase Development Financing By Christabel Ligami A carbon taxation regime covering carbon tax on fossil fuel, maritime transport and aviation could generate additional funds to support the African energy transition, says Claver Gatete, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) at a dialogue […]

29 Apr, 24

African Countries Urged to Ratify Statutes for Minerals Development

African Countries Urged to Ratify Statutes for Minerals Development By Dorah Nesoba Representatives from the African Union Commission (AUC) have called upon Member States to prioritize the ratification of the Statutes of the African Minerals Development Centre (AMDC), emphasizing its crucial role in advancing minerals’ development across the continent. They were speaking in Dar es […]

Immunization Saves 50 million Plus Lives in Africa

Immunization Saves 50 million Plus Lives in Africa By Joyce Ojanji An estimated 51.2 million lives have been saved through the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) initiative in the African region over the past 50 years. The initiative was launched by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1974 as a global endeavor to ensure equitable […]

29 Apr, 24

Expect Heavy Rainfall across East Africa, ICPAC Warns

Expect Heavy Rainfall across East Africa, ICPAC Warns By Gift Briton East Africans have been urged to take more caution following the expected heavy rainfall across the region. The Weather forecast for 23-30 April 2024 by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Climate Prediction and Application Centre (ICPAC), shows that very heavy rainfall with a […]

4th Session of Negotiations on a Global Plastics Treaty Opens in Canada

4th Session of Negotiations on a Global Plastics Treaty Opens in Canada By Joyce Ojanji To develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including the marine environment, the fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee ((INC-4), has kicked off in Canada’s capital, Ottawa. The session aims to advance negotiations so that the Committee can finalize, […]

29 Apr, 24

Africa Urged to Invest in STIs for a Prosperous, Just, Sustainable Future

Africa Urged to Invest in STIs for a Prosperous, Just, Sustainable Future By Christabel Ligami Africa can build a more prosperous, just, and sustainable future if countries invest in science, technology and innovation (ST&I), these are sentiments echoed by African leaders, representatives and experts at the opening of the Sixth African ST&I Forum in Addis […]

29 Apr, 24

SDGs: Africa’s Progress Insufficient to Achieve Set Targets by 2030

SDGs: Africa’s Progress Insufficient to Achieve Set Targets by 2030 By Christabel Ligami Africa is progressing in 12 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Still, its pace is insufficient to achieve the goals by 2030, according to an experts’ report on the progress of Africa’s Sustainable Development. The report was produced by a team […]