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African students create anti-malaria soap

April 26, 2013  Moctar Dembele (pictured right) and Gerard Niyondiko (pictured left)

African students Moctar Dembele from Burkina Faso and Gerard Niyondiko from Burundi are the first non-Americans to win the Global Science Venture (GSVC) competition for creating an anti-malaria repellent soap.

9 oil blocks awarded to several firms by Sierra Leone

July 16, 2012 President Ernest Bai Koroma of Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone’s government has awarded nine provisional offshore oil blocks to companies, after what President Ernest Bai Koroma’s office called, “a painstaking and time-consuming technical evaluation process.” 

Sierra Leone launches 1st solar printing machine

June 28, 2012 Solar energy

Rissolar KZ-30 is the name of a new duplicator machine just launched in Sierra Leone to bridge the gap in the world of printing in the country and furthering the green energy drive. 

US$85m World Bank funds for electricity in Senegal

June 6, 2012 Makhtar Diop, World Bank Vice President for Africa .

The World Bank has announced that it will provide 85 million US dollars to help Senegal solve its energy problem.

US$176m from World Bank to boost West Africa Power Pool

June 1, 2012 World Bank to boost electricity supply

The World Bank has approved US$144.5 million in zero interest financing and a US$31.5 million grant for two projects under the West Africa Power Pool (WAPP) program to boost electricity supply and lower energy cost in four countries, a press release from the bank said on Friday.

Malaria drug resistance threatens Africa--WWARN

April 27, 2012

A threat pending on developing countries regarding its ability to fight malaria is drug resistance to the disease, according to the Executive Director of the Worldwide Anti-malaria Resistance Network (WWARN) Philippe Guerin.

WHO says alcohol use a big, growing public health threat

April 22, 2012 Alcohol consumption a threat to health

The World Health Organization (WHO) has said countries need to recognize that alcohol consumption is a big and growing public health threat and take appropriate action.

Ivory Coast battling against Diabetes, over 1 million afflicted

April 20, 2012 Glucose box, a kit used to test  diabetese sugar level

More than a million people are said to be affected by the diabetes disease in the Ivory Coast.

Ivorian health authorities say more than 1,500 new cases of the disease are detected every year. 

Senegal Health Min denies Meningitis epidemic exists

April 19, 2012 Senegal Health Minister Awa Marie Coll Seck

Senegal’s Health Minister has said there is no Meningitis epidemic in the country.

Minister Awa Marie Coll Seck added that at least one hundred and 70 cases of Meningitis would have to be registered in a week, for there to be an epidemic. 

China delivers new satellite to Nigeria

March 20, 2012 Nigeria Communication Satellite replacement

The Nigerian government has formally taken delivery of its Communications Satellite, NigComSat-1R from China, a replacement for NigComSat-1 Satellite which fell from orbit in 2007.