Sustainability

PRIME EAC seeks $45m to strengthen Ebola response

It will strengthen the region's preparedness for and response to Ebola and other high-consequence infectious diseases.

  1. PRIME Igad raises the alarm over hunger in the Horn

  2. Mogadishu battles flooding as rainy season starts

  3. PRIME Kilimanjaro fire, now contained, destroys 1,800 hectares 

    Mt Kilimanjaro

  1. PRIME Inside Uganda’s push to rebuild its food system from the soil up

  2. PRIME A stitch in time? States scramble to soften super El Niño blow

  3. PRIME Ugandan pharma joins AU medicines procurement pool

  4. Staff shortage, funding gaps hamper Congo Ebola response: WHO

  5. PRIME Pressure mounts on DR Congo to contain Ebola outbreak

  6. PRIME Kigali summit calls for better data on soil health to boost food security

Innovation

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Artificial Intelligence

PRIME EAC targets 20,000 learners in expanded AI challenge

A $50,000 prize fund will support winning teams developing AI-powered solutions aimed at addressing regional challenges.

  1. PRIME Tech breathes fresh air into Lake Victoria fish farms in oxygen crisis

  2. PRIME AI could lift Sub-Saharan Africa economy 4pc if power, internet improve, IMF says

  3. PRIME Shrinking democratic space as countries stifle internet and social media freedoms

  4. PRIME Alarm as AI replaces studying for Kenyan university students

Health

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PRIME EAC seeks $45m to strengthen Ebola response

It will strengthen the region's preparedness for and response to Ebola and other high-consequence infectious diseases.

  1. PRIME Ugandan pharma joins AU medicines procurement pool

  2. Staff shortage, funding gaps hamper Congo Ebola response: WHO

  3. PRIME Pressure mounts on DR Congo to contain Ebola outbreak

  4. Ebola outbreak sparks concern over school reopening in DR Congo

Climate

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PRIME Igad raises the alarm over hunger in the Horn

Too little rain leaves communities without food and income; too much can destroy the assets they have managed to preserve.

  1. PRIME A stitch in time? States scramble to soften super El Niño blow

  2. PRIME IGAD warns of El Niño risks in last quarter

  3. PRIME Looming El Niño signals bad water economy for East Africa

  4. PRIME East Africa braces for prolonged food crisis as another El Niño season looms