Scienza Tecnologia Ambiente Largest social bond ‘Fight Covid-19’ by AfDB launched on LSE di logupdateafrica 100 The African Development Bank’s (AfDB) ‘Fight Covid-19’ social bond, the largest social bond to date to be issued in the capital markets, listed on London Stock Exchange on April 3, 2020, is now… CONDIVIDI 13/04/2020
Scienza Tecnologia Ambiente Benin sets up digital platforms to fight against Covid-19 and fake news around it di logupdateafrica 90 After the first case of Covid-19 was confirmed in Benin on March 16, the West African nation had set up a range of digital platforms to help combat both the spread of the disease and what the World… CONDIVIDI 13/04/2020
Scienza Tecnologia Ambiente Kenya Airways flies passenger freighter to Johannesburg di logupdateafrica 93 Kenya Airways (KQ) has adopted the strategy of flying passenger aircraft as cargo-only flights like Air Seychelles, Ethiopian Airlines, Emirates, Turkish Airlines, Qatar Airways, among others. On… CONDIVIDI 13/04/2020
Scienza Tecnologia Ambiente Africa cannot go back to ‘business as usual’ when Covid-19 pandemic is over di logupdateafrica 97 Like every other pandemic that the world has experienced in the past, coronavirus will eventually come to an end. It will be defeated, and life return to normal. But it will teach us an important… CONDIVIDI 13/04/2020
Scienza Tecnologia Ambiente Unity is essential among aviation stakeholders to recover from Covid-19 crisis: TIACA di logupdateafrica 102 At the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Council meeting, the International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) along with high-level representatives from Airport Council International (ACI)… CONDIVIDI 13/04/2020
Scienza Tecnologia Ambiente Etihad Cargo adds five additional routes across Asia, Australia, Europe di logupdateafrica 92 Etihad Cargo will add five additional routes using Etihad Airways’ passenger aircraft to increase the flow of essential supplies into the United Arab Emirates and provide further east-west… CONDIVIDI 10/04/2020
Scienza Tecnologia Ambiente Covid-19 drives sub-Saharan Africa toward first recession in 25 yrs: World Bank study di logupdateafrica 80 Growth in sub-Saharan Africa has been significantly impacted by the ongoing coronavirus outbreak and is forecast to fall sharply from 2.4% in 2019 to -2.1 to -5.1 percent in 2020, the first recession… CONDIVIDI 09/04/2020
Scienza Tecnologia Ambiente Air Seychelles to start flying passenger freighters from Dubai to Johannesburg di logupdateafrica 72 Air Seychelles will be operating a series of cargo flights using its passenger aircraft across Seychelles to maintain the supply chain of goods. Charles Johnson, chief commercial officer of Air… CONDIVIDI 08/04/2020
Scienza Tecnologia Ambiente IATA estimates 25 million layoffs due to drop in demand di logupdateafrica 87 As the impact of Covid-19 on the air transport industry continues to be devastating, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released a new analysis showing that some 25 million jobs… CONDIVIDI 08/04/2020
Scienza Tecnologia Ambiente Africa’s finance ministers call for $100 bn to secure their nations due to pandemic di logupdateafrica 94 Africa’s finance ministers have called for an initial support package of $100 billion in 2020 to cushion their nations from impacts of the pandemic. Africa’s finance ministers have called for an… CONDIVIDI 07/04/2020
Scienza Tecnologia Ambiente South African Airways’ acting CEO Zuks Ramasia resigns; to head BARSA from April 17 di logupdateafrica 91 Acting CEO Zuks Ramasia has resigned from South African Airways (SAA). She opted for early retirement and will serve till April 14, 2020. She will lead as the head of the Board of Airline… CONDIVIDI 07/04/2020
Scienza Tecnologia Ambiente Ubisoft invests in Kwik Delivery to scale up Nigerian operations amid Covid-19 di logupdateafrica 102 Yves Guillemot, founder & CEO of French video games giant Ubisoft has invested in Franco-Nigerian startup Africa Delivery Technologies SAS, who operated the Kwik Delivery – an on-demand delivery… CONDIVIDI 07/04/2020
Scienza Tecnologia Ambiente Jack Ma donates second batch of medical supplies to Africa di logupdateafrica 94 The co-founder and former executive chairman of Alibaba Group Jack Ma has made a second huge donation to African countries towards the fight against the spread of coronavirus. Ma revealed on Twitter… CONDIVIDI 06/04/2020
Scienza Tecnologia Ambiente Kenyan government extends ban on international flights for another 30 days di logupdateafrica 62 The government of Kenya has extended the ban on international flights for another 30 days. The ban does not apply to flights coming to evacuate foreign nationals & cargo flights, stated CS James… CONDIVIDI 06/04/2020
Scienza Tecnologia Ambiente Final New York service becomes the last flight for Kenya Airways’ pilot di logupdateafrica 86 Captain Daudi Kimuyu Kibati who brought hundreds of Kenyan’s from New York to Nairobi on March 25, passed away on April 1. The Kenya Airways’ (KQ) pilot flew the final flight, which was very much… CONDIVIDI 06/04/2020
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