Improvement in Nigeria’s Tax – The latest company income tax (CIT) and value-added tax (VAT) figures show an improvement in Nigeria’s tax take despite signs of economic weakness. Total VAT receipts amounted to just over N1trn in H1 2021, reflecting...

Childhood cancers in Africa – Drastic COVID-19 preventive measures following the onset of the pandemic in Africa as well as the heightened focus by countries’ health workforce on curbing the virus hugely disrupted other essential health services across the region....

Tunisia has decided to lift a nationwide curfew imposed in March to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 infection, with health officials saying they continue to see a downward trend in new infections, broadcaster Al Jazeera reported. Tunisian President Kais Saied...

Morocco’s minister of health, Ait Taleb has said that the North African kingdom has overcome the “most difficult” period of the Covid-19 crisis, Morocco World News reports. According to the health authority, there are serious preparations ongoing for the second...

Egypt’s Ministry of Environment has launched a project called Clean Blue in the resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh near the Sinai Peninsula to clean up the region’s marine environment, reported the State Information Service. The counter-pollution initiative comes under directions...

South African tech companies biNu and Veedo have joined heads and successfully conceptualised and launched the country’s first data-free reverse-billing video conferencing platform. Veedo is a fully featured, secure, browser-based, simple-to-use video conferencing solution with data-free mobile access in South...

With Liverpool on track to win a first English Premier League (EPL) title in 30 years, as the league prepares to resume on June 17, Egypt’s Mohamed Salah and Senegal’s Sadio Mane have already proved vital in the Merseyside side’s rise...

After spending 26 days at the Hassan II University Hospital Centre, a 110-year-old Moroccan woman has recovered from the novel coronavirus, becoming one of the oldest people in the world to beat the deadly disease. Morocco World News reports that...

Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has eased the ban on social gatherings which was imposed as one of the measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus in the country. Akufo-Addo, who was speaking in a televised address on...