The EU continues to work with Member States to tackle the coronavirus pandemic on all fronts. Today, 500.000 additional coronavirus testing kits have been provided to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The test kits were delivered by an EU Humanitarian Air Bridge flight and are part of a […]
Performance Materials Launches € 100,000 Community Involvement Initiative Employees to engage in charitable projects in Asia, Africa and the United States A € 100,000 fund will support four social projects that help communities around the world Merck, a leading science and technology company, today announced that it is launching a € 100,000 Community Involvement Initiative. […]
The European Union is mobilising €97.2 million of additional funding for programmes in the Horn of Africa to support the creation of job opportunities, public finance management, and access to education for vulnerable groups, in particular refugees and displaced persons, under the European Union Emergency Trust Fund for Africa (EUTF). Commissioner for International Partnerships Jutta […]
The Commission is providing an additional €105.5 million to countries in the Horn of Africa as the coronavirus pandemic risks worsening the humanitarian situation across the region where many continue to suffer from armed conflict, displacement, and recurrent droughts and floods. Furthermore, a large-scale infestation of locusts threatens food security and livelihoods of many vulnerable […]
• Two Ford Rangers have been provided to the South African Red Cross Society in Nelson Mandela Bay to assist with relief efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic • Red Cross has assisted over 5 000 direct beneficiaries in and around Port Elizabeth, and reached 45 000 people through its COVID-19 education and awareness campaigns • […]
• Ford’s local production of COVID-19 face shields is now supported by the Gift of the Givers Foundation, which is providing the banking facility for all donations which will be used to purchase materials • Ford has provided funding for 57 000 face shield kits, and has invited its suppliers and business partners to make […]
Although the drop in fuel prices for April may be cold comfort to those South Africans working from home in lockdown and doing only a fraction of their usual travel, we could all benefit from lower food prices due to decreased costs in the transportation and distribution links in the supply chain. And the reduction […]
Photo Caption: In the fight against Covid-19, VWSA has partnered with Gusco to produce soft fabric face masks. The Gusco team (pictured) started with production last week. In response to the global Covid-19 crisis, Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA) is focusing its time and attention on the manufacture of masks and medical equipment, which could […]
Opening Remarks at High-Level Virtual Event on ‘Mobilizing with Africa’ Kristalina Georgieva, IMF Managing Director 2020 Virtual Spring MeetingsApril 17, 2020 As prepared for delivery Good morning. Excellencies, Ministers of Finance, Ladies and Gentlemen—thank you for participating in this important event. We are here today to work in partnership with Africa and to bring more […]
• Business responds swiftly to COVID-19 crisis • Renovations to public hospitals in eight days It is all hands on deck as the Nelson Mandela Bay business community sets out to assist the city’s public health services. In support of the doctors, nurses and healthcare workers who are serving at the frontline of the COVID-19 […]
• Ford loans nine vehicles to humanitarian organisations to assist with coronavirus containment measures and community healthcare support across South Africa • Gift of the Givers, Laudium Disaster Management and South African Red Cross Society using Ford Rangers and Everests to assist communities in Gauteng, Cape Town, Durban and Port Elizabeth The COVID-19 pandemic is […]
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