Nigeria joins global race, seeking local remedy for the treatment and cure of Coronavirus.

“There was minimal involvement of African researchers or policymakers in the [WHO] process,” when covid19 crisis in Feburary explains Marsh, adding that the original WHO consultation was held at a time when the focus was on China and Europe. According to the findings of the survey conducted by the African Academy of Sciences (AAS), Africa needs to prioritise research and development areas such as infection prevention and control, including healthcare workers’ protection, as well as epidemiological studies and clinical https://www.aasciences.africa/sites/default/files/2020-04/Research%20and%20Development%20Goals%20for%20COVID-19%20in%20Africa.pdf

The continent's population aged 60 and over is "projected to increase more than threefold between 2017 and 2050, from 69 to 225 million". In some countries, the number is expected to increase even faster. In Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda, and Zimbabwe, for example, the report anticipates that older populations will quadruple by 2050. https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/africa-population-aging-social-protection-200516101003773.html

Sub-Saharan Africa lacks good quality historic air pollution data, Researchers analysed air quality data in three African cities and found increased pollution over 45 years. Effective interventions are needed to control air pollution in Africa’s major cities, an expert says https://www.scidev.net/sub-saharan-africa/pollution/news/air-pollution-in-cities-up-sharply-over-45-years.html

A 95-year-old Ghanaian World War II veteran walked 23 kilometres (14 miles) in one week to raise funds for healthcare workers fighting the coronavirus pandemic in Africa.Joseph Hammond logged 3.2 kilometres (two miles) each day to reach his target on Africa Day earlier this week in Ghana's capital, Accra. As of Thursday, he had raised almost $26,000.https://www.von.gov.ng/covid-19-95-year-old-ghana-war-veteran-walks-23km-to-raise-funds/

Bridgette Motsepe Radebe Mining mogul Radebe is South Africa’s leading black female mining entrepreneur, and founder of Mmakau Mining. The businesswoman is against the “capitalist mining model” through which the majority of the natural resources in the country passed from the white minority to corporate bodies at the end of apartheid. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridgette_Radebe

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