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Mayamiko Nkoloma, a Malawian lecturer in Telecommunications at the University of Malawi has changed the lives of city dwellers in Lilongwe.

The 2018 ITU telecom world global SME award winner for the greatest social impact developed an electronic system, iMoSyS, that allows residents to pay for water at kiosks electronically.

His product, the e-Madzi (e-water) requires residents to use their credit cards or MoMo to pay for water.

The project has been implemented in communal water points in peri-urban areas. The initiative can, however, limit the have-nots’ access to water. Social activists have criticized the innovation saying that it robs residents of the right to water.

Apart from kiosks, the innovation is now being used in homes for personal water consumption.

Those who support the innovation say it has helped them stop paying for water stolen or lost before reaching their homes.

Meanwhile, residents say the innovation helps them minimize spread of Coronavirus because they don’t have to exchange cash while paying for the water.

source https://taarifa.rw/in-malawi-residents-use-debit-cards-mobile-money-to-pay-for-water/

Chinese President Xi Jinping held a telephone conversation with Zambia’s counterpart, Edgar Lungu, and discussed how the two countries can continue to support each other in the fight against coronavirus.

President Jinping noted that the virus has caused a serious crisis and remains a big test for the world.

He told President Lungu that in the face of the epidemic, the two countries should “stand firm and stand together, and stand together and fight side by side.”

“African countries including Zambia have given us valuable support in China’s fight against the epidemic,” he said.

He also said that China has been providing material assistance, sharing experience in prevention and control, and helping African countries improve their ability and control.

“I have repeatedly called for increased support for African countries. China is stepping up the implementation of the relevant measures and will continue to do its best to support African countries such as Zambia in their efforts to fight against the disease and restore economic and social development,” Jinping said.

He also requested President Lungu to support Chinese citizens in Zambia.

Langu said that Zambia values China’s friendship and thanks to China for the valuable support given to Zambia’s economic development over the years.

He lauded Jinping’s initiative of China-Africa solidarity against the pandemic.

source https://taarifa.rw/chinese-president-calls-zambian-counterpart-over-covid-19/

Mu gihe urugamba rugeze ahakomeye ndetse benshi bari gukanura nk’abatsinzwe, kurundi ruhande hari abari kugerageza ibishoboka byose ngo barokore ikiremwamuntu. Kuri iyi nshuro uruganda rwitwa Biotech Synairgen rwo mu Bwongereza ruri kugeregeza umuti wifitemo protein ndetse bivugwa ko utanga icyizere cyo kuba wakiza Covid-19.

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Coronavirus has inflicted a devastating impact on Rwanda’s economy and its entire social-economic fabric in the past four months.

The country has lost more than US$100 million since March 20, 2020, when the decided to enforce a lockdown as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

Health Minister Dr. Daniel Ngamije told journalists on Monday that the country has spent about $60 million in the fight against the pandemic.

He said the funds were allocated to testing, tracing, isolating people in quarantine with the government providing meals and accommodation, treating people, and “other activities behind the whole machine to contain COVID-19.”When the virus hit the country, intervention measures were laid for the midterm phase. According to Minister Ngamije, US$73 million was budgeted as response resources for the first six months. However, four months down the line, US460 million is already gone.

In a webinar panel discussion on the “businesses and communities recovering together” on Friday last week, Trade Minister, Soraya Hakuziyaremye, “When the pandemic spread, the government faced a tough decision-making scenario; we wondered whether we should shut down the economy and save lives,” she said adding that, “But as we have seen, tough decisions were taken, but measures and policies were also put in place to help the economies that were affected get back on their feet.”

In a joint press conference this Monday, where key government institutions in the fight against the pandemic, Minister Hakuziyaremye said that the impact spread beyond expenditure on the response.

The MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions) industry has lost $48 million, with US$10 million lost between March and April alone, due to the cancelation of planned events.

Rwanda generated US$56 million from MICE in 2019 and a projection for 2020 had been set at US$88 million before the pandemic hit.

The Trade Minister also said that despite exports picking up at the moment, they declined by 16% due to border closures and suspension of flights since March. Earlier between March and April, the total exports had declined by 27%.

“The assessment we have done shows that manufacturing was hit had because industries could not get raw materials,” Hakuziyaremye said.

The World Bank says Rwanda’s economy might pick up by the end of the year with a 2% bounce back, estimated at US$180 million in material terms against the GDP.

A US$200 million economic recovery fund has been allocated with 50% of it already released in the first phase that began in June.

source https://taarifa.rw/covid-19-has-cost-rwanda-over-us100m/

The increased and decisive investment will be the channel for Africa’s economic recovery post-COVID-19, partners of the Africa Investment Forum said on Friday, expressing confidence in the continent’s potential to rebound from the ongoing health and economic crises.

“Africa will come out of this pandemic, tough as it is, and will build better and stronger economies. As partners of the Africa Investment Forum, the premier investment platform for Africa, our gaze must be clear; help Africa reboot its economy,” said African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, during a two-day virtual meeting for Africa Investment Forum founding, institutional and knowledge partners.

In a virtual marketplace that mirrored typical sessions of its annual Market-Days, the Africa Investment Forum convened over 190 participants including current and prospective partners, investors, and project sponsors.

The Forum showcased its Unified COVID-19 Response and provided an update on its activities, as well as opportunities for new partners and investors to engage with the platform.

During the meeting, the Africa Investment Forum revealed 15 projects identified across five sectors for priority funding consideration under its Unified COVID-19 Response.

The sectors include Agriculture & Agro-Processing, Energy, Health, ICT and Telecoms, and Industrial and Trade.

Collectively, these 15 deals which are from the Forum’s current portfolio, amount to $3.79 billion and will help increase the continent’s self-sufficiency and resilience against future shocks.

Four projects sponsors were invited to pitch their deals to over 100 investors present at the meeting.

These include a Dairy processing project in Angola, a vaccine manufacturing plant in Kenya, a cotton manufacturing project in Mozambique, and a proprietary telemedicine platform in Nigeria.

Following the meeting, the Africa Investment Forum’s deal tracker mechanism was immediately deployed to capture investment interest and ensure effective investor-project matchmaking.

The meeting took place as the Africa Investment Forum continues to build on the successes of its first two years in bringing to market deals with transformative potential for Africa’s development.

“The Africa Investment Forum is not a talk shop. What we are trying to do is to focus our Partner’s efforts on the platform’s bankable deals from the 2018 and 2019 portfolio, as well as some new ones in 2020,” said Chinelo Anohu, Head and Senior Director of the Africa Investment Forum.

“We are concentrating not just on the health sector, but also on other sectors that will help jumpstart recovery across the continent,” she said, adding that deals “more responsive” to the pandemic are being curated, in order to provide much-needed support to the private sector.

Beyond Boardroom Sessions, the Africa Investment Forum continues to support project sponsors through its Deal Tracker mechanism which monitors the conversion of investment interests to financing commitments and facilitates the progress of deals towards financial close.

So far, the forum has facilitated the closure of 8 deals valued at $2.18 billion from the 2018 portfolio.

The Africa Investment Forum, championed by the African Development Bank and its founding and institutional partners, is working to accelerate the closure of the continent’s investment gaps.

Founding Partners are the African Development Bank; Africa 50; Africa Finance Corporation; African Export-Import Bank; Development Bank of Southern Africa; Trade and Development Bank; European Investment Bank; and Islamic Development Bank.

Institutional partners include development finance institutions, multilateral development banks, commercial banks, and institutional investors.

source https://taarifa.rw/africa-investment-forum-founding-partners-unveil-unified-covid-19-response-to-support-africas-private-sector/

Umukinnyi wa film uzwi cyane muri Kenya, Charles Bukeko, yashyinguwe mu rugo rwe mu burengerazuba bw’igihugu mu mabwiriza akomeye yo kwirinda Covid-19.

Bukeko wamenyekanye cyane nka “Papa Shirandula”, yapfuye ku wa gatandatu afite imyaka 58, azize ibibazo byo guhumeka.

Hari amakuru yatanzwe n’abo mu muryango we yemeza ko bari baramusanzemo Covid-19 nk’uko ibinyamakuru muri Kenya bibivuga.
Uwari umugore we yabwiye abaje kumuherekeza ko umugabo we yapfiriye mu modoka yabo bari imbere y’ibitaro bya Karen mu murwa mukuru Nairobi bategereje kwakirwa.

Mbere yo kurwara, umugore we yavuze ko yagize ukwezi kurimo ibikorwa byinshi kandi yagiye ahura n’abantu benshi.

Ibiro bya perezida wa Kenya byatangaje ubutumwa bwihanganisha umuryango wa Bukeko, bunavuga ko “azahora yibukwa ku musanzu we mu guteza imbere imyidagaduro” muri Kenya.
abenshi mubanya Kenya bamufatiragaho urugero.

“Papa Shirandula” yari umugabo w’imbaraga, ukunda kwishimana n’abantu, wakinnye mu ruhererekane rw’inkuru y’amashusho yakunzwe cyane muri Kenya yitwa gutyo yacaga kuri televiziyo ya Citizen.

Ibi byamugize icyamamare kugeza ubwo amenyekana ku isi mu kwamamaza kompanyi nka Coca-Cola ndetse na FIFA.

Bamwe mu bakinnyi ba film, n’abandi bagiye mu mwuga wo gutangaza amakuru kuri Radio, bavuga ko batangiye umwuga wabo barebera kuri Charles Bukeko.

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Itangazo rya Minisiteri y’Ubutegetsi bw’Igihugu risohotse muri iri joro rya tariki 20 ishyira 21 Nyakanga 2020, rigaragaza ko hari imwe mu midugudu yo mu mujyi wa Kigali yari isanzwe iri muri gahunda ya Guma murugo yakuwemo. Rigaragaza kandi imidugudu mishya yo mu kagari ka Tetero, Umurenge wa Muhima yashyizwe muri” Guma murugo”. Gahunda iratangira kubahirizwa kuri uyu wa Kabiri tariki 21 Nyakanga 2020.

Dore uko iri tangazo rigaragaza ahakuwe muri guma murugo n’ahashyizwemo;

Munyaneza Theogene / intyoza.com

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Imibare yatangajwe na Minisiteri y’ubuzima y’uko icyorezo kiriwe kifashe mu masaha 24 y’uyu munsi wa 20 Nyakanga 2020, igaragaza ko habonetse abarwayi 47 bashya ba Covid-19, babonetse mu bipimo 3,764 byafashwe.

Dore uko imbonerahamwe igaragaza uko byiriwe byifashe muri rusange;

Munyaneza Theogene / intyoza.com

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Umusenateri wo muri Kenya, mu mpera z’icyumweru gishize yafatiwe mukabari yarenze ku mabwiriza y’umukwabu washyizweho na Leta mu rwego rwo gukumira ikwirakwizwa rya Coronavirus. Nyuma yo gufatwa, yasabye imbabazi Abanyakenya, ariko ntabwo byabujije ko afungwa by’igihe gito, aho yavuyemo atanze ingwate. Biteganijwe ko kuri uyu wa Kabiri agezwa imbere y’ubutabera kwisobanura.

Ni Senateri Johnson Sakaja uhagarariye akarere k’umurwa mukuru Nairobi, aho mu mpera y’icyumweru gishize yasanzwe ari mukabari mu murwa mukuru I Nairobi anywa inzoga. Yafashwe hashize amasaha make umukwabu wa saa tatu z’ijoro utangiye.

Amabwwiriza yashyizweho mu kwirinda ikwirakwizwa ry’icyorezo cya Coronavirus, avuga ko nta muntu uba wemerewe kuba ahatari iwe guhera saa tatu z’ijoro kugeza saa kumi za mu gitondo.

Senateri Sakaja yafungiwe by’akanya gato ku biro bya Polisi byo mu mujyi wa Nairobi, mbere yuko afungurwa amaze gutanga amafaranga y’ingwate. Biteganijwe ko kuri uyu wa kabiri tariki 21 Nyakanga 2020 agezwa mu rukiko, ariko avuga ko yiteguye kwirengera ibikorwa bye.

Hagati aho, Senateri Sakaja yavanywe ku buyobozi bw’akanama gakomeye ko mu nteko kagenzuraga uko Kenya iri kwitwara mu kurwanya Covid-19. Videwo iri guhererekanywa ku mbuga nkoranyambaga, yagaragaye ejo ku cyumweru, yerekana Senateri Sakaja w’imyaka 35 y’amavuko ari muri kasho ya polisi aterana amagambo n’abapolisi nyuma yo gutabwa muri yombi.

Abanya-Kenya, BBC dukesha iyi nkuru itangaza ko bamaze igihe binubira ko amategeko n’amabwiriza akaze yo kurwanya coronavirus ashyirwa mu bikorwa mu buryo butandukanye bitewe n’uwo uri we. Binubira ko abanyapolitiki bayarengaho ku mugaragaro bagakoresha za mitingi zitabirwa n’imbaga kandi izo mitingi zaraciwe.

Polisi ya Kenya na yo yanenzwe gukubita, gukomeretsa no kwica Abanya-Kenya mu gihe cy’iyubahirizwa ry’ayo mategeko.

Zimwe mu ngamba zikaze zibuza guterana mu nsengero no kubuza ingendo mu duce tw’ingenzi tw’izingiro rya coronavirus, kuri ubu zakuweho, nubwo coronavirus ikomeje kwiyongera mu gihugu. Kugeza ubu muri Kenya abanduye coronavirus bageze ku 13,353, muri bo 234 imaze kubica.

Munyaneza Theogene / intyoza.com

source http://www.intyoza.com/umusenateri-yatawe-muri-yombi-azira-kurenga-ku-mabwiriza-ya-covid-19/

Mu mpera z’icyumweru gishize, amakipe akinamo abanyarwanda hanze ya rwo yari yakinnye, Waasland Bveren ya Djihad Bizimana na Sandvikens ya Yannick Mukunzi ntizahiriwe mu gihe Simba SC ya Kagere yitwaye neza.

Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC ikina mu cyiciro cya kabiri muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika, ikinamo umunyarwanda Rwatubyaye Abdul, yari yasuye Real Monarchs ku wa Gatandatu w’icyumweru gishize mu mukino w’umunsi wa 3.

Rwatubyaye Abdul akaba yarakinnye uyu mukino warangiye amakipe yombi anganya ibitego 3-3. Abdul Rwatubyaye akaba ari we watsindiye ikipe ye igitego cya 3 cyatumye batahana inota. Ni igitego yatsinze n’umutwe ku mupira wari uvuye muri koruneri itewe na Ferreira ku munota wa 95. Akaba yaraje gutorwa nk’umukinnyi w’umukino.

Nyuma y’uyu munsi wa 3, Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC iri ku mwanya wa 2 n’amanota 4 irushwa 1 na El Paso Locomotive ya mbere.

Mu cyiciro cya 3 muri Sweden, ahakina umunyarwanda Yannick Mukunzi mu ikipe ya Sandvikens IF ntibahiriwe n’impera z’icyumweru, ku ku munsi w’ejo ku Cyumweru batsinzwe Sylvia 2-1 ibasanze iwabo. Ni umukino Yannick Mukunzi yabanje mu kibuga aza gusimburwa na Simba ku munota wa 69.

Nyuma yo gutsindwa uyu mukino bakaba bahise bagera ku mwanya wa 5 n’amanota 15 mu gihe Sylvia ya mbere ifite 23.

Ku wa Gatandata tariki ya 18 Nyakanga 2020 muri Tanzania ikipe ya KMC ikinamo umunyarwanda Mugiraneza Jean Baptiste Migi, yari yasuye Mtibwa Sugar. Yaje no kuyitsinda 1-0. Ni umukino Migi yakinnye ari na kapiteni w’iyi kipe.

KMC ubu iri ku mwanya wa 11 n’amanota 46, mu gihe igikombe cyegukanywe na Simba SC ubi ifite 84.

Yanga Africans ikinamo Sibomana Patrick Papy na Haruna Niyonzima, yanganyije na Mwadui 1-1 ku munsi wo ku wa Gatandatu, ni umukino wagaragayemo Papy gusa kuko Haruna we afite ikibazo cy’imvune.

Yanga Africans ubu iri ku mwanya wa 2 n’amanota 68, Simba SC yegukanye igikombe ifite 84.

Simba SC ya Meddie Kagere yamaze kwegukana igikombe cya shampiyona, ikaba yaraye inyagiye Alliance ibitego 5-1, harimo ibitego 2 bya Meddie Kagere ku munota wa 24 na 44, akaba yanatanze umupira wavuyemo igitego cya 4 cya Deo Kanda.

Meddie Kagere akaba ari we umaze gutsinda ibitego byinshi muri iyi shampiyona aho amaze gitsinda ibitego 22.

Djihad Bizimana na Waasland Beveren bakaba batarahiriwe n’impera z’icyumweru kuko banyagiwe na PSG ya Neymar ibitego 7-0, ni umukino Djihad Bizimana yakinnye iminota yose 120.

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