Good morning, it’s Caleb in Kampala, Uganda where the Tokyo 2020 Olympic team has just returned with four medals. It is Uganda’s best performance ever at the Olympics, a feat that has now sparked calls for increased funding for sports.
This morning, I am telling you about the new charge leveled against Putin critic Alexei Navalny, how a group of Kenyan women engineers turn fuel cars into electric cars, and the Mozambican musician who will sing about your enemies on WhatsApp for a fee. |
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Sudan to hand former leader Omar al-Bashir, other officials to ICC.
Bashir who ruled Sudan for three decades until 2019 when he was deposed is wanted for crimes against humanity and war crimes during the conflict in Darfur. An arrest warrant was first issued for Bashir in 2009, and again in 2010 but the case had to be suspended in 2014 because of lack of support from the United Nations Security Council.
Africa News (EN)
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Russia levels new charge against Putin critic Alexei Navalny.
The new charge of creating an organization that ‘infringes on the personality and rights of citizens’, is a crime punishable by up to three years in jail and could add to the jail time of Navalny who is already serving a 2-1/2-year sentence. Navalny’s political was labeled an extremist group by a court in June and outlawed.
Reuters (EN)
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California to require COVID-19 vaccine or test for teachers.
It makes the state the first in the US to require all teachers and school staff to get vaccinated or undergo weekly COVID-19 testing. The announcement follows the return of schools from the summer break and amid growing concerns of the highly contagious delta variant. The state governor Gavin Newsom also announced in recent weeks that all health workers in the state must be fully vaccinated with no option for weekly testing.
Associated Press (EN)
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Zambia heads to the polls amidst economic turmoil.
President Edgar Lungu who has been in power since 2015 will go head to head with an opposition candidate, Hakainde Hichilema in today’s elections. With Zambia now, one of Africa’s most indebted nations, Hichilema has criticized Lungu’s economic management and shown interest in tackling the country’s debt problem.
Reuters (EN)
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Jacob Zuma supporters to convene for get well soon prayer.
The prayer holding today comes in the thick of wrangles over Zuma’s wellbeing following speculations of the health of the former South African president who is serving a 15-month sentence for contempt of the Constitutional Court, at Estcourt prison. It is to be held outside Zuma’s home in Nkandla in northern KwaZulu-Natal.
IOL (EN)
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‘Power girls’ who tear down vehicles, make them electric.
A group of young women engineers in Kenya are at the helm of the country’s steady-paced pivot to electric cars. Beatrice Wanjiru, Lucy Mugala, and Esther Wairimu disassemble fuel-powered vehicles in Kenya’s capital Nairobi and turn these vehicles into electric cars. The trio who work with Opibus say the company’s pilot program is targeting vehicles in the service industry.
Nation Africa (EN)
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Image: Techcrunch/Moove
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African mobility company Moove raises $23m in Series A funding.
The company founded by Ladi Delano and Jide Odunsi in 2019 incorporates fintech into its model that is looking to increase the number of car owners across Africa, where a majority have reduced or no access to vehicle financing. Moove wants to use this new funding round led by Speedinvest and Left Lane Capital to scale its operations across the continent.
Tech Crunch (EN)
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Africa’s first digital map discovers seven billion trees.
The study by the Food and Agriculture Organization revealed that there were 7 billion trees on the continent, more than initially believed and excluding Africa’s major woodlands. The study also made Africa the first continent to complete digital land-use research of that kind and will help countries on the continent better track deforestation, monitor land use, and strengthen climate action.
Quartz Africa (EN)
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Nigerian anti-counterfeit startup raises $500k pre-seed funding.
Chekkit which was founded in 2018 offers product verification and anti-counterfeiting solutions using Blockchain, particularly protecting food and drug manufacturers from counterfeit. The company says it has secured over 7 million pharmaceutical products, protected over 200,000 consumers, and expanded its partnership with the Afghan government to verify and track over 200 million products.
Techpoint Africa (EN)
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A man closes his eyes as he receives the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in Miami Beach, Florida on August 4th 2021. Image: Keystone
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One million Americans get illegally vaccinated a third time.
At least one million Americans have received an unauthorized third shot of the Covid-19 vaccine. Florida, where the delta variant has increased hospitalizations to higher levels than in previous waves, is among the states reporting the highest number of people who have opted for this third injection although not yet recommended by the relevant health authorities.
Heidi News (FR)
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A Swiss chip triples the autonomy of Bluetooth headphones.
The Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM) in Neuchâtel has developed a circuit that grows the autonomy of connected electronic objects by three to ten times, a development which is expected to build on the race by the electronics industry to save energy and thereby reduce its environmental footprint through decoupling from the sector and bypassing batteries.
Heidi News (FR)
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This Mozambican musician will sing about your enemies on WhatsApp.
Sam Chitsama who is a keyboard player and dancer runs a WhatsApp business as a singer for hire to his hordes of fans amid a 400,000 strong Mozambican diaspora network in South Africa. If paid around $40, Chitsama would record, mix, and share songs of cheating spouses, thieving neighbors, and relatives who usurp the family inheritance to his many WhatsApp fans.
Rest of World (EN)
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