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Data gathered and analyzed by Atlas VPN, indicate that, the number of phishing websites spiked by 350 per cent in March 2020. 

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https://susafrica.com/2020/04/01/google-registers-a-350-per-cent-increase-in-phishing-websites-amid-quarantine/

The University of Edinburgh will offer twelve Masters scholarships for distance learning Masters programmes offered by the University.


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https://susafrica.com/2020/03/31/university-of-edinburgh-global-online-distance-learning-masters-scholarships-2020-2021/

Opera, a browser provider, and international nonprofit organization, Worldreader, are expanding the access to ebooks for children and students via the Opera Mini browser during the coronavirus outbreak.
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https://susafrica.com/2020/03/31/opera-worldreader-expand-access-to-free-ebooks-for-african-students/

The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, a non-profit organization that supports independent global journalism, is seeking proposals that develop innovative approaches to reporting on the novel coronavirus crisis using collaboration among journalists and newsrooms across state lines or national borders.

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https://susafrica.com/2020/03/30/pulitzer-center-coronavirus-news-collaboration-challenge-2020-for-journalists-world-wide-10000/

The Nokia Bell Labs Prize is a competition for innovators from participating countries around the globe.

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https://susafrica.com/2020/03/29/nokia-bell-labs-prize-for-game-changing-ideas-in-it-2020-100k-prize/

Innovate for impact invites applications from suitably qualified candidates for its siemens designs challenge in the USA 2020.

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https://susafrica.com/2020/03/28/innovate-for-impact-siemens-design-challenge-2020-driving-solutions-for-zero-hunger-and-clean-water-10000-usd-prize/

Globally, 780 million people do not have access to an improved water source; An estimated 2.5 billion people lack access to improved sanitation (more than 35% of the world's population). Without water, there can be no human existence.

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https://susafrica.com/2020/03/28/improving-water-and-sanitation-in-africa/

Facebook and Andela have partnered to up-skill developers across Sub-Saharan Africa (Kenya, Uganda, Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria and South-Africa) through a six-week immersive program where selected developers will work in agile remote teams to innovate on projects relating to the SDGs.

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https://susafrica.com/2020/03/23/facebook-and-andela-buildforsdg-challenge-2020/

The United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) announced partnerships with digital services providers aimed at increasing access to and usage of digital services in the North and West Nile regions of Uganda.

https://susafrica.com/2020/03/21/uncdf-ict-players-target-one-million-ugandans-with-access-to-digital-services/

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) is piloting methodology to assess the readiness of a value chain to adopt blockchain technology.
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https://susafrica.com/2020/03/19/ghana-unido-pilots-blockchain-technology-adoption-in-cocoa-value-chain/

The Bank of Mauritius has been closely monitoring the outbreak of COVID-19 and its plausible economic impact on the banking sector and the Mauritian economy.

https://susafrica.com/2020/03/17/bank-of-mauritius-introduces-support-programme-accompanies-local-economic-operators-in-covid-19-context/

A swarm of locusts passed through the Middle East last year, eating their way through Somalia and Ethiopia on their way to East Africa. Migrating with the wind, the locusts can cover up to 150km in a single day.

https://susafrica.com/2020/03/16/photo-facts-billions-of-locusts-swarming-through-east-africa/

The Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism (AFFM) has kick-started a $2.2 million project to provide fertilizer suppliers in Nigeria with financial support to improve supply for 200,000 smallholder farmers.
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https://susafrica.com/2020/03/16/africa-fertilizer-financing-mechanism-launches-2-2-million-project-in-nigeria-to-boost-fertilizer-supply-to-200000-farmers/

In Africa, the fear of a COVID-19 epidemic is growing. The economy is also in turmoil: no one knows how big the economic damage caused by the little-researched coronavirus will be. 
Read more... https://susafrica.com/2020/03/15/is-coronavirus-a-broader-threat-in-africa/

Allegations of sexual abuse and exploitation in U.N peacekeeping and political missions rose significantly in 2019, with allegations against civilian personnel nearly doubling, a U.N. report said Friday.
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https://susafrica.com/2020/03/14/sex-abuse-allegations-rose-significantly-in-2019-un-report/

Tech giants, Twitter and Facebook say they have suspended a group of accounts for fostering hate and disharmony. Although the accounts are linked to Russia, they are based in Ghana and Nigeria.
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https://susafrica.com/2020/03/13/facebook-and-twitter-suspends-troll-accounts/

Google has announced that it will double its commitment to women in Africa and aims to train 20,000 women this year.
A new Women Will training tour aims to train 5,000 women in 20 cities across Africa.

https://susafrica.com/2020/03/13/google-set-to-train-20000-women-in-africa/

In Africa, agricultural holdings are generally small and scattered; farming is often of the subsistence variety, characterized by simple tools and shifting cultivation.
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https://susafrica.com/2020/03/11/beyond-oil-transforming-the-nigerian-agricultural-sector/

Visa has announced a $2.4 million (KES 242 Million) grant to Hand in Hand Eastern Africa to support low-income business owners in Kenya.

https://susafrica.com/2020/03/11/kenya-visa-unveils-ksh-2-4-million-grant-programs-for-women-empowerment/

The World Bank Group approved an International Development Association (IDA) credit of $125 million to help the West African country in strengthening the solid waste management system and improving waste management services in selected municipalities, including Dakar.

https://susafrica.com/2020/03/10/world-bank-support-senegal-strengthen-solid-waste-management-system/

Microsoft for Start-ups initiative, announced the launch of its Global Social Entrepreneurship programme at a plenary session of the Sankalp Africa Summit 2020 held in Nairobi, Kenya.

https://susafrica.com/2020/03/02/microsoft-launches-global-social-entrepreneurship-programme-to-empower-social-entrepreneurs/

AFC has announced a US$63 million strategic investment to construct and operate a 60MW wind project in the Ghoubet area, near Lake Assal in Djibouti. The Africa Finance Corporation has made this investment as lead developer together with Great Horn Investment Holdings (GHIH) and inviting further investment from Climate Fund Managers (CFM), and FMO, the Dutch entrepreneurial development bank.

https://susafrica.com/2020/02/29/africa-finance-corporation-invests-in-djiboutis-first-ipp-and-renewable-energy-project/

Nigeria’s health minister, Osagie Ehanire, said the first case in the region was an Italian citizen who worked in Nigeria and had returned from Italy to Lagos on 25 February.

https://susafrica.com/2020/02/28/nigeria-announces-first-confirmed-case-of-coronavirus-in-sub-saharan-africa/

The free Wifi offering service, Google Station, has been dropped in South Africa after three months of introducing it.

https://susafrica.com/2020/02/18/googles-free-wifi-initiative-cancelled-in-south-africa/

The coffee industry in Kenya is renowned for its cooperative system of milling, marketing, and auctioning coffee, and about 70% of Kenyan coffee is produced by small- scale holders.
https://susafrica.com/2020/02/17/the-kenya-coffee-industry/

Lagos-based Green Africa signs initial agreement with Airbus for the acquisition of 50 A220-300s jets. The MoU for 50 A220-300 aircraft, one of the largest orders to be placed globally in the A220 programme and the largest ever from the African continent.

https://susafrica.com/2020/02/16/nigerian-green-africa-airways-orders-50-airbus-a220-jets/

Egypt’s Health Ministry has confirmed the first case of the new virus in the North African country.
https://susafrica.com/2020/02/15/egypt-confirms-first-coronavirus-case-in-africa/

Africa is set to become one of the fastest growing aviation regions in the next 20 years with an annual expansion of nearly 5%. It's evident that aviation in Africa has the potential to fuel economic growth, several barriers exist. Weak infrastructure, high ticket prices, poor connectivity and lack of liberalization are some of the many challenges.

https://susafrica.com/2020/02/14/african-airlines-passenger-demand-increase-by-five-percent-iata/

The Economic Update released by the World Bank indicates that Uganda’s economy grew by 6.5 percent in FY18/19, maintaining the rebound in economic activity over the last two years.

https://susafrica.com/2020/02/14/expanding-social-protection-programs-to-boost-inclusive-growth-in-uganda-world-bank/

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced full-year global passenger traffic results for 2019 showing that demand (revenue passenger kilometres or RPKs) rose by 4.2% compared to the full year of 2018.

https://susafrica.com/2020/02/14/african-airlines-passenger-demand-increase-by-five-percent-iata/

The African Development Bank has released a $1 million grant to Uganda to help the East African country to tackle an outbreak of the Ebola virus.
https://susafrica.com/2020/02/13/afdb-approves-1m-grant-to-stem-ebola-transmission-in-uganda/

Exports of agro-food products recorded a growth of 97% with a share of about 21% compared the total exports of Morocco during the 2010-2018.
https://susafrica.com/2020/02/13/agri-food-exports-hit-3-1-million-tonnes-in-morocco/