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Video Player Close ADDIS ABABA, March 4 (Xinhua) -- The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 3,924,755 as of Thursday noon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. The Africa CDC, the specialized healthcare agency of the 55-member African Union (AU), said the death toll related to the pandemic stood at 104,672, while some 3,501,772 patients across the continent have recovered from the disease. The Africa CDC noted that the most affected countries in terms of the number of confirmed positive cases are South Africa, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, and Ethiopia. South Africa has lost 50,366 lives to the disease, the most among African countries, according to the agency. Egypt and Morocco have the second and third highest fatalities, with 10,822 and 8,653 COVID-19-inflicted deaths, respectively, the Africa CDC said. The African Union had recently emphasized that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic "is not just a severe health emergency, … [Read more...] about Africa’s confirmed COVID-19 cases surpass 3.92 mln: Africa CDC

Kindly Share This Story: By Princewill Ekwujuru Paga, an emerging markets payment company said it is targeting 1 billion persons to be able to access and use money through its platform as it plans to expand to Ethiopia and Mexico. Speaking at a webinar Media Roundtable in Lagos, Tuesday, Paga’s Co-Founder, Jay Alabraba, said that there are five core values that form the guiding principles of how the company’s business operates which are premised on collaboration, ownership, result-oriented, integrity, and innovation (CORII). READ ALSO Strike Suspension: Northerners should be wary of Yayaha Bello, Fani-Kayode, says CNG He stated that with Paga the company is helping to solve two key problems that exist around the world, which include eliminating the use of cash for transactions and access to financial services. Alabraba who spoke on the company’s current key financial and operational metrics said the number of the company’s mobile agents … [Read more...] about Paga targets 1bn persons to access money globally through platform

A PJ’s Coffee of New Orleans will open in Broussard March 15, owners announced. The location will be in the Country View shopping center at 1137 S. Bernard Road, Suite H, and will be owned by franchisees Hannah and Grant Hodgins. It will offer a range of hot, iced and frozen coffee beverages, and customers will be able to make orders on the PJ’s mobile app from the Google Play or Apple app store. The store will open at 6 a.m. on weekdays and 7 a.m. on weekends. “We were interested in opening our own business, and we looked at what goods and services were resonating during the pandemic,” said Hannah Hodgins, a native of the Lafayette/Broussard area who along with her husband moved back to the area last year after living in New Orleans. “People go for a walk, go to the grocery store, go get a cup of coffee. Coffee just stuck with us and so did PJ’s.” With over 126 operating stores, including four international locations, PJ’s Coffee has grown in the U.S. and abroad. Part of the … [Read more...] about PJ’s Coffee to open in Broussard March 15

* Mainland China reported 10 new cases on March 3, matching the figure from a day earlier, the country's national health authority said. * New infections of COVID-19 are dropping in the United States, Canada and Mexico, but in Latin America vaccinations have hardly begun, raising the risk of dangerous new variants emerging, the Pan American Health Organization said. * Brazil's economy shrank by 4.1% last year due to the pandemic, its worst drop in decades, as a devastating second wave threatens to cut short a stronger-than-expected rebound at the end of 2020. * The US Senate is expected to begin debating President Joe Biden's US$1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package on Thursday after agreeing to phase out payments to higher-income Americans in a compromise with moderate Democratic senators. * Europe's medicines regulator said it has started an ongoing review of the Sputnik V vaccine developed by Russia's Gamaleya Institute for possible approval in the region, while the … [Read more...] about World News in Brief: March 4