Malaria Death Rate in sub-Saharan Africa Declines by 57 Percent since 2000 -Africa Business Roundup

Rigorous new data show that the malaria death rate in sub-Saharan Africa has declined by a stunning 57% since 2000. With almost 500,000 children still dying of malaria every year, we obviously have a long way to go. But cutting the death rate by more than half is a miracle. It’s one of the greatest success stories in the history of global health.

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Disappointment for Kenyans as South Africa maintains visa rules

Kenya and South Africa have inked deals in military and police cooperation as well as agreeing to jointly invest in the Lamu Port South Sudan-Ethiopia Transport (Lapsset) corridor even as the country remained non-committal on easing visa restrictions for Kenyans.

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Dear #KenyansOnTwitter, please can you keep Jacob Zuma in your country. From your fellow Africans in South Africa. https://t.co/40GpND4aKI

— Palesa Morudu Rosenberg (@palesa_morudu) October 11, 2016

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The absence of Africa’s leaders from the public eye tends to spark some lurid rumours

AFRICA’S leaders are not known for their youthful vigour. So it is not surprising that their absence from the public eye, especially in a Western country with an abundant supply of good hospitals, tends to spark lurid rumours of illness and even death.

Malawi’s president has certainly been doing his best impression of a missing person: having landed in New York on September 16th, Peter Mutharika has not been heard from since the UN General Assembly, which ended on September 26th.

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Nigerian Banking Industry Seen in ‘Full-Blown’ Credit Crisis

Nigeria’s banking industry is experiencing a “full-blown financial crisis” as failed fiscal and monetary policies lead to a credit crunch, according to Arqaam Capital.

Unity Bank Plc and Skye Bank Plc are close to being insolvent, while lenders FBN Holdings Plc and Sterling Bank Plc “will need a dilutive capital hike,” Jaap Meijer and Tarek Sleiman, analysts at the Dubai-based investment bank and brokerage, said in an e-mailed note on Monday.

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