Africa Educates Her Campaign - Angola. Season 3. Don't Miss Out! Webisode 16

 INTERVIEW WITH PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN

At least 40 million children worldwide have missed out on early childhood education in their critical pre-school year as COVID-19 shuttered childcare and early education facilities.

Today we are talking to kids. We invited Iracelma and Augusta to share their academic experience during the time of Covid-19 pandemic.

Interview with Iracelma

Hello, how are you?

Hi, I'm fine

What is your name?

My name is Iracelma

How old are you?

I am 5 years old

Iracelma do you study?

Yes, I am a preschool student

Why aren't you going to school anymore?

I no longer go to school because of the covid-19

What is covid-19?

Is to wash hands with soap and use alcohol gel.

Do you want to go back to study?

Yes

Interview with Augusta

Hello, how are you?

Yes I'm fine, thanks

What is your name?

My name is Augusta

Augusta do you study?

Yes, I am a preschool student

Why aren't you going to school anymore?

I am not going to school because of covid-19

What is covid-19?

It is a disease

What are the preventive measures against coronavirus?

To wash hands, use mask and keep the social distance of one meter.

Where is your mask?

I forgot it at home

“Education disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic are preventing children from getting their education off to the best possible start.”

“Childcare and early childhood education build a foundation upon which every aspect of children’s development relies. The pandemic is putting that foundation under serious threat.”

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We launched this campaign to ensure that every girl is able to learn while schools are closed and return to the classroom when schools safely reopen. Everyone can play a role in supporting girls ’education - whether you’re a teacher, parent, student, journalist, policymaker, or simply a concerned citizen.

Don't miss this opportunity to bring girls back to school. Tell us your story!

Do you have a personal experience with the coronavirus would you like to share? Or a tip on how your town or community is handling the poverty among women?

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Corona Voice - Angola. The tok show with Sofonie Dala. Don't miss it! Day 30

 People discovering new talents while staying at home during pandemic.

Our today's guest is Pedro, he will share with us his non-fiction story during the time of covid-19 pandemic.

Greetings!

My name is Pedro Rosario, I'm here to talk a little bit about Covid-19. About the benefits and anomalies that this has caused.

Well, in a general context, Covid-19 has negatively affected even the major countries of the world. This affected the lives of young people and much more in the area of finance and jobs.

But on my side the Covid-19 brought great benefits.

I was unemployed and when we were confined in that quarantine I started discovering new talents. If it weren't for covid-19, today I wouldn't be a music producer. We were awakening great talents and today I got a job, I'm a producer and I'm working thanks to Covid-19.

Like most people, you may have discovered a new talent while being cooped up in the home during the pandemic coronavirus. Having a job at all is a privilege in normal times, and more so during this global emergency when mass layoffs and pay cuts have become the norm, something that music producer "Pedro" certainly appreciates.

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This is the first and the only Coronavirus show in Angola where the most ordinary citizens show their brilliant talents.

The heroes of the program are the most ordinary citizens - they share with the audience their songs, poems and real stories of how the Coronavirus pandemic affected their lives.

We launched the “Corona Voice show” campaign to provide a space for young women and men around Angola to share their views, experiences and initiatives.

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After months of COVID delays, African free trade bloc launches

 After months of delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the African Continental Free Trade Area launches, but full implementation of the historic pact may take years.

African countries began officially trading under a new continent-wide free trade area on Friday, after months of delays caused by the global coronavirus pandemic.

But experts view the New Year’s Day launch as largely symbolic with full implementation of the deal expected to take years.

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The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) aims to bring together 1.3 billion people in a $3.4 trillion economic bloc that will be the largest free trade area since the establishment of the World Trade Organization.

Backers say it will boost trade among African neighbours while allowing the continent to develop its own value chains. The World Bank estimates it could lift tens of millions out of poverty by 2035.

“There is a new Africa emerging with a sense of urgency and purpose and an aspiration to become self-reliant,” Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo said during an online launch ceremony.

But obstacles – ranging from ubiquitous red tape and poor infrastructure to the entrenched protectionism of some of its members – must be overcome if the bloc is to reach its full potential.

Trade under the AfCFTA was meant to be launched on July 1, 2020, but was pushed back after COVID-19 made in-person negotiations impossible.

However, the pandemic also gave the process added impetus, said Wamkele Mene, secretary-general of the AfCFTA secretariat.

“COVID-19 has demonstrated that Africa is overly reliant on the export of primary commodities, overly reliant on global supply chains,” he said. “When the global supply chains are disrupted, we know that Africa suffers.”

Every African country except Eritrea has signed on to the AfCFTA framework agreement, and 34 have ratified it. But observers such as W Gyude Moore – a former Liberian minister who is now a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development – say the real work begins now.

“I would be surprised if they can have everything set up within 24 months,” he told Reuters news agency. “For long-term success, I think we’ll need to look at how long it took Europe. This is a multi-decade process.”

Obstacles – ranging from ubiquitous red tape and poor infrastructure to the entrenched protectionism of some of its members – must be overcome if the AfCFTA is to reach its full potential [File: Goran Tomasevic/Reuters]

‘We must start somewhere’

Historic challenges including Africa’s poor road and rail links, political unrest, excessive border bureaucracy and petty corruption will not disappear overnight.

And an annexe to the deal outlining the rules of origin – an essential step for determining which products can be subject to tariffs and duties – has not been completed yet.

Meanwhile, 41 of the zone’s 54 member states have submitted tariff reduction schedules.

Members must phase out 90 percent of tariff lines – over five years for more advanced economies or 10 years for less developed nations. Another 7 percent considered sensitive will get more time, while 3 percent will be allowed to be placed on an exclusion list.

Finalizing those schedules and communicating them to businesses must be done quickly, said Ziad Hamoui of Borderless Alliance, a group that campaigns for easier cross-border trade.

But efforts to implement the deal will also likely face resistance from countries’ domestic interest groups. Fears of losing out to more competitive neighbours initially made some countries, including West African giant Nigeria, skeptical of the pan-African project.

Still, proponents of the zone are confident that initial steps towards its implementation will already allow member states to quickly boost intra-African trade.

“Economic integration is not an event. It’s a process,” said Silver Ojakol, chief of staff at the AfCFTA secretariat. “We must start somewhere.”

SOURCE : REUTERS

COVID-19: NUMBER OF INFECTIONS RISES TO 17, 553

 Luanda - Angolan authorities reported 120 new positive cases of Covid-19 and 185 recoveries in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number to 17, 553.

The authorities also said that 6, 104, of the total cases recorded between March and December 2020 in the country, are active patients, 11,044 recoveries and 405 deaths.

According to the Epidemiological Bulletin, three patients are in critical condition, seven severe, 74 moderate, 78 mild and 5, 944 asymptomatic.

In the last 24 hours, the new cases were recorded in the provinces of Luanda, with 52, Bié (16), Cuanza Sul (15), Huambo (12), Uige (12), Lunda Norte (9), Huíla (3 ) and Cuando Cubango with a positive case, but no death has been reported.

COVID-19: ANGOLA WITHOUT A DEATH IN TWO DAYS

 With 17,568 positive cases of Covid-19 recorded since the first infection was detected in the country in March 2020, Angola is two days without reporting a single death, the authorities said.

According to the Covid-19 Multisector Commission, of the whole Angola’s Covid-19 positive cases, 6,017 are active patients, 11,146 recoveries and 405 deaths.

The active cases include one in critical condition, seven in severe state, 74 in moderate condition, 74 with light symptoms and 5,861 asymptomatic.

The Commission also informed that 15 new cases of Covid-19 have been reported in the last 24 hours, of which 11 in the capital, Luanda, three in northern Cabinda province and one in central Bié, with ages ranging from four to 76 years, four males and 11 females.

The source explained that the low number of infections in the last 24 hours was owed to the yearend celebrations that reduced the testing.

In the period in respect, 102 patients recovered from Covid-19, of which 99 in Luanda and three in Bié, with ages from two to 66 years.

376 RT-PCR tests were conducted since the last update in the country, resulting in 15 infections, the authorities also said.

From March to December last year, 311,308 specimens were processed, resulting in 17,568 infections and 293,740 negative cases, representing an accumulated positive rate of 5.6 percent.