SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to suspend arrivals of migrant workers with records of recent visits to southern African nations in order to block the inflow of the potentially more contagious omicron COVID-19 variant, officials said Monday. The labor ministry’s plan, which could affect the entry of manual workers from 16 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Exports of South Korean quarantine products to Africa have rocketed this year thanks to Seoul’s good handling of the coronavirus pandemic, data showed Wednesday. Shipments of diagnostic agents to 49 sub-Saharan countries stood at US$49.84 million in the first nine months of this year, about 25 times higher than [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s drone industry has taken a first step towards foreign markets by expanding its presence in the African drone market. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said Tuesday it formed a joint civilian-government delegation with 10 local drone companies to participate in the African Drone Forum (ADF) [...]
New York, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The Open Society Foundations announce a $15 million initiative to strengthen efforts to restore cultural objects looted from the African continent. Over four years, the initiative will support networks and organizations working to return Africa’s heritage to its rightful home. “The legacy of colonial violence has deep implications [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A team of scientists from South Korea, Australia and South Africa verified through DNA screening that the most recent common ancestors of modern humans originated from the Kalahari region of Africa, a state-run research institute said Tuesday. The scientists, including Axel Timmermann, director of the Center for Climate Physics [...]
LONDON, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The latest edition of PwC’s bimonthly Global Economy Watch has found that African economies could receive a windfall of £23bn if each economy applied similar governance reforms equivalent to those made by Cote d’Ivoire since 2013. The continent-wide economic analysis modelled the performance of each country across six of [...]
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The Consultative Group to Assist the Poor’s (CGAP) 13th annual photo contest, launched today, is seeking striking images on financial inclusion in Africa. For the first time, short video submissions on Africa also will be accepted. Entries may be submitted through December 14, 2018. Each contestant may submit up to [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — “K-beauty” products are gaining a foothold in new markets outside of China and Southeast Asia. While shipments to China comprises around 40 percent of all South Korean cosmetics exports, the geopolitical standoff over U.S. missile defense installations last year has spurred on companies to establish a presence in Africa, [...]
DAEJEON, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean science institute said Monday that it will send industrial gamma-ray computerized tomography (CT) machines to four African nations as part of its ongoing effort to support nuclear technologies in other countries. The CT machines developed by the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) will be delivered [...]
NEW YORK, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Dangote Foundation (www.Dangote.com) and GBCHealth have joined forces to forge a new model of partnership, African Business Coalition on Health (GBCHealth) in Africa. Chairman of Dangote Foundation, Aliko Dangote, shared plans to build an African Business Coalition on Health (ABCHealth), during the Bloomberg Global Business Forum, he was co-hosting, and [...]