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Kenya is now one of the handful of countries in sub-Saharan Africa with extensive HIV vaccine clinical trial experience and internationally accredited laboratory and clinical research capacity, Dr. Seth Berkley, president and CEO of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) has said.

The WHO’s programme for the AIDS Vaccine research for Africa (AAVP) has now been moved from Geneva to Uganda Virus Research Institute in Entebbe.

Three East African Universities have benefited from part of USD1.6 million grant from Carnegie Corporation in New York to two University based research networks in Africa.

Congolaise Industrielle des Bois (CIB) and the Tropical Forest Trust announced Tuesday that the timber company has more than doubled the amount of certified rainforest it operates in the Congo Basin, creating the largest ever tract of contiguous certified tropical forest in the world, a total of 750,000 hectares.

Kenya legislated the Biosafety Act 2009 to govern research and utilization of modern biotechnology. This legislation came at an ideal time when emerging issues like food security, climate change, tourism development, the Mau forest crisis among other issues were being explored. One of the areas this technology could be handy in a holistic approach is in the reclamation of the Mau forest.

An Economic Report on Africa 2009 to be released later today by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Union Commission (AU), says the global economic crisis will hit African economies hard during the course of 2009.

Web use surges in Africa according to Opera's latest State of the Mobile Web report as Opera Software uncovers exponential growth in Africa’s mobile Web usage.