Getty Images Copyright: Getty Images The outbreak began in Mubende, central Uganda, over a month ago Image caption: The outbreak began in Mubende, central Uganda, over a month agoĪ leading doctor in Uganda has urged people not to try and treat themselves if they are showing any of the symptoms of Ebola. However, the take-up of 4G is still low in Africa - accounting for just about a quarter of total connectionsĬompared to a global average of 60%, according to research by the Global System for South Africa, Nigeria, Botswana and Zimbabwe are some of theĬountries on the continent to have already rolled out 5G. Both options also come with higher data costs. The opening up of 5G is expected to boost the country’s digital economy - e-commerce and the ICT sector in general - which is enjoying a boom in growth.īut to take advantage of it at the moment, customers will either have to buy a 5G router costing around $250 (£210) or invest in a 5G-ready handset. For example, if conditions are right, then a whole movie could be downloaded in 10 seconds. People who can afford it - and the costs are high - could experience data speeds 10 times faster than a 4G connection. What is Ebola and why is Uganda's outbreak so serious?Įast and central Africa’s largest telecoms firm Safaricom has switched on 5G services in five cities in Kenya, including the capital, Nairobi.Viruses can spread faster in densely populated areas and this particular strain of Ebola - called the Sudan strain - has no vaccine yet.Įarlier this month the districts at the epicentre of this outbreak, Mubende and Kassanda, were put under quarantine. On Wednesday, it was reported that six children in the same family in the capital, Kampala, had contracted Ebola. Since the outbreak began in September, Uganda's health ministry has recorded 109 cases and 30 deaths. Listen to the interview with Focus on Africa:ĮPA Copyright: EPA Medics have to dress in protective clothing to treat people with Ebola Image caption: Medics have to dress in protective clothing to treat people with EbolaĪfrica's top health body has moved to reassure people that the Ebola outbreak in Uganda is "not getting out of hand".Īhmed Ogwell Ouma, the acting head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, told journalists that a successful contact-tracing campaign was keeping the spread under control, the Bloomberg news agency reports. As a result he left South Africa, eventually ending up in the US. Reflecting on his time there Dr Lefakane said he did not socialise with the white students, but there was a black student residence and "we made our own lives enjoyable".Īfter graduation he tried to get with Johannesburg City Council but was offered a far smaller salary than his white counterparts. "I knew I was facing very heavy odds at the time and I workedĪs hard as I could," he told the BBC's Focus on Africa radio programme. Now, as part of the university's centenary, Dr Lefakane, now 84, has been inducted into a brand new hall of fame at the Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment.ĭr Lefakane was the son of a domestic worker and gained a scholarship to pursue his studies. South Africa has honoured the country's first black student to graduate with a degree in engineering.ĭr Solomon Boyce Isaac Lefakane studied civil engineering at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, and was awarded a degree in 1961 - when the racist apartheid system was in operation. University of Witwatersrand Copyright: University of Witwatersrand
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