Ghana: President Akufo-Addo receives first Covax jab

The president also said experts from Ghana's Food and Drugs Authority had declared the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine safe.

Ivory Coast have also begun their rollout of vaccines under the Covax programme, there are plans to distribute an initial half a million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.

And, Zambian banking executive Mizinga Melu tells us about her rise to the top in the banking industry and about her bestselling book, Braving the Odds: A Memoir on Perseverance, Finance and Faith.

(Image: Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo. Credit: Getty Images)