Twelveth edition of Truckademy weekly newsletter

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Scene of the tanker accident      

Petrol truck crushes siblings sitting NECO, three others in Oyo
 
Tragedy struck in Ibadan on Monday as a loaded petrol tanker lost control and crushed five persons to death.  click
 
Takoradi Port Gets New Bulk Terminal
 
A new state-of-the-art and West Africa’s deepest Liquid Bulk Terminal (LBT) at the Port of Takoradi, has started commercial operations. click
  
Covid-19: 46,000 taxi-moto riders targeted in mass vaccination drive
 
At least 46,000 commercial motorcycle operators commonly known as taxi-moto are to be vaccinated in the latest drive aimed at expanding the vaccinated population to protect people in Rwanda from Covid-19.  click  

How lockdowns elsewhere hit Tanzania's insurance industry

Dar es Salaam. Tanzania may not have employed lockdowns in the war against the Covid-19 pandemic, but the outcomes of such measures in some countries have had an impact on the East African country’s insurance sector, data show. click
 
 

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