DR Congo President and UN chief meet at a ‘historic moment’...
On the third and final day of his visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), UN chief António Guterres declared that the country...
Ventures Africa discusses Internet shutdowns and the future of democracy in...
LAGOS, Nigeria, 3 September, 2019,-/African Media Agency/- Ventures Africa, an online news platform and community that produces stories about an evolving Africa, has released...
Republic of Madagascar Becomes Africa Finance Corporation’s 22nd Member State
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar, September 3rd 2019,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/-Africa Finance Corporation (“AFC” or “the Corporation”), the leading infrastructure solutions provider in Africa, announces the Republic...
Six key benefits of DataOps for businesses
Today companies need the latest data at their fingertips, without it they limit their agility and ability to maneuver potential competition, says Alasdair Parsonson,...
FROM THE FIELD: Restoring life to Ghana’s land
Subsistence farmers in Ghana are learning how to hold back the decline in the fertility of the smallholdings they cultivate while revitalizing their soils as desertification increasingly threatens their land and livelihoods.
NEW YORK, United States...
Mozambique/Madagascar: Pope’s visit offers an opportunity to address human rights violations
GENEVA, Switzerland, September 2, 2019,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Amnesty International has called on Pope Francis to raise urgent human rights concerns with the leaders of...
The END Fund will Lead the Conversation on Neglected Tropical Diseases...
The discussion will be moderated by the END Fund’s CEO and WEF Africa Co-Chair Ellen Agler
NEW YORK, USA, September 2nd, 2019,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/-...
Kenya’s MPost reaches 40,000 users, raises $100,000 to fuel growth
Kenya’s MPost, an application that converts your phone to a mobile post office has raised $100,000 from Leapfrog Ventures founder and CEO Takuma Terakubo...
AFC Secures Inaugural US$150 million (or JPY equivalent) Dual Currency Samurai...
– Advances AFC’s objective of building a broad coalition of international investors
– Yen-denominated facility further diversifies AFC’s sources of funding towards the Far East
TOKYO,...
Eswatini: Hundreds of people still at risk of forced evictions one...
GENEVA, Switzerland, August 30, 2019,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- One year after Amnesty International exposed the devastating impact of forced evictions on hundreds of people in...
Decades of progress ‘can be wiped out overnight,’ UN chief laments...
“Little undermines development like disaster,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres told attendees at a thematic session on Africa and climate change, on day two of the Tokyo...
Empowering South Africa’s Businesswomen | African Media Agency
Academy of Women Entrepreneurs begins in Pretoria
PRETORIA, South Africa, August 30, 2019,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The U.S. Embassy in Pretoria, together with implementing partner DreamGirls...
