Tanzania: Ending Violence in Schools Begins with Banning Canes in All...

NEW YORK, United States of America, September 4, 2019,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- In 2016, in a classroom in the hilly city of Mwanza, in northwestern...
Building a prosperous and free Somalia through the Rule of Law

Building a prosperous and free Somalia through the Rule of Law

Building a prosperous and free Somalia through the Rule of Law As Dwight D. Eisenhower said: “The clearest way to show what the rule...

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 Africa in its newly launched ‘Speak!’ Series.

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...
(R-L): Dr Ini Urua, Senior Vice President Country Relations, Africa Finance Corporation; Richard Randriamandrato, Madagascan Minister of Economy and Finance

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...