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...
A business analyst for Docta Ghana, an app developed by a group of young people in 2015. The app connects patients with doctors and facilitates consultations and administering prescriptions. JENNIFER HUXTA

Mastercard Foundation to Enable Three Million Young People to Access Employment...

TORONTO, Canada, August 30th, 2019,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The Mastercard Foundation today announced Young Africa Works in Ghana, an initiative that aims to enable three...

Revised Visa Reciprocity for Nigeria

ABUJA, Nigeria, August 30, 2019,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- REVISED VISA RECIPROCITY SCHEDULE FOR NIGERIA: Effective worldwide on 29 August, Nigerian citizens will be required to pay...

“I slept with voices demanding my death and woke up with...

Mauritanian blogger Mohamed Mkhaïtir tells the story of his first days in prison  Mauritanian blogger Mohamed Cheikh Ould Mkhaïtir who was arrested on 2 January...

For Africa, ‘winds of hope are blowing ever stronger,’ Guterres declares...

African nations have made ‘significant progress’ in developmental efforts in the last few years, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Wednesday, kicking off the Seventh Tokyo...

Experts call upon African countries to embrace the digital revolution to...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, August 29, 2019,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Experts in digital transformation, gender and education, attending the Second Innovation Education Expo, urged the continent...

TICAD7: High Level Dialogue on Africa’s Development Dynamics – Achieving Productive...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, August 29, 2019,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/-  WHAT:     High Level Policy Dialogue on Productive TransformationWHEN:     Thursday, 29 August, 2019 from 6:00PM to 7:30PMWHERE:   ...

FROM THE FIELD: Malawi farmers diversify to fight climate change

Farmers in Malawi are diversifying their crops and adopting sustainable technologies as they look at ways to adapt to a changing climate.  NEW YORK, United States of America, August 27, 2019,-/African Media...

Nigeria: Anguish, Poverty Confront Trafficking Survivors

End Detention in Shelters, Provide More Support NEW YORK, United States of America,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Many survivors of sex and labor trafficking struggle with unaddressed...