Fola Folayan: From Radio Presenter To Broadcast Trainer
She wants to raise the bar for Broadcast Journalism in Nigeria_ For thirteen years, Fola Folayan worked as a radio broadcaster in Nigeria; filling various roles as a content producer, presenter, and newscaster in different media organizations across the country. But she wanted more. She wanted to develop talent for the broadcast industry and in […]
Absa and SAP have joined forces on a Pan African Finance Transformation
NAIROBI, Kenya, August 10, 2021 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- Absa Group has joined forces with SAP for a core finance transformation. A multi country digitisation journey has started with the Absa Groups’ Kenyan subsidiary S/4 HANA implementation being the first country to go live with SAP S/4 HANA The Kenyan implementation of S/4 HANA was launched on […]
The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Announces CAMFED, The Campaign For Female Education, As The 2021 Recipient Of The $2.5 Million Hilton Humanitarian Prize
The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation is pleased to announce that CAMFED, the Campaign for Female Education, a pan-African movement revolutionizing how girls’ education is delivered, has been selected as the 2021 Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize recipient and will receive $2.5 million in funding. As the world’s largest annual humanitarian award presented to a nonprofit, the Hilton Humanitarian Prize recognizes extraordinary contributions toward alleviating human suffering. To date, the […]
Africa Health Conference To Focus World’s Attention On The Healthcare Needs Of Africa
Healthcare service delivery in Africa and its associated challenges are well documented, with some estimating that fewer than 50% of Africans have access to modern health facilities. The arrival of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 exacerbated the situation for many countries on the continent, resulting in a situation where millions of people are in dire […]
Tigray: Intensified fighting across borders ‘disastrous’ for children
UN agencies continue to sound the alarm over the growing “humanitarian catastrophe” in northern Ethiopia, sparked by the conflict in the Tigray region, now in its ninth month. NEW YORK, USA, 10 August 2021-/African Media Agency (AMA)/-A recent escalation in fighting in Afar and other neighbouring regions, has been disastrous for children, said Henrietta Fore, Executive Director of the UN Children’s […]
Human Rights And International Law Expert, Adeola Oyinlade Wins American Bar Association (ABA) International Human Rights Of The Year Award
Charges lawyers to play more roles in advancing human rights across the globe Human rights and international law expert, Adeola Austin Oyinlade, has been declared the 2021 American Bar Association (ABA) International Human Rights of the Year Laureate by American Bar Association (ABA) at its ongoing annual meeting in Chicago, United States of America. ABA […]
Extrupet Switches To Solar Energy To Help Tackle Climate Change
New state-of-the-art 1.3MWp solar power plant to power green recycling for the African continent. Extrupet, one of the largest and most advanced recyclers of plastics on the African continent, today commenced the operation of their brand new 1.3MWp solar power plant, built in collaboration with Solarise Africa and NEC XON. “Climate change is the greatest […]
Join Us In The March To Kigali
By Dr Odry Agbessi, President of Association des Volontaires itinérants Actifs pour le Mieux-être des populations (VIA-ME) Over the past 15 years the world has made remarkable strides in the fight against malaria and neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), with milestones such as The London Declaration on NTDs (2012), the Commonwealth’s commitment to malaria (2018-2023), and […]
East Africa Data Infrastructure Ripe And Ready To Move To The Next Level
By John Syekei, head of East Africa IP and Technology Practice, Bowmans Kenya Technology is said to be changing so fast that regulators cannot keep up. However, in East Africa at least, the gap is narrowing as policy-makers and regulators see the economic benefits of keeping regulation up to speed with technology advancements. Kenya, Tanzania […]
