National Boy-Focused GBV Intervention Launches
A ground-breaking national preventative Gender Based Violence (GBV) intervention that focuses on boys was launched in Johannesburg today, attended by high-profile industry stakeholders and CEOs who have given their support to the programme. The programme – titled What about the Boys? – aims to tackle gender-based violence by working with 10 000 high school boys […]
The Government Of Zimbabwe Partners With Agence Française de Développement To Launch The Great Zimbabwe Development Project
The Government of Zimbabwe, together with Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the French public development institution, launched a EUR-3-million project for the rehabilitation and development of the Great Zimbabwe World Heritage site in Masvingo Province, in the southeastern part of Zimbabwe. The Great Zimbabwe Development Project aims to promote sustainable and inclusive tourism development and […]
Stronger Healthcare Systems Critical for Africa’s Socioeconomic Transformation
By Claude Mambo Muvunyi Prof. Claude Mambo Muvunyi is Director General of Rwanda Biomedical Centre Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare systems globally have battled to deal with the repercussions unleashed by the disease. From the outset, Africa was considered particularly vulnerable due to several factors: limited healthcare provision in some areas, high prevalence […]
Rwanda’s Toto Safi And Nigeria’s Well Of Science Among Finalists In £1.1m Afri-Plastics Challenge
Ten (10) finalists of the second Afri-Plastic Challenge strand – ‘Creating Solutions’ – have been named. Reusable shopping bags and sterilised cloth diapers are among the key innovations. Finalists were drawn from Rwanda, Kenya, Ghana, South Africa, Uganda and Nigeria. The second strand of the Afri-Plastics Challenge is supporting sustainable solutions for reducing the reliance […]
New UN financing initiative goes live to power climate action
NEW YORK, USA, 01st July 2022-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- A new UN-led financing tool to strengthen weather and climate forecasting, improve life-saving early warning systems, safeguard jobs, and underpin climate adaptation for long-term resilience, officially opened for business on Thursday. The Systematic Observations Financing Facility (SOFF) is a key building block for a new initiative spearheaded by UN Secretary-General General […]
Canon And APO Group Win PRovoke Africa SABRE Award For Compelling Africa Frontiers Of Innovation Public Relations Campaign
APO Group (www.APO-opa.com), the leading Pan-African communications consultancy and press release distribution service, is delighted to announce that it has received a prestigious Certificate of Excellence at the PRovoke 2022 Africa SABRE Awards for having supported the communications of Africa Frontiers of Innovation Campaign to Canon Central and North Africa (CCNA) (www.Canon-CNA.com). The PRovoke Africa SABRE Awards […]
Standard Bank And Motus Holdings Limited Partner In SA’s First ZAR-based Automotive Sector Syndicated Sustainability-Linked Facility
Standard Bank has successfully led the arrangement of a ZAR 6 billion sustainability-linked term facility and a ZAR 800 million sustainability-linked working capital facility for Motus, the first ZAR-based sustainability-linked funding in the South African automotive sector. As a leading automotive group, with an unrivalled scale and scope in South Africa, the ZAR 6.8 billion […]
MTN Hacked Just as it Launches Mobile Payments in Nigeria
MoMo Payment Service Bank, the new financial services subsidiary of telecoms company MTN Nigeria, suffered a breach in the last week of May just days after launch, reportedly losing $53 million. News reports about the breach cited a court filing that shows MoMo PSB requesting each of the 18 banks to explain how much of […]
Tanzania, like Many other African Countries, Wants to Stop Depending on Fertiliser from Russia
Fertiliser – the key ingredient needed to help crops grow – is in short supply across the world. Global prices have also sky-rocketed in part because of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. The amount of fertiliser available globally has almost halved, while the cost of some types of fertiliser have nearly tripled over the past 12 months, […]
Equipping African and Africa-focused Startups with PR Tools
London-based Wimbart, a public relations (PR) agency specialising in Africa and emerging markets, has launched the fourth edition of its PR Office Hours programme. Launched in 2015, Wimbart is an independent PR agency with a focus on Africa’s tech and startup sectors. It hosted the first edition of its three-month PR Office Hours programme, designed […]
