Truecaller Launches Vastly Improved iOS App
Brand-new app offers 10x better spam & business detection STOCKHOLM, Sweden, 1 September 2022 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- Truecaller, the world’s leading global communications platform, today launched a brand new version of its iOS app for users around the world. Traditionally, Truecaller has always worked a lot better on Android, but that is set to change […]
Let’s Get Back To Work By Investing In Modern Water And Sewerage Infrastructure
By Simon Thomas, international consultant, and board member of Megapipes Solutions Limited As we transition into a new government, the time is ripe to take solid steps towards making good on some of the promises given during the campaign period; particularly urgent is the need to invest in upgrading the water and sewerage infrastructure. The dilapidated […]
UN Economic Commission For Africa Engages NVIDIA To Boost Data Science In 10 Nations
By Geoffrey Levene Public-private effort provides nations with data science workstations and AI education to support census, public health, climate projects and data analytics. NVIDIA is collaborating with the United Nations Economic Commision for Africa (UNECA) to equip governments and developer communities in 10 nations with data science training and technology to support more informed […]
Africa’s Female Agripreneurs Have A Core Role In Shoring Up Our Food Systems
By Hajia Salamatu Garba -Executive Director- WOFAN The UN estimates that for every dollar invested into programmes that improve women’s ability to generate income, the wider economy reaps $7 dollars in value created and growth. Thus, empowering women is both a moral imperative and an indispensable economic necessity due to its huge dividends. More so […]
Africa Should Trade Its Carbon Credits To Fund Renewable Energy – UNECA
By Busani Bafana Africa needs to trade in carbon credits to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, finance the transition to renewable energy, and boost economic development, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) says. Carbon credits present an opportunity for African countries – many dependent on fossil fuels for energy – to protect themselves against climate […]
The Invisible Force Of Women In The Agricultural Sector
By Linda Manda Sector Head Agribusiness, Client Coverage, CIB at Standard Bank Group The agricultural sector across sub-Saharan Africa is critical to local and regional economies as a developmental base for food security and employment. Within it, there remains an invisible force driving productivity in the region and across the world. It is one that is too […]
Eight Angolan Students From CEPI Visit New York For Education Competition, Earning Six Medals
Zandre Campos, CEO of ABO Capital, an international investment firm that builds opportunities in emerging markets across Africa, announced today that eight students from Complexo Escolar Privado Internacional (CEPI) – a school run by ABO Capital to help expand access to education in Angola – participated in the 2022 Copernicus Mathematics Olympiad, a paper-based competition in which students […]
Saving Lives and Livelihood helping Africa fight COVID-19; One-shot at a time
LAGOS, Nigeria, 1 September 2022 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/The Saving Lives and Livelihoods initiative, a $1.5 billion partnership between the Mastercard Foundation and the Africa CDC, is accelerating vaccination across the African continent. Considerable progress has been recorded across the four focus areas; purchase of vaccines for more than 65 million people, deployment of the vaccines […]
A Sustainable Ocean Economy Needs Entrepreneurs Who Are Creating Solutions
Entrepreneurs are at the forefront of solving the world’s biggest problems. The Branson Centre, in partnership with UNDP Accelerator Labs, announces the launch of the Ocean Innovation Challenge. Decade of Action: Now is the time to act! In 2015, world leaders agreed to 17 global goals, a global pact to create a better and sustainable […]
