Romain de Villeneuve, CEO, WeLight: “The B Corp Certification Demonstrates That The Core Value Of Our Model Is Focused On Sharing Value Among All Stakeholders”
WeLight has become the first B Corp certified company in Madagascar. The company joined 50 other B Corp companies in Africa. This prestigious recognition highlights WeLight’s commitment “to creating a positive and meaningful impact on its entire ecosystem, while contributing to a more inclusive and regenerative economy. It also paves the way for other companies […]
JSE Launches 50th Edition Of Flagship Investment Challenge
Virtual trading floors for the Johannesburg Stock Exchange’s (JSE) flagship financial literacy programme, the JSE Investment Challenge, have officially opened as the competition marks a 50-year milestone. Designed to highlight the importance of investing and to increase financial knowledge among South African school learners and tertiary students, the Investment Challenge provides participants with an opportunity […]
African Media Agency and Africa Fintech Summit Announce Partnership to Promote Fintech Innovation in Africa
ABIDJAN, Côte d’Ivoire, 14 March 2023, /African Media Agency/- African Media Agency (AMA) and Africa Fintech Summit (AFTS) are pleased to announce a strategic partnership aimed at increasing awareness about the fintech industry’s innovation in Africa and promoting the upcoming summit throughout the continent. The partnership combines AMA’s expertise in strategic, content-rich communications campaigns to increase the reach of […]
Complexities Of African Expansion Unpacked In New Book
New book outlines mindset needed to approach business across the continent There’s an African proverb that says “What is past is gone, what is hoped for is absent, for you is the hour in which you are.” With this kind of singular African insight and practicality, Rutendo Hwindingwi, a self-described “African realist,” carefully introduces executives […]
SAP Young Professionals Program delivers work-ready tech skills to boost East and West African industries
LAGOS, Nigeria, 14 March 2023 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- The latest cohort of candidates for the SAP Young Professionals Program (as part of Skills for Africa) has graduated, providing a welcome boost to the digital transformation efforts of organisations in East and West Africa. A total of 26 candidates graduated, hailing from Ethiopia, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda and Ghana. […]
Challenges And Opportunities – Global Survey Results On Women’s Tech Careers
New survey reveals COVID, cost of living crisis, skills shortages and lack of mentorship have negatively affected women’s career development in the past 2 years A new global survey of women and allies ahead of International Women’s Day (IWD) today, 8 March, held under the theme “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality’”, reveals that […]
African Creatives Don’t just make Cool Content, they’re Part of the Global Creative Economy
Unpacking Africa’s limited involvement in the multi-billion dollar Global Creative Economy, a panel of thought leaders at the recent inaugural Advertising Week Africa in Johannesburg, South Africa highlighted the need for Africans to claim their share of the spoils from this economic boom. Against the background of some sobering statistics from Unesco showing that African […]
The Digital Divide: Barriers To The Realization Of Digital Rights For Learners In South Africa
By Shaatirah Baboo Hassim The right to basic education is a cornerstone of the South African post-apartheid constitutional dispensation. It refers to the right of every learner to free and accessible learning mechanisms. Naturally, in 2023, this must also dovetail with digital access for all learners if South Africa intends on keeping pace as best […]
UN experts call on South Africa to create torture prevention body
Unsplash/Kyle-Philip Coulson – The sun rises over the capital of South Africa, Pretoria. New York, USA, 14 March 2023-/African Media Agency(AMA)/South Africa must swiftly set up a watchdog mechanism to examine prisons, detention centres, and other facilities, UN independent experts on torture prevention said on Monday, citing “entrenched” ill treatment. The experts offered several recommendations after […]
