Why Underrepresented Voices Matter For Financial Inclusion
The Interledger Foundation (ILF) builds pathways to financial inclusion based on open payments. In collaboration with DFS Lab, an early-stage investor and advisory firm, we set out to gain a better understanding of the intricate and complex digital payments landscape of countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Our report from that work is ‘Open and instant payments […]
Nestlé And Chilanga Cement Launches A Plastic Neutrality Initiative In Zambia
The launch of RE in Zambia kicks off with a plastic neutrality project in partnership with Chilanga Cement, contributing to the ongoing regional effort to reach net zero by 2050 As the world commemorates Global Recycling Day on March 18th, Nestlé East, and Southern African Region (ESAR) is proud to announce the launch of its RE […]
African Risk Capacity Group And Djibouti Government Sign First Multi-year, Multi-Peril Agreement In Africa
To Protect Most Climate-Vulnerable Communities The Government of Djibouti has signed the first-ever multi-year, multi-peril agreement on the African continent with the African Risk Capacity Group (ARC Group) to protect the lives and livelihoods of its most climate-vulnerable communities. The ground-breaking agreement means that the country in the Horn of Africa now has access to […]
Door Is Open To The Umoja W’Afrika 16. Int. Afrika Expo Festival Germany From 01 – 04 June 2023
Reporter Zainabu Ally Hamis We Make Africa Great Again From June 01. – 04, 2023 In Germany!!! “The African Diaspora Community in Germany is making Africa Great Again through its 16. International Diaspora Cultural Festival in Tübingen – Germany from June 01 – 04, 2023 and June 06. – 09, 2024. Known as Umoja W’Afrika, […]
Tigo, Selcom And Mastercard Partner To Launch Online Digital Payment Solution In Tanzania
Tigo Tanzania, Selcom and Mastercard Inc. have announced a strategic partnership that will see the three industry leaders revolutionize the digital payment ecosystem by enabling convenient online payments globally through the Tigo Mastercard virtual service via the Selcom’s card-as-a-service (CaaS) platform. This partnership will empower Tigo Pesa customers to transact on global payments platforms and benefit from Mastercard’s […]
Tanzania President Launches Africa’s Food System Forum 2023, Calls For Inclusion Of Youth And Women
As Critical Drivers Of Africa’s Food Systems Agenda Her Excellency Dr. Samia Suluhu Hassan, President of the United Republic of Tanzania, has today officially launched Africa’s Food System Forum 2023, Africa’s premier platform for advancing the agriculture and food systems agenda on the continent, at State House, Tanzania. The theme of this year’s Forum – Recover, […]
BRAC International Signs MoU With Rwanda To Empower People In Extreme Poverty
By Joyce Chimbi Against a brutally painful historical backdrop, a story of hope and resilience unfolds in Rwanda. A story that lays bare Rwanda’s innovative approaches to empowering her people, for an estimated half of the population still lives in poverty. In the 2022 Global Hunger Index, Rwanda ranked 102nd out of 121 countries with sufficient […]
News Alert: 57 Killed, More Than 330 000 Affected By Cyclone Freddy
Fifty-seven people are confirmed dead and more than 330 000 have been affected by the flooding and destruction Cyclone Freddy caused in Mozambique’s Zambezia and Sofala provinces in late February and earlier in March, says ForAfrika’s country manager for Mozambique, Arsenio Mucavele. ForAfrika, the largest African humanitarian organisation in Africa, is working alongside communities in […]
Young poets lend their talents to promote peace, marking the 75th anniversary of UN peacekeeping
© Pacifique Akilimali/Maryam Abu Hassan – Poet Pacifique Akilimali of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Nigerian peace activist and poet Maryam Abu Hassan. New York, USA, 21 March 2023-/African Media Agency(AMA)/“Across identities and differences… over countries and continents… it is not hard to choose peace.” These lines are from a new poem created to […]
