Visa And African Women Impact Fund Initiative (AWIF) Announce Recipients Of Funding To Empower African Women Entrepreneurs
Three women fund managers from Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa have been selected to receive Visa’s grant funding from the African Women Impact Fund Initiative (AWIF), a collaboration between Standard Bank and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA). SME.NG (Nigeria), Altree Capital (Kenya) and Maia Capital (South Africa) are the selected recipients and […]
Mastercard Music Pass NFT Opens Access To Groundbreaking Web3 Training Program For Emerging Musical Artists
Music fans can now get their hands on the limited-release Mastercard Music Pass NFT, which unlocks access to exclusive content and experiences from the Mastercard Artist Accelerator. The unique program will prepare five emerging musical artists from around the world with the tools and skills to harness Web3 technologies to reimagine their creative processes and grow […]
Kenya Airways Introduces Revamped Inflight Dining Experience
National carrier, Kenya Airways (KQ) has today unveiled a new inflight dining experience in its Business Class and Economy Class cabins for specific long and medium haul flights. The revamped in-flight experience includes a new menu as well as a new plating service for business class and tray service for economy class. The new menu […]
Priority for Guinea: Improving the Status of Women and Girls
UN Women/Joe Saad CONAKRY, May 9, 2023-/African Media Agency(AMA)/-Women and girls in Guinea face significant barriers to accessing the same opportunities as men, according to a new World Bank report, Unlocking Women’s and Girls’ Potential: The Status of Women and Girls Relative to Men and Boys in Guinea”. The report focuses on early family formation, a common […]
African Trade And Investment: A Roadmap For 2023
Africa is gearing up for a new era of trade and investment, with a focus on collaboration, creativity, and the digital economy. Representatives from three World Trade Center® (WTC®) locations including WTC Cairo, WTC Addis Ababa, and WTC Abuja, highlight the trade prospects and challenges facing Egypt, Ethiopia, and Nigeria in 2023. Egypt: Focusing on Collaboration and Trade […]
New Bean Genome Unveils Potential To Boost Food Security And Resilience In Drought-Prone Regions
Results pave way for genetic improvements of native legume to promote widespread cultivation that could yield nutritional and economic benefits An international team of researchers has fully sequenced the genome of a climate resilient bean that could bolster food security in drought-prone regions. The sequencing of the hyacinth bean or ‘lablab bean’ [Lablab purpureus] paves […]
Continued Instability in Sudan could Exacerbate an already Serious Humanitarian Situation
Sudan, Africa’s third largest country by land mass, shares borders with seven countries in an unstable region. This means that Sudan’s current conflict will have economic, social and political ripple effects across a number of countries, including the Central African Republic, Egypt, Libya, Chad, South Sudan, Ethiopia and Eritrea. The conflict might also affect countries […]
A Victory for Zimbabwean Activist
Acclaimed Zimbabwean filmmaker and novelist Tsitsi Dangarembga has been acquitted by the country’s High Court of staging an anti-government protest in 2020, for which she had initially received a six-month suspended jail sentence and a fine. Dangarembga, 64, is a fierce critic of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government. She has been fighting for years against corruption […]
DRC Observes a Day of National Mourning for Flood Victims
At least 400 people have died after floods and landslides hit the Democratic Republic of Congo’s South Kivu province last week. Heavy rainfall through last week caused rivers to overflow and created mudslides that devastated the villages of Bushushu and Nyamukubi in South Kivu’s Kalehe territory. Videos from the area show buildings swept away in […]
Africa’s Petro States Create A Funding Solution
The African Petroleum Producers’ Organisation (APPO) is putting the finishing touches on plans to establish the Africa Energy Bank. The bank is being set up to finance oil and gas operations in Africa in order to curb external financing which typically has its limitations. APPO Secretary Dr. Omar Farouk Ibrahim says, “This is going to […]
