World Youth Skills Day: Rewriting The Narrative, Passing on New Digital Skills, and Industry Training
World Youth Skills Day: Rewriting the narrative, passing on new digital skills, and industry training By 2035, the working-age population of Africa is projected to increase by approximately 70 percent. However, matching skills to available employment is an important issue, and it is becoming increasingly apparent that the country’s skills shortage must be addressed. In […]
Bybit’s World Series of Trading 2023 Will Be an All-Star Showdown for Elite Crypto Traders
DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, 13 July 2023 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Bybit, the world’s third most visited crypto exchange, has unveiled its grand crypto spectacle: the 2023 World Series of Trading (WSOT). Starting with the leader registration phase on July 13, the largest cryptocurrency trading competition in the world is attracting the cream of trading talent. WSOT […]
Coronation Group And Aig-Imoukhuede Foundation Partner With Prince’s Trust International To Launch In Nigeria
Coronation Group, Africa’s investment management group, and the Aig-Imoukhuede Foundation, a philanthropic organisation founded to improve the lives of Africans through transformed public service delivery and increased access to quality primary healthcare, are pleased to announce their partnership with Prince’s Trust International (PTI) for its official launch in Nigeria. Founded in 2015 by His Majesty […]
Flutterwave Launches Tuition To Ease Education Fee Payments For Africans Abroad And On The Continent
Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payments technology company, has launched Tuition, a new payment product, to allow African users to conveniently pay various fees to educational institutions within Africa and overseas using their local currencies. The educational institutions available on Tuition include high schools, universities, colleges and some global edutech platforms. Tuition is designed to solve the challenges […]
Côte d’Ivoire Announces Plans to Launch its First Satellite within the Next Two Years
YAM-SAT-CI 01 will be a nanosatellite for the observation of the Earth. A nanosatellite is a small satellite, weighing from 1kg to 10kg. It will be equipped with a camera which can provide images of the coast, forests, natural parks and urban areas of the country. The construction of the satellite is 100% Ivorian. It […]
Ethiopia Wants to Build an Open Digital Economy, but Keeps Blocking Major Social Media Platforms
Since February, when the Horn of Africa nation banned Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, Telegram and YouTube, its struggling economy has lost more than $140 million, according to estimates by Center for Advancement of Rights and Democracy (CARD Ethiopia), which has campaigned for the end of the restrictions. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government raised hundreds of millions […]
Former Mozambican Finance Minister has been Handed Over to the FBI
Manuel Chang is set to face fraud and corruption charges in the US. Mr Chang has been in prison in South Africa since December 2018. He was handed over to the FBI on 12 July, according to the spokesman for South Africa’s Justice and Correctional Services Ministry, Chrispin Phiri. “This was after a provisional arrest […]
The Cost of Using Apple will Rise in 3 African Countries
On July 25, 2023, Apple will begin introducing a change in pricing or in-app purchases made through the App Store. App developers and consumers in 3 African markets, including Nigeria, Egypt, and Tanzania, would be impacted by the price changes. The corporation claims that pricing in the impacted nations is being revised to reflect recent […]
One Couple Leads the Way in Bat Conservation and Research in Nigeria
Renowned bat biologist, Iroro Tanshi and her biologist husband, Ben Obitte, comb the caves high up in Nigeria’s Afi mountains to research, monitor and understand different bat species, in order to protect them. They relate their inspiring journey and share their award-winning work, revealing the story of their love of bats – and of each […]
Uganda’s Number 1 Accused of Atrocities
The Uganda president, Yoweri Museveni, and his son Muhoozi Kainerugaba have been accused of sponsoring violence and abusing critics in harrowing testimony filed before the international criminal court. The submissions contain detailed allegations of the torture of opposition figures and activists who report being arrested arbitrarily and being held incommunicado in “torture centres”, where they […]
