Ghana: President Should Veto Anti-LGBT Bill
Violates Rights to Nondiscrimination, Freedom of Expression and Assembly Ghana’s parliament on February 28, 2024 passed a draconian bill that increases criminal penalties for consensual same-sex conduct and criminalizes individuals and organizations who advocate for the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, Human Rights Watch said today. President Nana Akufo Addo should […]
Shortlist And GEAPP Announce New Findings That Can Help In The Advancement And Retention Of Women In The African Clean Energy Sector
Shortlist and the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) released “Empowering Women in Clean Energy: Advancing and Retaining an Equitable Workforce,” a report highlighting new data on the experiences of women in the clean energy sector in Africa. The data, collected from over 150 professionals across sub-Saharan Africa, provides insights on the causes […]
ARC Ltd. Celebrates 10 Years Of Pioneering Climate Risks Solutions Across Africa
African Risk Capacity Limited (ARC Ltd.), the parametric insurer and financial affiliate of the ARC Group, is celebrating its 10th anniversary. Since being founded in 2014 with the sole and unique mandate from the African Union Heads of States to provide insurance and other risk transfer solutions to African countries, ARC Ltd. has pioneered climate […]
African Agribusiness Expert Announced As New CEO Of US Nonprofit Partners In Food Solutions
Zimbabwean national Mandla Nkomo will become the first African to lead the 15-year-old organization that matches expertise from corporate expert volunteers to small and growing food companies across Africa. An expert in agribusiness development will become the first African CEO of nonprofit Partners in Food Solutions, which provides African food companies with voluntary technical assistance […]
TDB Group Extends USD 2 Million To MPower Ventures Zambia To Improve Access To Affordable And Modern Energy Solutions In Zambia
The Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank Group (TDB Group), through the Trade and Development Fund (TDF), has extended a 3-year USD 2 million term loan to MPower Ventures Zambia Limited to improve access to modern and affordable energy solutions for household and productive use through the importation and retail of solar products […]
Work Needed For Africa To Grow Exports
By Inwang Akpan; Head of Trade, Transactional Products and Services at Standard Bank. It is estimated that one in every six African exporters fail to meet their export sales targets due to a lack of funding for the input, production and export stages of their operating life cycle. The result culminates in a loss of approximately US$50 […]
Senegal: Amnesty Bill Opens Door to Impunity
Law Would Cheat Victims, Embolden Abusers A draft amnesty law submitted by Senegal’s President Macky Sall to members of the National Assembly on March 4, 2024, opens the door to impunity for serious crimes, Human Rights Watch said today. On February 26, amid a political crisis caused by the postponement of presidential elections, and as a […]
President Emmerson Mnangagwa calls for innovative, green investment strategies to foster Africa’s economic growth
VICTORIA FALLS, Zimbabwe, 5 March 2024-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- For African countries to benefit from the transition to sustainable green economies, which is estimated to generate $3 trillion by 2030, innovative instruments to foster climate action and address the current debt crisis are needed. Government and institutional representatives at the opening of the Ministerial segment of […]
Why we need to Safeguard AI’s Future with Dependable Data
by Valencia Karageorgiades, Technology Architect at SAP Africa NAIROBI, Kenya, 05 March 2024 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the most significant leaps forward for the power of technology and its impact on every sphere of our lives. As organisations increasingly embrace generative AI to derive insights, automate processes, and drive innovation, the foundation […]
