2024 Review: How Grassroot Activism Has Brought Focus On Key Issues In Kenya
2024 was the ‘year of civic activism’ in Kenya. From the powerful #EndFemicideKE protests advocating for gender justice following the rise in femicide in Kenya, to the flood protests against forced evictions and demolitions in Kenya’s informal settlements, the country saw powerful citizens’ voices reverberate through the year. And when the Finance bill protests led […]
Africa Takes Center Stage In Digital Transformation: Insights From The Global DPI Summit
The inaugural Global Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) Summit, held earlier this month in Cairo, Egypt, has spotlighted Africa as a powerhouse in the advancement of digital public infrastructure. The event, which gathered delegates from over 100 countries, was a call to action to harness safe, inclusive, and resilient DPI for achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) while […]
Prosper Africa’s Tech For Trade Alliance Announces A Pharmaceutical Tracing Pilot In South Africa As Part Of U.S. Digital Transformation With Africa (DTA) Strategy
Prosper Africa, USAID’s e-Trade Alliance, IBM, and the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy to Test a Solution to Transform African Pharmaceutical Markets Prosper Africa’s Tech for Trade Alliance (AT4T) is launching its latest pilot in Africa to field test a digital platform intended to bring visibility to Africa’s drug supply chains, creating a more […]
New Year Message from the African Union Special Representative for Somalia
MOGADISHU, Somalia, 06 January 2025-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- On behalf of the African Union Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM), I wish to extend warm New Year wishes for 2025 to the Federal Government of Somalia and its people. 2024 marked a pivotal year for Somalia, characterised by significant strides in peace and security, […]
All About South Africa
South Africa South Africa is located at Africa’s southern tip and has 2,798 km of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. It borders Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Swaziland. Lesotho is a country completely surrounded by South Africa. South Africa has diverse cultures and languages with eleven officially recognized languages in the constitution. Two originated […]
All About South Sudan
South Sudan South Sudan is a landlocked country in east-central Africa with Juba as its capital city. There are plans to move the capital to Ramciel in the future. The country borders Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, and Sudan to the north. South Sudan gained independence on […]
All About Sudan
Sudan A landlocked country in east-central Africa with Khartoum as its capital city. The country borders Egypt to the north, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, the Central African Republic (CAR) to the southwest, South Sudan to the south, Chad to the west, and Libya to the northwest. Up until its separation from South Sudan in […]
All About Tanzania
Tanzania Tanzania is in central east Africa and is bordered by Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique. There is a coastline on the Indian Ocean. A unitary republic, there are 26 mikoa (regions) in the United Republic of Tanzania. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete is the head of state […]
All About Togo
Togo The Togolese Republic, also known as Togo, sits in West Africa. It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, and is bordered on the north by Burkina Faso, Benin to the east, and Ghana on the west. Togo, with a population of over 9,515,240 million people, is 57,000 square kilometers (22,000 sq mi) in […]
All About Tunisia
Tunisia The Republic of Tunisia is the northernmost African country and is bordered by Algeria, Libya, and the Mediterranean Sea. It has a population of 12,277,100 million as of 2024 and an area of 165,000 sq. km. Tunis is the capital and is in the North-East part of the country. Of the nations along the […]
