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SHENZHEN, China, September 18, 2025 /African Media Agency (AMA)/ – The internationally renowned analyst firm Gartner® has released the “Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Storage Platforms, 2025.” Huawei has been placed in the Leaders Quadrant, the only non–North American vendor to do so. Huawei Data Storage named a Leader in the Magic Quadrant Huawei Data Storage […]
...● Join over 500 scientists, researchers, and changemakers uniting to drive real solutions for gender equality in food, land and water systems. ● A call to co-create solutions that accelerate gender equality in agri-food and water systems. Register before 26 September 2025. CGIAR, through the Accelerator on Gender Equality and Inclusion, the International Water Management […]
...The Africa Re-Union, a landmark artistic initiative, was unveiled at the FNB Art Joburg on 04 September 2025, transforming the fair into a stage of reclamation and imagination, where art became manifesto and memory became movement. It reverses the context of the infamous 1884 Berlin Conference— where Africa was carved and divided without consent — by […]
...Today marks the official launch of the second edition of the African Voices of Science (AVoS), a continental initiative led by Speak Up Africa, dedicated to strengthening Africa’s voice and role in global health research, development, and innovation (RD&I). For decades, Africa has been portrayed as a passive recipient of solutions designed elsewhere. This narrative […]
...Shared Interest has announced a new phase of its work in South Africa aimed at closing the gender financing gap by unlocking capital for women-led businesses in the housing and agriculture space. The initiative is being rolled out in partnership with the DG Murray Trust (DGMT) and uMaStandi, a property financing company that supports township […]
...South Africa’s ability to deliver on its ambitious infrastructure vision in the coming years will depend heavily on securing long-term domestic and foreign investment partnerships. With the National Development Plan setting a target to raise infrastructure investment from less than 20% of GDP to at least 30% by 2030 – which translates to more than […]
...Strengthening African agriculture is one of the most powerful levers for advancing global development, according to a new report by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in collaboration with the Paris Peace Forum. The ‘African Agriculture Is the Key to Global Sustainable Development’ report shows that improving productivity in the sector could help achieve between 30% and 50% […]
...Flags across Africa are more than symbols—they are powerful narratives of anti-colonial resistance, independence, and regional unity. In Bamako, Malians recently raised the new flag of the Alliance of Sahel States, which features a baobab tree and stars for Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso. The flag’s green links back to Ethiopia’s historic tricolor, which inspired Pan-Africanism […]
...Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has made a surprise visit to Burkina Faso, becoming the first ECOWAS leader to engage directly with a member of the breakaway Alliance of Sahel States (AES). Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso—the three members of the AES—formally withdrew from ECOWAS earlier this year to create the alliance. During his visit, […]
...MTN, Africa’s largest telecoms company, is in advanced talks with US and European firms to develop data centers across the continent, a move aimed at powering the growth of AI-driven services. CEO Ralph Mupita said the South Africa-based company will provide part of the investment required to build the data centers, while also seeking partnerships with AI […]
...China is strategically leveraging long-term relationships in Africa and the Caribbean to cement its status as a global superpower and counter Western influence. For decades, the East Asian country has embedded itself across the continent through massive infrastructure projects, trade, and tailored consumer goods, becoming the default trading partner for many African nations. This presence is highly […]
...South Africa’s 2010 FIFA World Cup has officially been crowned the “greatest World Cup of all time” by Sport Bible, reaffirming its place in football history. This historic event, the first ever held on African soil, was a monumental success, drawing over 3 million fans to stadiums across nine cities and captivating a record global television audience […]
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