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Power of African Fashion Celebrated in Landmark Exhibition at the V&A
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Harnessing Insurance To De-risk Agri-food Investment And Grow Sustainable Food Systems
July 5, 2022
Food production is not for the faint-hearted. Multiple risks to farming – especially for small and medium farmers – can include climate change, social instability and supply-chain disruption. One small but powerful intervention can make all the difference. Food security is a human right. But the combination of disruptions caused by a two-year pandemic, climate change, economic and social instability, coupled with the global supply chain interruption due to Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine, has had one major significant impact – a sharp increase in food shortages and rising food prices around the world. The food crisis was discussed in
A Voice For African Wildlife: A Conversation With Kaddu Sebunya
July 4, 2022
By Guy Dinmore The CEO of the Nairobi-based African Wildlife Foundation, Kaddu Sebunya – in London to mark AWF’s 60th anniversary while fundraising and lobbying – shares his thoughts with IPS on the climate and food crises, how Africans have their voice, why western countries need a ‘reset’ with Africa, what Prince Charles should say to the Commonwealth, how China is eating western ‘cake’, and what worries him more than anything else. (IPS) How are the crises of climate and food security impacting AWF across Africa? “It has a huge impact because everything is interconnected. In Kenya, we lost about 78 elephants to drought
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America Beauty Mogul In Ghana To Impact The Beauty Industry
July 6, 2022
After creating fulfilling success stories in America, American-Ghanaian-based beauty entrepreneur and CEO of Pandas Luxury Bar, Panda Supreme, also known as Mrs CEO Pryme, is gradually overtaking the beauty space with her Pandas Luxury Bar.
Standard Bank’s Small Business Growth Tool Kit
July 6, 2022
closing the divide between big and small businesses Standard Bank has developed a small business tool kit, designed to help small businesses punch above their weight by narrowing the capability gap between smaller and larger
As The Travel Recovery Gains Momentum, JLL Expands Its Global Tourism & Destination Advisory Practice To Africa
July 6, 2022
Bernadine Galliver joins JLL’s Hotels & Hospitality group in South Africa as Vice President, Tourism & Destination Advisory JLL’s Hotels and Hospitality Group announced today that it has appointed Bernadine Galliver as Vice President to
Finance And Reinforcement: Why South Africa’s SMEs Are Vital For Economic Recovery And Upliftment
July 5, 2022
By Daniel Goldberg, Co-Founder and CEO of Bridgement In his 2022 Budget Speech, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana outlined several measures the National Treasury would undertake to support small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) in the wake of the COVID-19
AFRIMA 2022: Entry Submission Portal Closes On August 5
July 5, 2022
The International Committee of the All African Music Awards (AFRIMA) is reminding all artistes, music professionals and other relevant stakeholders within Africa and across the diaspora to submit their entries for the 2022 AFRIMA edition,
The Role Of Technology In Driving Equality
July 4, 2022
By Andrew Bourne, Regional Manager, Zoho Corp. We live in a world beset by inequalities. Whether they’re related to income, gender, race, or background, you don’t have to look far to find them. South Africa,
Niyel Launches 77 Free Advocacy Tools For Change Creators 
July 7, 2022
DAKAR, SenegaI, 06 July 2022 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Niyel, international, impact-driven campaigns, advocacy and public affairs firm, today launched a robust resource tool called Do Something: 77 tools for change creators. Do Something is a collation of expert
Brazil: ‘Racialized’ police killings, evidence reforms are needed, say experts
July 6, 2022
Following the killings of at least 23 Brazilians during police raids and checks, UN-appointed independent human rights experts called on Wednesday for urgent reforms against “racialized police brutality”. “We have repeatedly raised our concerns about
Mali improvised bomb claims lives of two Egyptian peacekeepers
July 6, 2022
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday echoed strong condemnation from the Security Council and elsewhere, of the killing of two more UN peacekeepers in northern Mali. The blue helmets – who were serving with the
Education for Employment
July 6, 2022
Moses Anibaba, Regional Director, British Council, Sub-Saharan Africa JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 6 July 2022 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/-Africa has the youngest population in the world, representing an enormous opportunity for the continent’s growth and the opportunity
UN needs $68.4 million to help Central African Republic where 2.2 million are acutely food insecure
July 5, 2022
A sharp increase in essential goods in the Central African Republic (CAR) linked to war in Ukraine will likely have a devastating impact on the already dire humanitarian situation there in coming weeks, the UN
The new business balancing act has leaders walking a tightrope
July 5, 2022
Cameron Beveridge, Regional Director for Southern Africa at SAP JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 5th July 2022 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- Business leaders are engaged in a delicate balancing act as radical workforce changes, new customer demands, external pressures
Fòs Feminista Celebrates Sierra Leone’s Decriminalization of Abortion
July 5, 2022
As the world watches the U.S. backslide, Fòs Feminista applauds feminist movements that continue to decriminalize abortion and advance gender and reproductive justice. Participants at the 10th African Conference on Sexual and Health and Rights
DR Congo declares end to latest Ebola outbreak
July 4, 2022
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has declared the end of its 14th Ebola outbreak after less than three months, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday. There were four confirmed cases of
Libya: new suspected mass graves found in Tarhuna, says UN human rights probe
July 4, 2022
New suspected mass graves have been uncovered in Tarhuna, Libya, a Human Rights Council probe reported on Monday, highlighting continuing extreme rights abuses in the country that have affected children and adults alike. Speaking in
TPAY MOBILE’s Founder and CEO Sahar Salama hands over Group CEO responsibilities to become Group Chairwoman
July 4, 2022
ex-CEO of Mollie, Gaston Aussems, named successor DUBAI, UAE, 4 July 2022 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- TPAY MOBILE, the leader in mobile payments in the Middle East, Africa, and Turkey (META), today announces it has appointed Gaston
Interview with Rupert McCammon on What to Expect at AFSIC 2022
July 4, 2022
Rupert McCammon, the Managing Director of AFSIC is committed to Driving Investment Into the African Continent Across all Industries LONDON, England, 1 July 2022, /African Media Agency/- AFSIC, now in its 9th year, is believed to
Sudan: UN human rights chief alarmed over killing of protesters by security forces
July 1, 2022
The UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Friday expressed alarm over the killing of at least nine protesters by security forces in Sudan a day earlier, including a 15-year-old child. The High Commissioner said