UN Climate Adaptation Expo in Zambia concludes with urgent call for more finance to save lives and economies; helps countries harness AI to build climate resilience
© Photo Credit: UNFCCC/Zambia | Dr Youssef Nasser, Director of Adaptation at UNFCCC, delivering remarks at the NAP Expo 2025 opening LUSAKA, Zambia, 18 August 2025 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/-The largest annual climate adaptation event has concluded in Lusaka, Zambia, with an urgent call for scaled up investment to save lives, lift living standards and boost economic […]
New Podcast ‘Future of Africa’ Amplifies the Voices of African Youth Re-shaping Our World
Launched by the African Union Youth Envoy, the United Nations Foundation, and The Elders in collaboration with The Global Dispatches Podcast. NEW YORK, USA 12 August 2025 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/-The United Nations Foundation today announced the launch of Future of Africa, a new podcast series that amplifies young African voices in global policy conversations. Future of Africa is […]
Kenya achieves elimination of human African trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness as a public health problem
Kenya Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Eradication Council (KENTTEC)Community screening for human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) and monitoring of local populations in Lambwe Valley, Homa Bay County, Kenya. GENEVA, Switzerland, August 12th 2025-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Kenya as having eliminated human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) or sleeping sickness as a public health problem, […]
Leveraging Technology to Unlock Financial Inclusion and Economic Mobility in Malawi
By Dumisani Kadango, Country Manager, TransUnion Malawi LILONGWE, Malawi 7 August 2025 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Financial inclusion has become one of the most critical building blocks for sustainable economic development, not only in Malawi but across emerging markets. When individuals and small businesses have access to affordable, appropriate, and timely financial products and services, they […]
Backbase and African Banker launch landmark report on the future of digital banking in Africa
LONDON, United Kingdom, 8 August 2025-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Backbase, the global leader in Engagement Banking, in partnership with the African Banker magazine, has launched the inaugural report in the Africa Digital Banking Experience Series 2025, a timely publication that explores the transformation of banking across the continent in an age of hyper-personalisation, AI integration, and […]
Libyan Islamic Bank modernizes consumer banking services with Backbase
Backbase and Libyan Islamic Bank go live with a seamless new platform, bringing digital-first banking to Libyan customers. TRIPOLI, Libya, 5 August 2025-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Backbase, the global leader in AI-powered banking technology, today announced the recent successful platform launch of Libyan Islamic Bank (LIB), one of the country’s fastest-growing financial institutions. This achievement represents […]
Africa Unveils Landmark Integrity & Equity Principles and Coordination Platform to Strengthen Carbon Markets
NAIROBI, Kenya, 31 July 2025-/African Media Agency (AMA)/-The African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) today announced a series of bold initiatives to elevate Africa’s role in global carbon markets and ensure they deliver both climate and development benefits for the continent. The announcements were made at a high-level continental dialogue convened in collaboration with the Government […]
Lipaworld brings stablecoin-powered finance to South Africa’s informal economy
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 31 July 2025/African Media Agency (AMA)/ WAs stablecoins gain global traction for their role in transforming cross-border payments, Lipaworld is helping bring this technology into everyday use across Africa. The venture-backed fintech platform has entered the South African market to support freelancers, immigrants, and informal businesses with faster, safer alternatives to conventional banking […]
In Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Reassessing Tax Incentives Can Assist Growth and Equity
WASHINGTON, USA, 31 July 2025-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), rationalizing tax incentives could improve effectiveness of tax policies, and pave the way for future tax rate reductions, while ensuring adequate resources for development and social spending, according to the World Bank DRC Economic Update, released today. The report titled Reassessing […]
WHO urges action on hepatitis, announcing hepatitis D as carcinogenic
Yoshi ShimizHealth workers from Airag soum’s Family Health Centre visit a nomadic herder family in Dornogovi, Mongolia, to provide primary care and administer HBsAg tests for chronic hepatitis B. GENEVA, Switzerland, 30 July 2025-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- As we mark World Hepatitis Day, WHO calls on governments and partners to urgently accelerate efforts to eliminate viral […]
