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Impact of AI, hybrid work top HR challenges in 2024
Kholiwe Makhohliso, Managing Director for Southern Africa at SAP. JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 16 April 2024 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- Navigating the impact of artificial intelligence and hybrid work models will be the top challenges affecting the role of HR professionals in 2024. These were the main points emerging from the HR Connect event held…
Read More »Three more ambassadors join King Kanu at Sportsbet.io
The new signings are part of the crypto sports betting site’s global team, led by Nigerian football legend Nwankwo Kanu LAGOS, Nigeria, 16 April 2024 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- Sportsbet.io’s has announced three more high-profile ambassadors, all ‘joining the crypto experience’ alongside a team of superstars that already includes Nwankwo Kanu, Brett Lee and…
Read More »Africa’s Champion Against Malaria, Professor Abdoulaye Diabaté on stage at TED2024
KAMPALA, Uganda, 12 April 2024 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- TED2024, a hallmark event celebrating 40 years of innovation, ingenuity, creativity, courage, and generosity, taking place in Vancouver, Canada from 15-19 April, will feature Africa’s esteemed, and leading champion against malaria, Prof. Abdoulaye Diabaté as a speaker. In his Talk, titled “How to End Malaria”, Prof.…
Read More »Africa’s Quest for Green Energy Boosted by the Appointment of New CEO at the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 12 April 2024 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) announced today the appointment of Mr. Woochong Um as its new Chief Executive Officer. Woochong Um will lead GEAPP following his tenure with the Asian Development Bank. GEAPP is a multi-sector alliance created in 2021…
Read More »Africa Climate Roundtable to unify African voices on climate resilience and adaptation
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 12 April 2024 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- African Risk Capacity (ARC) will be convening leading partners in Africa’s climate and food security space. The meeting will take place in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 7-8 May 2024. “Africa has a clear role to play in terms of providing solutions to mitigate the…
Read More »Announcement of the release of the historical novel “My Soul is a Witness”
A unique account of the Holocaust through the eyes of an African woman deported to Auschwitz. ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, 11 April 2024 /African Media Agency (AMA)/- We are delighted to announce the imminent release of the historical novel ” My Soul is a Witness,” written by Gabriel Souleyka. This captivating novel…
Read More »AFAWA Finance Series Togo: African Development Bank and African Guarantee Fund unite to strengthen female entrepreneurs’ access to finance
(left to right): Bendjin Kpeglo, Managing Director of AGF West Africa; Wilfried Abiola, the African Development Bank’s Country Manager for Togo; Akuwa Dogbé Azoma, National Director for Togo at the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO); Koffi Gani, Principal Private Secretary for the Togolese Minister for Social Action, the…
Read More »Energizing Ethiopia: New World Bank Program Expands Access to Electricity
© Gideon Abate ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, 05 April 2024 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- A new World Bank program is set to strengthen and expand the electricity network, improve sector financial viability, and enable renewable energy generation through private sector participation in Ethiopia. Ethiopia has the third largest energy access deficit in Sub-Saharan…
Read More »Multilateral Development Banks launch joint tool to assess country Electronic Government Procurement (eGP) Systems
ABIDJAN, Côte d’Ivoire, 2 April 2024 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/-The heads of procurement of the Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) have collaboratively developed a comprehensive and user-friendly tool for assessing electronic government procurement (e-GP) systems of partner countries. The tool, specifically designed for considering the procurement of goods, works or service contracts financed by MDBs through…
Read More »UNMISS force commander visits maper as cross-border clashes continue
JUBA, South Sudan, 3 April 2024 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/-Since last year, intercommunal conflict between the Pakam and Luanyjang communities fromRumbek North in Lakes state and Tonj East in Warrap state respectively, have led to killings, abductions, cattle raids, and displacement. To enhance civilian security and protection, the United Nations Mission in South…
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Nigeria to Host 5th Intra-African Trade Fair in Lagos
Nigeria has been selected to host the fifth edition of the Intra-African Trade Fair …
