November 23, 2015
Africa: Nigeria, South Africa Dominate New African's 100 'Most Influential' List
The annual "100 Most Influential Africans of 2015″ presents the continent's definitive power list and profiles the continent's top game changers in eight different fields:… Read more »
November 20, 2015
Congo-Brazzaville: ICB Forum 2015 - More Than 1,000 Participants Attended the Opening of the Conference
More than 1,000 participants, from across Africa and the globe, gathered yesterday for the opening of the ICB Forum 2015 - Invest in Congo Brazzaville.The ICB Forum 2015 is the… Read more »
November 19, 2015
Africa: The Mastercard Foundation Awards First "Clients At the Centre Prize" At Annual Symposium On Financial Inclusion
Global Financial Service Practitioners and Industry Experts Gather to Advance Practical Ways to Increase Financial Inclusion for the Poor Read more »
Africa: The Mastercard Foundation Launches $us 9.6 Million Initiative With Finmark Trust and Cenfri to Create Data Facility Benefitting People Living in Poverty
New facility will provide better aggregated data to help financial service providers respond more appropriately to banking needs of poor clients Read more »
November 18, 2015
South Africa: Alcatel-Lucent and Bytes System Integration Speed Cape Town's Digital Transformation With Delivery of Advanced Ip Routing Technology
7950 XRS core router to sit at the heart of high-performance IP infrastructure that will lower cost of broadband, connect communities and encourage socio-economic growth in the… Read more »
Africa: Next Einstein Forum Announces 2015/2016 Nef Fellows Class Solving African and Global Challenges Through Science and Technology
The Next Einstein Forum (NEF), an initiative of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) in partnership with Robert Bosch Stiftung, today announced the 2015/2016 NEF… Read more »
November 17, 2015
Tanzania: Alcatel-Lucent's IP and Optical Technologies to Transform TCL's Mobile and Fixed Access Networks in Tanzania
Modernization of IP/MPLS and optical transport will allow TTCL to converge mobile and fixed access operations and meet growing demand for bandwidth with high-quality, reliable and… Read more »
Africa: Arrow Electronics Collaborates With Nonprofit "Close the Gap" to Help Bridge the Digital Divide in Africa
Arrow Electronics and the nonprofit organizations Close the Gap and Hoops of Hope collaborate to turn used cargo containers into fully equipped digital classrooms and health… Read more »
November 16, 2015
Nigeria: Mobilemoney Africa and African Media Agency Join Forces to Promote Financial Inclusion On the Continent
African Media Agency (AMA) the pan-African media relations specialist and MobileMoney Africa, the online platform for mobile financial media reporting, today announced an alliance… Read more »
South Africa: Allied Mobile Africa and PIC Sign U.S.$55 Million Funding Agreement
Allied Mobile Africa (http://www.allied-mobile.com/) announced today that they have signed a strategic finance and partnership agreement with the Public Investment Corporation… Read more »
November 12, 2015
Burkina Faso: Alcatel-Lucent and Burkina Faso to Apply Cloud Networking Technology to Stimulate Economic Growth Through Digital Public Services
First West African nation to use the cloud to connect government, education, cities and industries Read more »
Africa: Innovative Solutions Unveiled On World Pneumonia Day
Pneumonia kills more children than malaria, AIDS and measles combined Read more »
Botswana: ICAEW and BICA Sign Reciprocal Membership Agreement
ICAEW (the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales), a world leader of the accountancy and finance profession, has signed a Reciprocal Membership Agreement (RMA)… Read more »
November 02, 2015
Africa: AIMS and ADEA Partner to Strengthen Inclusive Steam Higher Education in Africa
The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) and the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) today announced the beginning of a partnership for the… Read more »
October 30, 2015
Africa: Barclays' 'Banking On Change' Disrupts Savings Model - and Encourages Others to Follow Suit
This World Savings Day Barclays and leading charities CARE International and Plan UK celebrate providing access to informal financial services to nearly 300,000 young people across… Read more »
October 29, 2015
Africa: The Mastercard Foundation Research Shows How African Youth Navigate Risk to Survive
Hundreds gather at the inaugural Young Africa Works Summit to address youth unemployment and opportunities within the agricultural sector Read more »
October 28, 2015
Africa: Global Mining Leaders and SAP Discuss Digitized Mine of the Future
African Media Agency (AMA)/- SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) today announced more than 15 members of the SAP Advisory Council for Mining are meeting in Cape Town, South Africa, for two days of… Read more »
October 26, 2015
Africa: Brand Africa Releases the 2015 Brand Africa 100 - Africa's Best Brands
MTN wins Grand Prix: Africa's Best Brand, reclaims the #1 spot as the Most Admired Brand in Africa and retains #1 spots as Most Admired and Most Valuable African Brand. Apple is #1… Read more »
Africa: Africa Finance Corporation Completes Corporate Restructuring With the Appointment of Sanjeev Gupta
African Media Agency (AMA)/- Sanjeev Gupta, joins the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) as Executive Director, Financial Services. Read more »
October 22, 2015
Africa: Nigeria Dominates Top Brands List
Regional mobile telecoms giant, MTN takes top spot from Coca-Cola to become Africa's Most Admired Brand in 2015 Read more »
October 19, 2015
Africa: New CRC Press Book Provides a Bell Labs Perspective Into the Future of Communications
African Media Agency (AMA)/- CRC Press is pleased to announce the publication of The Future X Network: A Bell Labs Perspective written by Dr. Marcus K. Weldon, CTO of… Read more »
Cote d'Ivoire: Côte d'Ivoire Becomes 11th Member of AFC
Côte d'Ivoire has become the newest member of Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), the leading international finance institution for financing infrastructure projects in Africa. Read more »
October 16, 2015
Africa: São Tomé E Príncipe Prime Minister Sets Out Ambitious Transformation Agenda At Inaugural Investor and Partner Conference in London
"We are a small, flexible, reform minded country trying to build from a base of almost nothing and we are well positioned to capitalise on the surrounding wealth of the West and… Read more »
São Tomé and Príncipe: Former President Obasanjo Puts His Weight Behind the African Islands of Sao Tomé E Principe
"What this small island nation lacks in size, it makes up for in ambition" Read more »
October 13, 2015
São Tomé and Príncipe: São Tomé Signs Memorandum With China On Deep-Sea Port
São Tomé e Príncipe, 13 October 2015,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The Government of the Democratic Republic of São Tomé e Príncipe and… Read more »