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APO Group ([www.APO-opa.com](http://www.apo-opa.com/)), the leading media relations consultancy and press release distribution service in Africa and the Middle East, presents the inaugural APO Group African Women in Media Award set to recognise, celebrate and empower African women journalists who support female entrepreneurship in Africa.
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African leaders on Wednesday underscored the urgent need to fast-track the continent’s regional integration process in order to accelerate Africa’s economic transformation. The call was made at the opening ceremony of the Bank’s 2019 Annual Meetings, in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, with the theme: “Regional Integration for Africa’
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L’organisation humanitaire et médicale internationale Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) publie aujourd’hui les résultats d’une étude de suivi de son projet communautaire de lutte contre le VIH/la tuberculose à Eshowe, dans le KwaZulu-Natal. Ceux-ci montrent que le projet a atteint son objectif des 90-90-90, fixé par l’
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The European Union officially launched its External Investment Plan (EIP) with the private sector in Kenya today. At an outreach workshop held with entrepreneurs in Nairobi, the EU brought together key institutions and individuals that can take advantage of the many opportunities presented by the EIP. The External Investment Plan
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The Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD) (www.ICD-PS.org), signed an agreement to assist Kapitalbank (www.Kapitalbank.uz) with technical advisory services for the establishment of new Islamic banking window. The agreement was signed during ICD official visit to Uzbekistan as part of its mandate
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Red Cross teams are on high alert following the confirmation of the first Ebola case in Uganda. According to the Ministry of Health, a five-year-old boy from Uganda returned from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on 10 June. The child presented with Ebola symptoms and was transferred to
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Central Africa stands to benefit the most from the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), data from the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) shows. Hanan Morsy, Director of Research at the Bank, revealed the findings at the launch of one of the Bank’s flagship reports in Malabo, where
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African and non-regional donors on Tuesday pledged $17 million to replenish the Africa Solidarity Trust Fund, an initiative which aims to provide food security and eliminate rural poverty on the continent. The pledges were made at a high-level donor round table convened by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation
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La République du Niger et la Banque africaine de développement (www.AfDB.org) ont signé le mardi 11 juin 2019 à Malabo (Guinée Equatoriale) l’accord de financement de 128,8 millions de dollars américains pour la réalisation du Projet d’appui au programme « Kandadji » de régénération des écosystèmes et
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The Republic of Niger and the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) on Tuesday signed a $128.8 million financing agreement to support the “Kandadji” project for the regeneration of ecosystems and the development of the Niger Valley (PA-KRESMIN). Nigerien Minister of Planning Aïchatou Kane Boulama, who signed on behalf
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Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs Carl Risch is traveling June 10-15 to Nairobi, Kenya, and Accra, Ghana. The Assistant Secretary will meet with embassy staff and observe consular operations in Nairobi. While in Ghana, he will meet with Ghanaian officials as well as consular staff. In both cities,
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Le Bureau de l’Envoyé spécial du Secrétaire général de l’ONU pour la région des Grands Lacs, ONU-Femmes, l’Union Africaine et la Conférence internationale sur la région des Grands Lacs (CIRGL), agissant au nom du Comité consultatif de la Plateforme des femmes et à travers une délégation composée