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LUSAKA, Zambia, 14 November 2022 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/-The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and Mastercard Foundation today rolled out a large-scale, multi-country COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Southern Africa under the Saving Lives and Livelihoods initiative. The Saving Lives and Livelihood is a $1.5 billion partnership between the Mastercard Foundation and the […]

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CAIRO, Egypt, 14 November 2022 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Within the framework of the Egyptian Banking Institute’s strategy to develop the human capital in the African banking sector, the Egyptian Banking Institute (EBI), the training arm of the Central Bank of Egypt, has successfully launched the first round of “EBI Executive Program” for the African banking […]

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Six Cinematic Animation Episodes plus Innovative Motion Images Series as Prelude of New Song “Goodbye Princess”  HONG KONG, SAR, 11 November, 2022,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Tia Lee, Asian fashion icon, pop singer, film and television actress, today launched the first episode of her inaugural animation series, telling Tia’s journey and her struggles in the entertainment and fashion industry. […]

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Tia Lee to Launch Her First-Ever “Goodbye Princess” Animation Series Tomorrow HONG KONG, SAR, 10 November, 2022,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Tia Lee, Asian fashion icon, pop singer, film and television actress, has posted a sensational countdown graphic series for three consecutive days since deleting all her IG photos on 6 Nov. The images revealed an ocean-blue […]

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By Natasha Koli-Muhire NAIROBI, Kenya, November 10th, 2022 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- Universally, everyone has a right to adequate living standards, which includes housing. The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights obligates States to progressively achieve the full realization of the right to adequate housing.  According to the OHCHR/UN-Habitat factsheet on The Right to Adequate […]

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 Byline by: Gbenga Okejimi, Country Manager Nigeria & Ghana ACCRA, Ghana 9 November 2022,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/-A combination of rapidly evolving technology and the restrictions imposed by the COVID -19 pandemic has resulted in nothing short of a revolution in the online money transfer sector. Globally, there have been drastic shifts in how people pay for […]

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by Cathy Smith, Managing Director at SAP Africa JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 08 November 2022 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- I have long been a believer that companies can drive sustainable positive impact when they connect purpose to their core business operations. I believe that, with a small change in approach and a commitment to walking-the-talk, purpose-driven organisations can exponentially […]

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Designed to support the latest Intel 13th Gen Raptor Lake and AMD Ryzen 7000 series processors HONG KONG SAR, 08 November 2022 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- KLEVV, an emerging memory brand introduced by Essencore, unveils its latest DDR5 standard U-DIMM and SO-DIMM memory running at 5600MT/s. Designed to support both AMD’s latest RYZEN 7000 series processors and AM5 […]

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Hybrid Event to Live-Stream from University of Nairobi JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 7 November, 2022 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- Africa.com, today announced that on November 17th, from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM EAT (Nairobi), it will host Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, on its virtual platform in partnership with the University of Nairobi. The […]

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SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt 7 November 2022 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Today, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation echoed African leaders’ calls for countries to rapidly scale-up finance for climate adaptation and pledged to invest $1.4 billion to help smallholder farmers address the immediate and long-term impacts of climate change. The announcement was made by Gates Foundation CEO Mark […]

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Crypto Leader Expands Automated Functions to Improve Accessibility to Futures Trading  VICTORIA, Seychelles, 07 November 2022 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- Bybit, the world’s third most visited crypto exchange, today launched a new trading bot focused on crypto’s multi-billion dollar futures market. The announcement marks the latest step in Bybit’s journey to democratize financial services and provide automation and AI […]

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Puts up Mysterious Square Grid on Instagram HONG KONG, SAR, 7 November, 2022,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Having kept a low profile since wishing her fans Happy New Year on Instagram in February, Tia Lee, Asian fashion icon, pop singer, film and television actress, has recently returned to her IG. However, her loyal followers are disappointed – not […]

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HARARE, Zimbabwe, 4 November, 2022,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Ever wondered what digital money transfer services to choose from after receiving money from a friend or relative living abroad like in South Africa? Or you might be living and working in the diaspora and need to send money back home to Zimbabwe. Knowing the difference between a […]

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DOUALA, Cameroon, 3 November, 2022,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- After more than a year of closures, movement, and work limitations here in Cameroon, the last year left us many challenges as a society. One of them being how to continue to financially support our families in the most difficult moments.  Many Cameroonian immigrants continued to help not […]

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NEW YORK, USA, 03rd November 2022 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Responses to climate change must also consider its link to both conflict and the displacement it causes, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, said in a briefing to the Security Council on Wednesday.  Mr. Grandi expressed hope that these dimensions “will be in clearer focus” at the COP27 […]

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CAPE TOWN, South Africa, 1 November 2022, /African Media Agency/- PepsiCo is finalizing an investment proposal of approximately USD 40 million(ETB 2 billion)to expand its Senselet snacks business in Ethiopia, and is considering the possibility of further investments in the country to expand the company’s portfolio beyond snacks. Senselet is a wholly owned PepsiCo subsidiarythat produces […]

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By Tjaart Malan, Head of Cloud Success Services Africa at SAP JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 01 November 2022 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- For many organisations, the last few years have been the most disruptive in living memory. Organisations and their IT teams have had to accommodate huge changes to the way people work and deploy new technology tools to […]

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NAIROBI, Kenya, 01 November 2022 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/-  The specialist news agency, bird, announced Ndu Okoh as its new Editor-in-Chief.  Okoh’s role will oversee all aspects of the agency’s editorial output and will see her work with more than 80 contributing journalists across Africa.  The award-winning Nigerian journalist has held positions in top regional and global […]

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Abidjan, Douala, Lomé, and Paris, 31 October 2022 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), every day, nearly 20 teenagers commit suicide on the African continent. Suicide is the third leading cause of death among 15-29 year olds1 , knowing that nearly 37 million teenagers (aged 10-19) live with a mental disorder in Africa2. An alarming […]

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