insert_link South Africa South Africa to receive remains of 49 liberation fighters South Africa’s government will receive the remains of 49 liberation fighters who died in exile in Zimbabwe and Zambia this week. Led by Sports Minister Gayton Mackenzie and Defence Minister Angie Motshekga, the remains will arrive at Waterkloof Air Force Base, followed by a homecoming ceremony at Freedom Park. SA’s government says this initiative honours their sacrifices and underscores the nation’s commitment to remembering its liberation heroes. The Exile Repatriation […] todaySeptember 24, 2024 20
insert_link APO International Basketball Africa League and Speak Up Africa Launch Second Edition of Women’s Mentorship Program The Basketball Africa League (BAL) (https://BAL.NBA.com) and Speak Up Africa, an African-led, Senegal-based organization working with leaders and changemakers in Africa and beyond to solve Africa’s pressing sustainable development challenges, today announced the launch of the second edition of their mentorship program, “Teaming Up: African LeadHERs meet BAL4HER,” which this year will pair 10 young African female athletes and aspiring sports industry leaders with female executives in the sports industry. The program […] todaySeptember 24, 2024 11
insert_link Namibia President Nangolo Mbumba calls for action at Summit of the Future President Nangolo Mbumba, speaking at the Summit of the Future, said it represents a timely and pressing call to choose a path toward peace, prosperity, and sustainable development. In his opening address at the summit, which Namibia is co-facilitating with Germany, President Mbumba urged UN member states to pool their resources and tackle global crises directly. Meanwhile, African countries are struggling with crippling debt burdens, spending more on […] todaySeptember 24, 2024 46
insert_link APO International CORRECTION: Leading fintech M-KOPA reaches 5 million customers, unlocking $1.5bn in credit across 5 markets M-KOPA (https://M-KOPA.com/), a leading emerging market fintech, announced that it has surpassed 5 million customers across Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa. Two million of these customers have come onboard in the past 15 months. M-KOPA’s innovative model makes affordable smartphones embedded with financial services available to ‘Every Day Earners’: the wide majority of African adults who earn their income daily but struggle to afford smartphones and typically fail […] todaySeptember 24, 2024 5
insert_link APO International Infobip, Nokia and GSMA demonstrate benefits of Network Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) at industry-leading developer conference Shift Global communications platform Infobip (www.Infobip.com) is bringing together global mobile telecoms business Nokia, mobile industry association GSMA, leading Croatian telco Croatian Telekom (Hrvatski Telekom) and other companies at its leading developer-focused conference Shift this year. Following several successful partnerships launching Camara-compliant Network APIs under the GSMA Open Gateway initiative, telcos and MNOs globally want to launch and monetize emerging and future services. Many firms still need better relationships with developers to do […] todaySeptember 24, 2024 13
insert_link APO International Cooperation Between Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to Strengthen Natural Resource Management in West Africa To strengthen the management of natural resources in ECOWAS, the WABiLED Program has supported The ECOWAS Commission to develop governance tools namely Forest Convergence Plan, Strategy to Combat Wildlife trafficking and has granted in 2021, Eight community and research organizations got a total of 10 grants to carry out activities leading to the conservation of the forest resources in Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone with a total cost […] todaySeptember 24, 2024 3
insert_link APO International Sudan crisis must not be forgotten by world leaders, says UN food agency In an appeal for greater global solidarity with the people of Sudan, the World Food Programme (WFP) said that around 800,000 people have fled to Ondo in neighbouring Chad after enduring “unimaginable violence”. WFP Communications Officer Leni Kinzli told journalists in Geneva that those fleeing areas at risk of famine said that they had left “because there was nothing left to eat and all their crops had been destroyed by […] todaySeptember 24, 2024 4
insert_link APO International Leading fintech M-KOPA reaches 5 million customers, unlocking $1.5bn in credit across 5 markets M-KOPA (https://M-KOPA.com/), a leading emerging market fintech, announced that it has surpassed 5 million customers across Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa. Two million of these customers have come onboard in the past 15 months. M-KOPA’s innovative model makes affordable smartphones embedded with financial services available to ‘Every Day Earners’: the wide majority of African adults who earn their income daily but struggle to afford smartphones and typically fail […] todaySeptember 24, 2024 4
insert_link APO International Parliament Statement on Heritage Day The Presiding Officers of Parliament, Ms Thoko Didiza, Speaker of the National Assembly, and Ms Refilwe Mtshweni-Tsipane, Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces, join the country in commemorating Heritage Day. Today, as a country, we draw inspiration from the words on our National Coat of Arms, !ke e: /xarra //ke, written in the Khoisan language of the /Xam people, meaning diverse people unite. Ours is a diverse nation woven […] todaySeptember 24, 2024 5