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In a significant stride towards combating gender-based violence, the "Layita Khayelitsha" campaign is set to illuminate the streets of Cape Town's Khayelitsha township. This groundbreaking initiative, spearheaded by inDrive (www.inDrive.com) in collaboration with the local NGO Light UP, focuses on installing solar street lights across the community. Timed to launch in alignment with the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on November 25, the campaign marks a […]

Portuguese technology company Focus BC, will showcase Virtual Venue, a collaborative platform that supports organizers in planning and delivering events more efficiently, during World Football Summit Asia (www.WorldFootballSummit.com) in December 12-13 in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia); Validated by high-caliber organizations such as UEFA, FIFA or FIBA, Virtual Venue will seek to expand its footprint across the global football industry; The partnership between both organizations extends to World Football Summit events in 2024, […]

1. Preamble We, a total of over eighty (80) participants comprising of Cardinals, Archbishops, Bishops, Priests, Religious, regional officials of communication along with the local and foreign partners of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) (www.SECAM.org), as well as lay communication experts, at the 50th Anniversary of the Pan African Episcopal Committee for Social Communications (CEPACS) under the theme: “CEPACS at 50: Towards Promoting a Synodal […]

South Africa’s Blitzboks overcame a spirited Argentina 12-7 to lift their fifth straight Emirates Dubai 7s trophy – equaling the record for successive titles at a single location. Although Argentina had to settle for silver it represented their best ever result in Dubai. Interview of the Captain of South Africa is available for media to download and use for free, without authorization: https://apo-opa.co/49YdpRv Watch the video B-roll: https://apo-opa.co/3GsZtBp The women’s […]

Canon (www.Canon-CNA.com) introduces ‘Executive Circle’, transforming and elevating the customer relationship; Double-digit growth estimated to achieve a 13% for the year 2023; Drive sustainable profit with a healthy progress year on year in order to deliver long-term value for all of our stakeholders and customers. Canon Central and North Africa (CCNA) is thrilled to announce a transformative change in its approach to partnership engagement. The highly anticipated annual partner gathering, which took place on 8-9 November 2023 in Georgia, underwent […]

Multilateral development banks attending the 2023 UN Climate Change Conference (COP 28) today affirmed their commitment to a concerted, global action, including increasing co-financing and private sector engagement to address climate change, felt acutely in Africa. Despite contributing the least to global warming and having the lowest emissions, Africa faces existential risks due to catastrophic impact of climate change. Perennial droughts in the Horn of Africa and recent devastating floods in […]

In a powerful signal of support during COP28, African and global institutions together with governments of Germany, France and Japan and philanthropies have pledged over $175 million to the Alliance for Green Infrastructure in Africa (AGIA). The landmark initial pledge will help to rapidly scale up financing for transformative climate-aligned infrastructure projects across the continent. The new pledges will also advance AGIA towards its first close of $500 million of early-stage project […]

The targeted interventions and programmes initiated by Government in the Agriculture sector since 2017 continue to yield significantly positive results and, with comprehensive reviews and upscaling, the objective of food security and resilience should be achieved in the near future, Vice President Bawumia has stated. The application of smart solutions to agriculture would, however speed up this process, and Dr Bawumia has challenged all players in the agriculture value chain […]

The Ministry of Agriculture; over the last three years has been working strongly toward the transformation of farming practices from chemical-based to organic-based or environmentally friendly Agriculture. This goal takes the agricultural practices to a new level of safe and nutritious product. In connection with this, the Ministry through its branch in the central zone, around the Halibet Hospital established a model farm, where the application of organic fertilizers, both […]