Africa
International Tourism Exchange 2025
Berlin, 23 February 2025 From 4 to 6 March 2025, every inch of the Berlin exhibition grounds will swing back to action. The reason, the world famous ITB will kick off once again. An annual […]
South Africa
Africa
Salon Mondial du Tourisme
From 14th to 17th March, the 47th Edition of the trade fair “Salon Mondial du Tourisme“ took place in Paris at Porte de Versailles. Over 200 exhibitors shared insights and expertise and invited the visitors to discover, […]
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Good News for Zambians! By Henry Kyambalesa
Zambia’s Socioeconomic Prospects: We need to consider whether the Patriotic Front and the ruling political party’s officials can adequately provide for inducements, services, facilities, guarantees, and measures that can enable both business and non-business entities […]
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How COVID-19 has increased fertility, adolescent pregnancy and maternal deaths in East and Southern African countries
LUANDA, Angola, MBABANE, Eswatini, PRETORIA, South Africa and LUSAKA, Zambia—“Young people are able to access [sexual and reproductive health] services but not as much as they used to before the lockdown,” said Kondelwani Kamanga, a […]
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Poor South Africans likely to be hit hardest by looming Eskom tariff increase from Maria Welcome, SAFCEI
This week, those consumers receiving their electricity directly from Eskom, will be hit with a 15.63% tariff increase, starting 1 April 2021. While this day is usually filled with practical jokes, there is nothing funny […]
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Millions of dollars for neglected tropical diseases announced at star-studded Mandela concert
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 5 December 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Leading philanthropists as well as African and European governments have announced more than US$150m to tackle neglected tropical diseases largely unknown in western countries, but which […]
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Feature: Swaziland’s failed democratisation – By Peter Kenworthy, Afrika Kontakt
The reason for the lack of democracy in the tiny absolute monarchy of Swaziland is an authoritarian reinvention of tradition, and a lack of both internal and external pressure on the regime, writes Swazi activist […]
GERMANY
Thulisile Madonsela erhält Deutschen Afrika-Preis 2016
Berlin, 23. November 2016 – Am gestrigen Mittwochabend wurde in Berlin Public Protector von Südafrika (2009-2016) Thulisile Madonsela, die sich sieben Jahre lang unermüdlich gegen Korruption und für die Verteidigung der Verfassung in Südafrika eingesetzt hat, […]
Africa
South Africa: Oakbay Responds to Application by Minister of Finance
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, October 19, 2016/ — Yesterday afternoon, van Der Merwe Associates (“VDMA”) notified the Minister of Finance’s attorneys of their client’s (the Oakbay Group of companies) (www.OakbayInvestments.co.za) intention to oppose the application issued […]
Africa
Hitachi Enterprise Cloud changes the game for enterprise cloud deployment
New solution choices enable businesses to choose for the unique requirements of their Digital Transformation JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 12 October 2016,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Hitachi Data Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE:6501), […]