Only One Weeks Until APO Media Award Entry Deadline
Africa August 25, 2014
DAKAR, Senegal, August 25, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Only one weeks remain in the “Call for Entry” for the 2014 APO Media Award (#APOMediaAward) (http://www.apo-opa.com/apo-media-award.php). The first-place winner will be presented with $500 a month for one year, one laptop and one intercontinental flight ticket to a destination... Read more
JUBA, South Sudan, August 25, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) condemns the detention of a team of six Intergovermental Authority on Development (IGAD) ceasefire monitors and three aircrew in Buoth (35 km South West of Bentiu in Unity State) on Saturday, 23... Read more
South African human rights activist to address closing session of United Nations NGO Conference in New York
Africa August 25, 2014
PRETORIA, South-Africa, August 25, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The 65th Annual UN DPI/NGO Conference, titled “2015 and Beyond: Our Action Agenda,” will be held at United Nations Headquarters in New York from Wednesday, 27 August to Friday, 29 August 2014. Over 1700 representatives of civil society will convene... Read more
UN Committee on the Rights of the Child to review Venezuela, Morocco, Fiji, Singapore, Hungary, Croatia
Africa August 25, 2014
GENEVA, Switzerland, August 25, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child is meeting in Geneva from 1-19 September to review children’s rights in the following countries: Venezuela (1-2 Sep); Morocco (3-4 Sep); Fiji (4-5 Sep); Hungary (9-10 Sep); Croatia (15 Sep) The... Read more
The impact of Movitel on ICT in Mozambique
Africa August 25, 2014
MAPUTO, Mozambique, August 25, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Arriving in Mozambique when the telecom infrastructure was very limited and only 35% of the population was accessible to the telecommunication services, Viettel – the Vietnamese leading telecommunications – has endorsed an initiative to popularize telecom services in rural and... Read more
Canada Deplores Ongoing Violence in Libya
Africa August 25, 2014
OTTAWA, Canada, August 25, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement: “Canada deplores in the strongest terms the ongoing violence and destruction in Libya and is appalled by the reported incidents of human rights abuses. We urge all parties to accept... Read more
Standard Bank report confirms strong growth in Africa’s rising middle class – and even faster future growth
Africa August 19, 2014
JOHANNESBURG, South-Africa, August 19, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Africa has experienced substantial growth in its middle class over the past 14 years, according to a study by Standard Bank (http://www.standardbank.com). Logo: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/plog-content/images/apo/logos/standardbank.png Photo: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/index.php?level=picture&id=1310 (Standard Bank senior political economist Simon Freemantle) The report, entitled ‘Understanding Africa’s middle class,’... Read more
LAGOS, Nigeria, August 18, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — MoboFree.com (http://www.mobofree.com), the leading African social marketplace, today announced that the total volume of items currently for sale in its marketplace is worth USD 526 million and is expected to reach USD 1.5 billion by 2015. Logo: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/plog-content/images/apo/logos/mobofree.png Screenshot: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/index.php?level=picture&id=1309... Read more
MAPUTO, Mozambique, August 18, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Movitel, a joint venture between Vietnam’s telecommunication Viettel Group and Mozambique’s SPI, has won the Mobile Innovations Awards for enterprises in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. This is the third consecutive year in a row that Movitel... Read more
LONDON, United-Kingdom, August 14, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The latest report from Think Security Africa (TSA) (http://www.thinksecurityafrica.org): National Security Profile on the Republic of Kenya, raises concerns about the pace of reform in Kenya, and the need to ensure that existing security challenges do not negatively interact with... Read more
