14-Sep-2021 to 19:36

APA-Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) — The government of Ethiopia on Tuesday released a Request for Proposal (“RFP”) for the proposed sell-off of a 40% stake in state-owned carrier Ethio Telecom to private investors.

08-Sep-2021 to 10:44

APA - Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire) — Kenyan journalist, Solomon Mugera, has been appointed Director of Communications and External Relations of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group.

01-Sep-2021 to 23:24

APA-Abidjan (Ivory Coast) — Ivory Coast's renowned radio host Yves de M’Bella, who is at the centre of a row over a rape show on private Ivorian television channel NCI, was on Wednesday given 12 months in prison with a suspended sentence and a 2 million CFA francs fine.

01-Sep-2021 to 09:45

APA-Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire) — The Network of Online Media Professionals of Cote d’Ivoire (REPPRELCI) has received from the US Embassy in Abidjan $25,000 (about 12.5 million CFA francs) funding for the implementation of a project to label news websites and other activities aimed at mitigating online disinformation and harmful misinformation.

17-Jul-2021 to 08:57

APA-Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) — Ethio-telecom earned nearly $1,3 billion revenue in the past Ethiopian fiscal year which ended on July 8,2021.

10-Jun-2021 to 09:46

APA-Lagos (Nigeria) — When Nigeria's 39 million Twitter users woke up to the reality that the social media platform has been banned, there was an outcry as its dire economic consequences began to bite almost immediately.

10-Jun-2021 to 09:20

APA-Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) — The Ethiopian Communication Authority and Global Partnership for Ethiopia Wednesday signed the historic telecom licensing agreement, marking the end of the country’s state telecom monopoly.