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Acquisition to drive cash displacement and innovation in emerging markets  JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, March 6th, 2018 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/-Mastercard has completed its acquisition of mobile payments technology company Oltio from Standard Bank Group. The acquisition builds on Mastercard’s longstanding relationship with Oltio, a startup that pioneered and patented several

The President of Liberia is taking part in the AFRICA CEO FORUM on 26 and 27 March in Abidjan. H.E. George Weah will present his strategy for reviving the economic development of his country. Since its first edition six years ago, the AFRICA CEO FORUM has become the most influential

* A EMIS, empresa processadora do sistema de pagamentos angolano, está a efetuar a migração dos cartões de débito para o sistema de “chip” e “PIN”, com base na tecnologia da Gemalto. * Soluções escalonáveis para que os angolanos beneficiem das tendências futuristas de pagamentos móveis e sem contacto. JOANESBURGO,

* Angola’s payment processor EMIS is migrating its debit payment cards to ‘Chip and PIN’ based on Gemalto’s technology * Scalable solution for Angolans to benefit from future waves of contactless and mobile payments JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, March 5th, 2018 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Gemalto, the world leader in digital security,

by Gilbert Saggia, Managing Director: East Africa at SAP Africa NAIROBI, Kenya – 5 March 2018, -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- From the time the first state-run courier was established by Roman Emperor Augustus in the first century AD, global postal services have slowly evolved: the first postage stamps, for example,

NEW YORK, United States of America, March 2, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- UN Deputy Secretary-General’s remarks on World Wildlife Day (New York, 2 March 2018) [As prepared for delivery]: [Salutations]Ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased to be with you today to celebrate the incredibly important, diverse and fragile world of

NEW YORK, United States of America, March 2, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- UN Deputy Secretary-General’s remarks on World Wildlife Day (New York, 2 March 2018) [As prepared for delivery]: [Salutations]Ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased to be with you today to celebrate the incredibly important, diverse and fragile world of

KAMPALA, Uganda, March 2, 2018,-/African Media Agency(AMA)/- In December, violence flared between communities in the Ituri province of northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The conflict intensified in February when fighting broke out in the Djugu area. Houses were burned, people were killed, and tens of thousands fled their homes

BRUSSELS, Belgium, March 2, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/-  A six-strong delegation of MEPs will travel to Sierra Leone to observe presidential, parliamentary and local council elections to take place on 7 March.MEP Neena Gill (S&D, UK) will lead the European Parliament Election Observation delegation that is also composed of Frank

ABUJA, Nigeria, March 2, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Edward Kallon, has condemned the killing of three aid workers in Rann town in Borno State, north-east Nigeria last night following an attack by a Non-State Armed Group on the military facilities next to the town. Three