Nazia Pillay, Managing Director, Southern Africa at SAP
 Technology
  • November 27, 2025

IBM in Collaboration with SAP Accelerates Digital Transformation for Toyota South Africa Motors

AMA PRESS RELEASE IBM has announced the successful delivery of two major SAP S/4HANA system upgrades for Toyota South Africa Motors (Toyota), marking a significant milestone in the automotive leader’s enterprise-wide modernization journey. The projects, executed by IBM in collaboration with SAP, underscore IBM’s commitment to helping organizations achieve operational agility, business resilience, and data-driven […]

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Business
  • November 25, 2025

ABS Unveils Lagos Inaugural Bootcamp for Women-in-Business

AMA PRESS RELEASE In a move to significantly strengthen the pipeline of scalable women-led businesses in Africa, African Business Stories (ABS) launched its inaugural Scale Ready Bootcamp in Lagos. The Bootcamp, which took place on 7 November 2025, followed a high-level morning Roundtable hosted at Microsoft Nigeria under the theme “Positioning for Scale in Nigeria […]

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Business
  • November 10, 2025

Changan Automobile and Yango Group Signs Partnership Deal to Drive Smart Mobility 

AMA PRESS RELEASE Changan Automobile has announced the signing of a strategic cooperation agreement with Yango Group, a UAE-based technology company, marking a new milestone in Changan’s ongoing expansion across the Middle East and Africa (MEA). The signing ceremony took place at Changan’s Middle East and Africa headquarters, bringing together senior executives from both organisations. […]

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Former President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Donald Kaberuka
Business

Ex-AfDB Chief Pushes for Financial & Governance Institutions to Safeguard Africa’s Future

AMA PRESS RELEASE There is an urgent quest for Africa to strengthen and integrate its financial and governance institutions to safeguard the continent’s future in a rapidly fragmenting global order. Former President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Donald Kaberuka is making the call that “the world is not waiting for Africa; therefore, Africa […]

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Business

Bopharmaceutical Company, Biovac Opens New Facility to Manufacture African-Made Vaccines

AMA PRESS RELEASE Biovac, a South African biopharmaceutical company, is launching a state-of-the-art product development laboratory at its Cape Town facility, to expand the company’s ability to develop vaccines and other therapeutics. The new laboratory will strengthen Biovac’s world-class vaccine product development capabilities, enabling it to produce vaccines for Africa from the early stages of […]

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News

AMA Optimizes Newsroom Operation for Large Language Models

AMA PRESS RELEASE African Media Agency (AMA), the continent’s pan-African communications and PR platform, has optimized its newsroom for Artificial Intelligence (AI) discoverability, making it compatible with Large Language Models (LLMs). This evolution ensures that press releases distributed through AMA Wire are not only visible to journalists and audiences but also recognized and indexed by advanced AI […]

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Muhammed Alam, SAP Product & Engineering
Business

SAP Empowers Developers to Drive the Business AI Revolution

AMA PRESS RELEASE New AI-driven capabilities in the SAP Build solution, an expanding data ecosystem and powerful Joule Agents have empowered developers to move from idea to impact with unprecedented speed and confidence. As AI transforms the nature of professional work, SAP also pledges to equip 12 million people worldwide with AI-ready skills by 2030. […]

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Business

AMA Expands Operations to Ghana with Ex-BBC Journalist as Consultant

AMA PRESS RELEASE African Media Agency (AMA), an independent pan-African communications and public relations firm with offices in New York, Abidjan, Durban, and local presence in 30 African markets, is proud to announce the launch of its on-the-ground operations in Ghana, marking another milestone in its mission to offer localized, insight-driven communication across the continent. […]

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StartUps

SME Banking Now Strategic Priority in Financial Services Sector as 84% Banks Serve SMEs with Mobile Banking 

AMA PRESS RELEASE SME banking is emerging as a strategic priority the financial service sector with about  83% of banks surveyed describing SME banking as “very” or “extremely” important, with significant or major investments planned. Backbase, a AI-powered Banking technology, in partnership with African Banker magazine in her second edition of the Africa Digital Banking […]

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FinTech

Yango Group Set to Boost SME Growth in Africa with Investment in Kenyan’s Fintech Platform Zanifu 

AMA PRESS RELEASE Yango Group, a UAE-based tech company, has announced a new investment in Zanifu, a  Kenyan fintech platform that provides access to working capital for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). In addition to funding, Yango Group will support Zanifu in shaping its long-term business structure and growth strategy-drawing on the Group’s operational experience […]

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