allAfricais a website that aggregates and produces news primarily on the African continent about all areas ofAfricanlife, politics, issues and culture. It is owned by AllAfrica Global Media, a multi-media content service provider and the largest distributor of African news worldwide.[1]The website operates from offices inCape Town,Dakar,Abuja,Monrovia,NairobiandWashington, D.C..[2]AllAfrica is the successor to Africa News Service.
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Type of site | News website |
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| Owner | AllAfrica Global Media |
| URL | allafrica |
Its stories can be displayed by categories and subcategories such as country, region, and by news topic. In 2008, AllAfrica rolled out a comment board system. The website is available in both English and French.[3]
It has the contents of 127 contemporary African newspapers, and news feeds from several hundred organizations internationally.[4]It maintains a searchable 400,000-item archive dating back to 1997.[3]The Executive Chair of AllAfrica Global Media isAmadou Mahtar Ba.[5]
References
edit- ^"Amadou Ba".International Journalism Festival.30 April 2014.
- ^"Who We Are - allAfrica".allafrica.Retrieved2024-05-20.
- ^ab"allAfrica - Databases".University of Wisconsin–Madison Libraries.Retrieved2024-05-19.
- ^"AllAfrica".KU Libraries.Retrieved2024-03-02.
- ^"Co-Chairs, Panelists and Deputies - Secretary-General's High-Level Panel on Women's Economic Empowerment"(PDF).UN Women.March 10, 2016. p. 2.
Amadou Mahtar Ba is a seasoned professional with wide experience in African and U.S. markets in the fields of media, governance, technology and innovation. He is Co- Founder and Executive Chair of AllAfrica Global Media, Inc.
External links
edit- Official website
- ReliefWeb archives of AllAfrica
- NAACP archives of AllAfrica(archived 27 September 2007)
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