AllAfrica is a website that aggregates and produces news primarily on the African continent about all areas of African life, 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 in Cape Town, Dakar, Abuja, Monrovia, Nairobi and Washington, D.C..[2] AllAfrica is the successor to Africa News Service.
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 is Amadou Mahtar Ba.[5]
References
- ^ "Amadou Ba". International Journalism Festival. 30 April 2014.
- ^ "Who We Are - allAfrica.com". allafrica.com. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
- ^ a b "allAfrica.com - Databases". University of Wisconsin–Madison Libraries. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
- ^ "AllAfrica.com". KU Libraries. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
- ^ "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
- Official website
- ReliefWeb archives of AllAfrica
- NAACP archives of AllAfrica (archived 27 September 2007)
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