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8 Must-Watch HBO Max Sports Documentaries on Right Now (February 2026)

Maravi Post Reporter

HBO Max is likely the best streamer when it comes to sports content.

In fact, sports documentaries have become just as crucial to the platform’s success as its many prestige television shows. Exploring legends such as Muhammad Ali, Tiger Woods and Magic Johnson, these docs feature human narratives that are truly cinematic.

This January, Watch With Us has added two excellent sports documentaries to its master list. First, LFG chronicles the fight for equal pay in women’s soccer.

You can also check out Being Serena, which takes a look at the life of the iconic tennis player.

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‘LFG’ (2021)

Three months before the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup, a lawsuit was leveled against the U.S. Soccer Federation by the players for pay discrimination. LFG (which stands for the US women’s soccer team’s rallying cry, “Let’s f–king go”) follows Megan Rapinoe, Jessica McDonald, Becky Sauerbrunn, Kelley O’Hara, Christen Press, Sam Mewis and Julie Foudy as they seek to gain equal pay, while the documentary interweaves their demanding and impressive athletic careers in addition to their record-breaking 2019 World Cup victory. However, these ladies have plenty of courage and resilience in addition to physical strength, and LFG explores what it’s like for them to be at the center of radical social change.

Whether you’re a soccer fan or you aren’t, LFG is a captivating documentary about a fascinating piece of modern sports history. The movie is as charismatic as the courageous women at the center of the narrative, and while the film careens towards an unavoidably frustrating conclusion, the path to getting there is riveting and invigorating. The film features exciting sports footage, news coverage and revealing interviews with the players themselves.

‘Being Serena’ (2018)

Serena Williams is a living legend on the tennis court, having won four Olympic gold medals, 39 Grand Slam titles and the most women’s singles matches in Grand Slam history. However, the celebrity athlete had managed to keep coverage around her private life relatively low-key until she announced the pregnancy of her first child in 2017 with then-fiancé Alex Ohanian. Thus, the five-part Being Serena gives viewers an intimate look at Williams like never before, exploring her pregnancy, motherhood and marriage, which she somehow manages to balance with being a sports icon and businesswoman.

Being Serena is an engrossing and refreshingly “warts and all” portrait of a star athlete learning to find herself again in her new identity. The film features intimate footage of Williams adapting to being a wife and mother after mounting an incredible career in sports. However, Being Serena is also honest about the immense struggles that Williams faced during her traumatic pregnancy, birth and postpartum, but ultimately she defied the odds and mounted a successful comeback merely ten months after the birth of her daughter, Alexis.

‘Alex vs. ARod’ (2025)

The polarizing career of baseball’s Alex Rodriguez is told in this riveting, three-part documentary comprised of intimate interviews with Rodriguez himself. At only 18 years old when he was drafted, Rodriguez soon seemed poised to take over the game of baseball when he hit the majors in 1994. He signed a record-high contract to join the Texas Rangers in 2000, but turned to steroids after he joined the Yankees in 2004. When it was discovered, he was exiled — though not without trying to lie his way out first.

A self-described “recovering narcissist,” Alex vs. ARod is a very honest interrogation of Rodriguez’s drug use and public deception as opposed to a sterling celebration of his career highlights. With the needling of director Gotham Chopra, Rodriguez ultimately gets refreshingly candid about his choices and where they stemmed from. Alex vs. ARod is a fascinating and illuminating look at failure and recovery.

‘Charlie Hustle and the Matter of Pete Rose’ (2024)

Baseball player Pete Rose was banned from Major League Baseball in 1989, when it was discovered he was betting on games while he was the manager for the Cincinnati Reds. Since then, Rose has attempted to lobby against his ban but has not seemed penitent for his actions. Charlie Hustle and the Matter of Pete Rose is an illuminating look at the star and all-time hits leader’s career in the sport while it searches for Rose’s own path to redemption.

This four-part documentary includes never-before-seen interviews with the late Rose that depict him as a man who is still far too unwilling to atone for his sins even over thirty years later, and director Mark Monroe catches him in several lies, going as far as to interrogate him over his statutory rape allegation. It’s a sobering, but compelling, portrait of fame, desperation and denial.

‘What’s My Name: Muhammad Ali’ (2019)

Directed by Antoine Fuqua (Training Day), this documentary chronicles the life and legacy of boxing star Muhammad Ali. The film charts Ali’s rise to heavyweight greatness, through the height of his career as a champion boxer and leading into his later life as an icon and social activist. Through his many challenges, clashes, victories and setbacks, Fuqua paints a portrait of a man who became a legend and ultimately a symbol of humanity and peace.

Despite being nearly three hours, the film never feels excessive. Using archival footage, Ali is allowed to tell his own story through numerous interviews, which plainly reveal the professional and personal contradictions of a man who is easy to mythologize, but was ultimately just a man — and one whose ego occasionally threatened to overtake him. Thus, his larger-than-life status is both humanized and immortalized in this engaging story of a captivating life.

‘Tiger’ (2021)

Based on the 2018 biography Tiger Woods, Tiger is a two-part miniseries that examines the iconic golfer’s rise, fall and ultimate return to the green. The documentary examines Tiger Woods’ relationship with his father and how it affected his career, as well as his 2009 cheating scandal. Tiger paints a portrait of a gifted athlete whose dedication and craft brought him untold fame and also untold excess, leading him down a dark spiral that he managed to triumphantly return from with his win at the 2019 Masters.

Instead of featuring testimony and perspective from the man himself, Tiger utilizes interviews with people in Woods’ orbit. This includes his former caddie Steve Williams, his ex-girlfriend, Bryant Gumbel, Nick Faldo, and even Rachel Uchitel — the journalist and media personality involved in Woods’ cheating scandal. Even though Tiger lacks Woods’ voice, it is no less an exceedingly in-depth and revealing look at the golf celebrity, one that reveals his flaws in a way that exposes his own humanity.

‘Magic and Bird: A Courtship of Rivals’ (2010)

Beginning at the 1979 NCAA championship game, star athletes Magic Johnson and Larry Bird established their years-spanning rivalry. After Johnson’s team, the Michigan State Spartans, defeated Bird’s Indiana State Sycamores in 1979, Johnson got drafted to play with the Los Angeles Lakers, and Bird went to the Boston Celtics, eventually clinching the “Rookie of the Year” title. For years, the Celtics and the Lakers tossed the NBA Championship title back and forth between each other.

Ultimately, both men’s careers would be cut short by physical ailments: an HIV diagnosis for Johnson and a back injury for Bird. Magic and Bird: A Courtship of Rivals charts the two athletes’ rise to fame and competition with one another to their retirement and current status as real-life friends. The Peabody Award-winning documentary examines their heydays as well as the racial tensions that bolstered the rivalry between the Celtics and the Lakers, crafting a riveting story of two men vying for greatness, both ultimately undone by their own vices.

‘Fists of Freedom: The Story of The ’68 Summer Games’ (1999)

This sports documentary from 1999 surrounds the 1968 Olympic Games that took place in Mexico City, one of America’s most culturally and socially important moments. With racial tensions flaring from a year that took the lives of both Martin Luther King Jr. and President John F. Kennedy, the games culminated with the historic “Black Power” salutes by winning athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos while on their victory stand.

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Using rare archival footage in addition to interviews with Smith and other athletes like Lee Evans and George Foreman, plus activist Harry Edwards, Fists of Freedom: The Story of The ’68 Summer Games takes viewers back in time to a pivotal moment in the 20th century, and the events both before and afterwards. In the end, the two men were not welcomed back home after their defiant gesture, and it endures as a revealing portrait of respectability politics and civil rights issues that are still ongoing to this day.

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Wife of Wheelchair-Bound Ex Player Begs Others Not To ‘Romanticize’ NFL Life

Maravi Post Reporter

The wife of former NFL journeyman Louis Leonard is giving fans a look at what life is actually like for some former players.

“My husband survived the NFL, but now he’s surviving everything it left behind,” Lacey Leonard said via an Instagram Reel on Saturday, January 17.

“People see the glory, the lights, the crowds, but they don’t see this — the aftermath, the pain, the stiffness, the tremors, the battle his body fights every single day,” she continued as the video showed her husband making his way through a hospital in a wheelchair.

“Don’t romanticize this life,” she added. “The real work happens after the game is long over.”

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Lacey wrote over the Reel, “The NFL didn’t prepare us for this part.”

Louis, 41, was a defensive tackle in the NFL from 2007 to 2010, playing for six teams and tallying 33 career tackles. He and Lacey met as freshmen at Fresno State University and share two kids. After divorcing in 2012, the couple remarried in 2018.

“This is our reality,” she continued. “Physical therapy at the Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center, a warrior learning to move again, step-by-step and punch-by-punch.”

Through it all, she said, Louis “doesn’t complain.”

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“He shows up, he fights, he keeps going,” Lacey said. “This is strength, this is courage, this is life after the NFL. It’s not all glitz and glam, and it does come with a price.”

“If you’re a wife, partner, or caregiver navigating this life AFTER the NFL too, you’re not alone,” she wrote in the caption. “You can connect with me here for support, resources, and real conversations.”

Other former NFL players supported Lacey and Louis in the comments.

“People just don’t know!!!!” Hall of Famer Terrell Owens wrote.

Former linebacker and current actor Terry Crews added, “Amen🙏🏾❤️🔥🔥🔥🔥.”

Faris Khan, a former Duke University tennis player who now works as a personal trainer, added in a comment with over 700 likes, “I trained a retired NFL Lineman. He is not even 50 yet and from his own words he said the pain his body has now was not worth the millions he made 😌.”

Lacey revealed in October 2025 that Louis is battling Parkinson’s Disease and stage-4 kidney disease. In another Instagram Reel, she showed a montage of photos from Louis’ playing days before transitioning to a clip of him trying to walk with crutches.

“The NFL only provides 5 years of health coverage — then a cliff,” she wrote in the caption. “Hyperbaric therapy: denied as ‘experimental,’ even with a physician’s note.”

She continued, ”This is life after the league. The outfits and the noise fade; the paperwork and the pain don’t. I share our story and the knowledge that I have with hopes that it might help someone else.”

Lacey has done more than just share her message on social media. She is also a member of Off the Field Player’s Wives Association, composed of active and retired NFL players’ wives. The association’s mission is “to perform and support philanthropic initiatives that enhance the quality of life for those in the community,” according to Lacey’s personal website.

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With Child Deaths Projected to Rise for the First Time This Century, Gates Foundation Urges Global Leaders to Target Scarce Resources Where They Save the Most Lives

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New Goalkeepers Report models impact of global health funding cuts, offers roadmap of best buys and most effective investments to slow this reversal

SEATTLE, 4 December 2025 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The number of children dying before their 5th birthday is projected to rise for the first time this century, reversing decades of global progress, according to new data published today in the Gates Foundation’s 2025 Goalkeepers Report.

In 2024, 4.6 million children died before their 5th birthday. According to modeling in the report, conducted by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), that number is projected to rise by just over 200,000—to an estimated 4.8 million children this year. At the same time, global development assistance for health fell sharply this year—26.9% below 2024 levels.

Beyond this year’s drastic funding cuts, countries face mounting debt, fragile health systems, and the risk of losing hard-won gains against diseases like malaria, HIV, and polio.

The report, We Can’t Stop at Almost, warns that if global health funding cuts persist, up to 16 million more children could die by 2045. It offers a roadmap for how targeted investments in proven solutions and next generation innovations can save millions of children’s lives, preventing a reversal in progress in today’s constrained budget environment.

“I wish we were in a position to do more with more because it’s what the world’s children deserve. But even in a time of tight budgets, we can make a big difference,” writes Bill Gates, chair of the Gates Foundation and the report’s author. “I’ll continue to advocate however and wherever I can for increased funding for the health of the world’s children—and for efficiencies that improve our current system. But with millions of lives on the line, we have to do more with less, now.”

A Critical Turning Point

Projections by the IHME show that if global health funding cuts of 20% persist, an additional 12 million children could die by 2045. A 30% permanent cut would bring that toll to 16 million.

Gates describes this moment as a turning point for global health, when the right choices can still save millions of lives.

“We could be the generation who had access to the most advanced science and innovation in human history—but couldn’t get the funding together to ensure it saved lives,” Gates writes. “By making the right priorities and commitments, and investing in high-impact solutions, I’m confident we can stop a significant reversal in child deaths and help ensure millions more children are alive in 2045.”

In the report, Gates identifies investments with the greatest potential to save millions of young lives. He calls for doubling down on the most effective interventions—primary health care, routine immunizations, better vaccines, and new uses of data—to stretch every dollar. For

example:

  • For less than $100 per person per year, strong primary health care systems can prevent up to 90% of child deaths.
  • Every $1 spent on vaccines returns $54 in economic and social benefits. Through Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, more than 1.2 billion children have received lifesaving vaccines since 2000.

The work of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is also evidence of what sustained investment can achieve. As one of the most effective engines in health, the Global Fund has saved 70 million lives and reduced deaths from malaria, TB, and HIV by more than 60% since 2002. Late last month, leaders pledged $11.34 billion to the Global Fund’s Eighth Replenishment, underscoring continued global commitment to fighting these diseases while laying bare the risks of stepping back.

According to Gates, investment in the development of next-generation innovations could end some of the deadliest threats to children, such as malaria and pneumonia, for good. Modeling in the report projects that sustained funding in these innovations could save millions of children by 2045.

  • Next-generation vaccines for respiratory syncytial virus and pneumonia could save 3.4 million children.
  • New malaria tools could save another 5.7 million children, while long-acting HIV prevention tools like lenacapavir could help drive infections and deaths toward zero in high-burden countries.

Local Leadership, Global Action

The report also features essays with firsthand perspectives from leaders, health workers, and researchers in Africa and Asia who are advancing solutions to sustain progress:

  • In Nigeria, Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya, governor of Gombe State, prioritized primary health and education amid a budget deficit. “You don’t need perfect conditions to make progress. You need clarity, and the courage to stick to it.”
  • In Kenya, community health worker Josephine Barasa continued volunteering in her community after losing her paid position, providing care and education to mothers and children. “They could take away the money, but they couldn’t take me away from my women… The support systems may have disappeared, but the need has not. And neither have I.”
  • In Uganda, entomologist Krystal Mwesiga Birungi is developing next-generation tools to combat malaria. “Ending malaria is not only possible, it is urgent,” she said. “We African researchers know this—and we are leading the way.”
  • In India, Dr. Naveen Thacker, a pediatrician, underscored the importance of affordable and accessible vaccines. “If we want to see more healthy children, affordability of vaccines is key.”

Gates implores governments, philanthropies, and citizens to act on the report’s findings by safeguarding or expanding funding, increasing philanthropic giving, and reminding leaders that every child deserves the chance to survive and thrive, no matter where they are born.

“We can’t stop at almost,” Gates writes. “If we do more with less now—and get back to a world where there are more resources to devote to children’s health—then in 20 years we’ll be able to tell a different kind of story: how we helped more kids survive childbirth—and childhood.”

Distributed by African Media Agency (AMA) on behalf of the Gates Foundation.

About the Gates Foundation

Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, we work with partners to create impactful solutions so that people can take charge of their futures and achieve their full potential. In the United States, we aim to ensure that everyone—especially those with the fewest resources—has access to the opportunities needed to succeed in school and life. Based in Seattle, Washington, the foundation is led by CEO Mark Suzman, under the direction of Bill Gates and our governing board.

About Goalkeepers

Goalkeepers is the foundation’s campaign to accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (Global Goals). By sharing stories and data behind the Global Goals through an annual report, the Gates Foundation hopes to inspire a new generation of leaders—Goalkeepers who raise awareness of progress, hold their leaders accountable, and drive action to achieve the Global Goals.

About the Global Goals

On September 25, 2015, at the United Nations headquarters in New York, 193 world leaders committed to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (Global Goals). These are a series of ambitious objectives and targets to achieve three extraordinary things by 2030: end poverty, fight inequality and injustice, and fix climate change.

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SAP Empowers Developers to Drive the Business AI Revolution

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At SAP TechEd in 2025, SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) brings AI deep into the development process to level up how developers build.

Advancements in AI agents, data, and platform capabilities equip developers with the tools to drive business transformation

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Muhammed Alam, SAP Product & Engineering

BERLIN, 5 November 2025-/African Media Agency(AMA)/- New AI-driven capabilities in the SAP Build solution, an expanding data ecosystem and powerful Joule Agents empower 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.

“SAP’s announcements today give developers the tools they need to deliver at the speed of AI,” said Muhammad Alam, member of the Executive Board of SAP SE. “Innovations across SAP’s unique flywheel of applications, data and AI put developers in the driver’s seat — where they belong.”

Opening the Developer Ecosystem

SAP Build, the company’s flagship solution for enterprise application development and automation, now gives developers more freedom to build, extend and automate using the tools they love most.

For instance, developers who prefer agentic development solutions like Cursor, Claude Code, Cline and Windsurf can now use SAP development frameworks with new SAP Build local Model Context Protocol Servers. Visual Studio Code users will be able to access SAP Build capabilities directly in their development environment with a new SAP Build extension. This extension will also be made available later on Open VSX Registry for other development environments. SAP and n8n also announced plans for an integration so Joule Studio agents and n8n agents can work together.

And with new agent building capabilities in Joule Studio, developers have the tools they need to extend SAP’s ready-to-use agents and build new agents grounded in SAP business data and context that can act autonomously based on changing business conditions.

Putting Data to Work

Every intelligent application starts with trusted data. SAP is giving developers more ways to put that data to work through SAP Business Data Cloud.

The solution now connects with more of the data and AI platforms developers use every day. A new SAP Snowflake solution extension for SAP Business Data Cloud brings Snowflake’s fully managed data and AI capabilities directly to SAP customers, giving them the flexibility to choose the right compute and storage for each data and AI workload, while maintaining governance, interoperability and business context. SAP also announced a new SAP Business Data Cloud Connect partnership with Snowflake. This complements existing integrations with Databricks and Google Cloud, giving developers more freedom to choose how they work with SAP data.

With a new data product studio capability in SAP Business Data Cloud, developers can turn raw data into ready-to-use assets known as data products that support analytics, AI and application development.

An expanded capability in the SAP HANA Cloud knowledge graph engine can automatically generate knowledge graphs. This capability maps relationships across SAP database tables, columns and data models, revealing how data fits together and why it matters. Developers will be able to see how their data connects across systems and uncover underlying business insights.

Bringing AI Autonomy to Life

SAP is evolving its AI portfolio to give developers the intelligence and orchestration power they need to take AI from insight to action.

SAP introduced its first enterprise relational foundation model, a new class of AI that predicts business outcomes rather than the next word in a sentence. SAP-RPT-1, or the first-generation Relational Pre-trained Transformer, can make fast and accurate predictions for common business scenarios like delivery delays, payment risk or sales order completion. SAP launched a free playground environment for developers today.

New AI assistants in Joule coordinate multiple agents across workflows, departments and applications, bringing automation and autonomy to life. These assistants plan, initiate and complete complex tasks spanning finance, supply chain, HR and beyond. Today, SAP introduces new agents built for technical users. For example, an agent for business process analysis will help teams understand how processes run, identify inefficiencies and uncover opportunities to optimize workflows and drive measurable improvements.

Lastly, as AI changes the nature of work for everyone, SAP is pledging to equip 12 million people worldwide with AI-ready skills by 2030. SAP will expand hands-on training and certification programs that integrate practical AI-ready tools, including through its partnership with online learning platform Coursera.

Distributed by African Media Agency (AMA) on behalf of SAP Africa.

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SAP’s AI-Powered Business Suite Ends the Best-of-Breed Era

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SAP reimagines enterprise AI with role-based assistants in Joule that coordinate agents across lines of business

LAS VEGAS, USA, October 7th, 2025-/African Media Agency(AMA)/- At its inaugural SAP Connect event, SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) showcases how the integration of AI, data and applications creates unparalleled business value. These breakthroughs – including a new network of role-based assistants in Joule that partner with humans to elevate performance, an expanding data ecosystem that drives deeper insights, and supply chain software that anticipates disruptions – once again revolutionize how business gets done.

“To thrive when volatility is the new normal, businesses need more than a patchwork of disparate best-of

breed applications,” said Muhammad Alam, member of the Executive Board of SAP SE, SAP Product &

Engineering. “Our announcements today demonstrate the power of SAP Business Suite, where AI, data, and applications come together in an experience to propel smarter decisions, faster execution, and scalable transformation.”

AI that Partners With People

SAP unveils Joule’s next stage as the AI force at the center of SAP Business Suite’s value creation. Drawing on the applications and data from across SAP Business Suite, SAP is introducing a new generation of role-aware assistants in Joule. Each assistant is designed to partner with a human being in their specific business role. Assistants in Joule tap into the right agents for the job, configuring, orchestrating and managing them so humans can focus on unlocking new levels of insight and productivity.

Supporting the assistants in Joule is a growing library of specialized Joule Agents, designed to help execute complex workflows within a specific function. For instance, a People Manager Assistant coordinates a team of specialized agents – including the new People Intelligence Agent, which helps spot and resolve issues like compensation anomalies – to support managers as they drive performance. A new Financial Planning Assistant will be aided by a group of expert agents – including the new Cash Management Agent, which optimizes cash flow and improves interest yields – to help finance professionals drive efficiencies. This new roster of role-aware AI Assistants not only partner with people to elevate performance in their lines of business but also work together across business functions to solve complex enterprise-wide problems.

Data that Defies Boundaries

Data fuels AI’s transformative power but it’s often siloed in different systems. At SAP Connect, we are

removing those barriers with SAP Business Data Cloud Connect. SAP BDC Connect securely links SAP BDC with partner platforms to enable a bidirectional flow of business-ready data products across organizational and technological boundaries.

With zero-copy sharing, data stays securely in SAP systems yet remains instantly accessible in customers’ existing data platforms, preserving business context without costly copies. The result: fewer silos, simpler pipelines, no duplication – just trusted data products where and when they’re needed.

SAP also announced that Databricks and Google Cloud are the first partners enabled for SAP BDC Connect, with more to follow. As announced in February 2025, SAP Databricks remains a data service within SAP Business Data Cloud, and BDC Connect extends its benefits across an open data ecosystem. These partnerships give customers faster access to data products for analytics and AI, helping teams move from raw data to real-time business outcomes with greater speed and simplicity.

Applications that Turn Data into Action

At the heart of SAP’s unique value proposition are enterprise applications where data is created and AI

driven insights are experienced. SAP Supply Chain Orchestration is a new AI-native solution that combines the power of Joule with a live knowledge graph to detect real-time risks several suppliers deep and orchestrate a coordinated response, helping customers cut costs and keep supply chains moving. SAP Engagement Cloud, a new customer experience solution, uses business-critical context to personalize interactions across customers, suppliers and other stakeholders. And our next-generation SAP Ariba procurement suite stands out as an AI-native solution, bringing intelligence to every stage of spendmanagement, from sourcing through supplier engagement.

Altogether, these SAP Business Suite innovations mark the beginning of a new era powered by self

reinforcing AI, data, and applications that drive intelligence, speed, and resilience.

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About SAP

As a global leader in enterprise applications and business AI, SAP (NYSE:SAP) stands at the nexus of business and technology. For over 50 years, organizations have trusted SAP to bring out their best by uniting business-critical operations spanning finance, procurement, HR, supply chain, and customer experience. For more information, visit www.sap.com.

Note to editors:

To preview and download broadcast-standard stock footage and press photos digitally, please visit www.sap.com/photos. On this platform, you can find high resolution material for your media channels.

For customers interested in learning more about SAP products:

Global Customer Center: +49 180 534-34-24

United States Only: 1 (800) 872-1SAP (1-800-872-1727)

For more information, press only: 

SAP Head of Communications Africa, James Wilson at

james.wilson03@sap.com 

ByDesign Communications, Palesa Mokitle, at

p.mokitle@bdcomms.co.za  

SAP Press Room; press@sap.com

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Darfur: ICC convicts Janjaweed leader of war crimes and crimes against humanity

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Two decades after the scorched-earth campaign that left hundreds of thousands dead in Sudan’s Darfur, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has delivered its first conviction linked to the conflict, finding Janjaweed commander Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman “Ali Kushayb”, guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

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RegTech Africa Conference & Awards 2025: Pioneering Africa’s Economic Transformation through Innovation and Collaboration

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LAGOS, Nigeria, 13 May 2025 /African Media Agency (AMA)/- In just under two weeks, the global spotlight will turn to Lagos, Nigeria, as the RegTech Africa Conference & Awards 2025 convenes at the prestigious Oriental Hotel on May 22–23. Under the theme “Unlocking Africa’s Cross-Border Payments, Trade, and Investment Opportunities through Public-Private Partnerships,” this landmark event is set to catalyze transformative dialogue and action across the continent.

Organized by RegTech Africa, the conference will gather over 1,000 participants, including high-level policymakers, regulatory authorities, fintech innovators, investors, and thought leaders from across Africa and beyond. The aim is to forge strategic partnerships and develop actionable solutions that address the continent’s most pressing economic challenges.

With a stellar lineup of distinguished speakers, the event feature prominent figures, like Muhammad Sani Abdullahi, Deputy Governor, Economic Policy Directorate, Central Bank of Nigeria, ably represented by Musa Jimoh, Director of Payments System Policy at the Central Bank of Nigeria; Abdulrasheed Bawa, former Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission; Lorien Gamaroff, Co-founder & CEO of Centbee; Richy Emah, Regional BDD – North/West Africa, Sumsub; Edwin Woryonwon Harris Jr., Director General of GIABA; and Dr. Nurudeen Abubakar Zauro, Technical Adviser to the President on Economic and Financial Inclusion.

Strategic Partnerships Driving Innovation

The conference is bolstered by an impressive lineup of global and indigenous partners, including the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Sumsub, EMTECH, Regfyl, Opay, SANEF, NDIC, and NCC, underscoring a collective commitment to advancing Africa’s regulatory technology landscape. These partnerships underscore a shared commitment to advancing Africa’s trade, payments, and investment ecosystem through innovative solutions and unified regulatory frameworks.

Key Highlights:

  • Dynamic Panel Discussions: Engage with experts on topics such as cross-border payment systems, regulatory harmonization, investment frameworks, and the role of RegTech in driving financial inclusion.
  • Innovative Exhibitions: Experience cutting-edge RegTech solutions that are transforming compliance, payments, and trade ecosystems across Africa. 
  • Networking Opportunities: Connect with influential decision-makers, innovators, and investors to build meaningful partnerships.
  • RegTech Africa Awards 2025: Celebrate excellence and innovation in regulatory technology and public-private partnership-driven initiatives across the continent.

As Africa advances towards deeper economic integration through the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), the conference aims to address persistent challenges such as fragmented payment systems, regulatory complexities, and limited investment flows. By fostering collaboration between the public and private sectors, the event seeks to unlock scalable solutions that bridge infrastructural, regulatory, and technological gaps.

“Collaboration between the public and private sectors is no longer optional—it’s essential,” said Cyril Okoroigwe, Chair of the Organizing Committee. “The Conference is a call to action for all stakeholders to come together, break down barriers, and unleash Africa’s full potential through innovative solutions, unified regulatory frameworks, and transformative investments. This is a unique opportunity to be part of a defining moment in Africa’s journey toward integration and prosperity.”

Registration and Sponsorship Opportunities

Limited seats are available. To register or explore sponsorship opportunities, please visit www.regtechafricaconference.com or contact us at info@regtechafrica.com.Zawya

Distributed by African Media Agency on behalf of RegTech Africa.

About RegTech Africa

RegTech Africa is a leading organization dedicated to fostering innovation in regulatory technologies across the continent. By creating platforms for dialogue, collaboration, and innovation, RegTech Africa drives initiatives that accelerate economic growth and financial inclusion in Africa.

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AMA, Environment

World Leaders and Institutions Convene at First FRLD High-Level Dialogue to Advance Climate Resilience and Support for Vulnerable Nations

Maravi Post Reporter
Ibrahima Cheikh Diong, Executive Director of Fund for responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD)

Washington, D.C, 2 May 2025 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- Today, the Fund for responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD) held its inaugural High-Level Dialogue on the sidelines of the World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings, convened under the leadership of the FRLD Board and in coordination with the United Nations Secretary-General.

Under the theme “Strengthening Response(s) to Loss and Damage through Complementarity, Coherence, and Coordination”, the Dialogue brought together senior representatives of partner governments, multilateral development banks, international financial institutions, UN agencies, climate funds, philanthropic organizations, risk financing and insurance entities and civil society actors to foster collective action in response to the growing impacts of climate change.

The Dialogue welcomed high-level speakers, including COP29 President H.E. Mukhtar Babayev, Ministers from Pakistan, South Africa, and Germany, as well as other senior representatives. In opening remarks, the Co-Chairs of the FRLD Board, Jean-Christophe Donnellier and Richard Sherman, welcomed participants and emphasized the spirit of global solidarity that led to the creation of the Fund. They noted that the Dialogue comes at a critical juncture in the Fund’s development and called for strengthened cooperation to deliver timely and effective support to the most vulnerable nations.

“This Fund was launched to strengthen our global capacity to respond to loss and damage, and this requires a response that is timely, adequate, comprehensive and efficient. It is therefore crucial that we work together to streamline our collective global response,” emphasised Donnellier.

Muhammad Aurangzeb, Minister of Finance of Pakistan

The Minister of Finance of Pakistan, Muhammad Aurangzeb, added the need for speed in responding to loss and damage: “Climate change is an existential threat; we are living it. Even before the floods of 2022. As the Fund becomes operational, our request is for simplicity and agility. We are dealing with our own internal bureaucracies in our own countries. We can’t have decisions to take years; what we need are speedy disbursements.”

A key milestone of the event was the presentation of Proposed Actionable Commitments on Accelerating Action on Climate-Induced Loss and Damage by the Executive Director, Ibrahima Cheikh Diong, on behalf of the Fund and peer financial institutions. He reaffirmed a collective commitment to unify global responses and reduce fragmentation in funding streams: “Today marks the beginning of a new era of coordinated action driven by global solidarity and leadership. We reaffirm our collective commitment with our partners and stakeholders to reduce fragmentation in funding streams and ensure that resources are delivered effectively to those who need them most. Our shared goal is clear: to ensure that the most vulnerable nations affected by climate-induced loss and damage, receive timely and effective support that reflects their priorities and realities”.

This laid the foundation for two roundtables that explored how institutions can better align mandates, close funding gaps, and build strategic partnerships.

Participants discussed opportunities to streamline access to finance, support national readiness and pre-arranged financing mechanisms, and enhance collaboration among funding arrangements such as the Climate Investment Funds, the Adaptation Fund, the Santiago Network and Global Shield. The issue of prevention was brought up, including better use of data and technology. With the gap between the financing available and the needs, prudent and smart approach is necessary.

“The Santiago Network and FRLD are linked by design but also purpose. One of our core functions is to enable access to finance, technology and capacity building. The Santiago Network brings an existing toolbox, technical guidance and technical assistance platform and a regional presence with 15 members ready to provide support. This is a call to expand our collective response to Loss & Damage. We need to collaborate but also act in synchronicity” said Carolina Fuentes Castellanos, Director of the Santiago Network Secretariat.

The event concluded with reflections and recommendations on the way forward, highlighting the FRLD’s ambition to begin disbursing an initial $250 million primarily delivered in grants to support bottom-up, country-led and community-driven interventions, with at least 50% of funding earmarked for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and Least Developed Countries (LDCs). The Co-Chairs reaffirmed the Fund’s commitment to being an inclusive and coordinating force within the climate finance ecosystem.

The full outcomes from this dialogue will be included in the FRLD’s annual report that will be presented at the upcoming COP and CMA, shaping future climate finance policies. The dialogue will set the stage for continuous engagement, ensuring sustainable and inclusive financial mechanisms for affected communities.

Distributed by African Media Agency. on behalf of IC Publications

About the FRLD:

The Fund for responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD) addresses the urgent and growing needs of vulnerable communities in developing countries facing the irreversible impacts of climate change. It finances initiatives to help vulnerable communities recover from climate-related losses and damage resulting from incidents such as climate-induced extreme weather events, rising sea levels, and other climate-induced crises. These initiatives are tailored to respond directly to country-specific needs and priorities, ensuring that solutions are locally driven and contextually appropriate.

Media Contact:

Giulia Pivetti

Email: g.pivetti@icpublications.com

WhatsApp: +39 340 276 8881

Margaret Mutesi 

Email: mmutesi@frld.org

Mobile: +1 202 6501312

Source : African Media Agency (AMA)

Entertainment, Lifestyle

Beheading a Woman for Prophet Muhammad in Northern Nigeria

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Some bloodthirsty Muslims, who wanted to please Allah by all means and get into the good books of Prophet Muhammad, have been on rampage in Northern Nigeria. The savage quest by those who are drunk with ‘Allah delusion’ and who are desperate to inherit the phantom paradise that was promised to the Ummah in the afterlife has been in obvious display in the past weeks. The Mujahidin of northern Nigeria have been on the loose and the horrific consequences of their actions are graphic and glaring. Continue reading Beheading a Woman for Prophet Muhammad in Northern Nigeria →