ASIA through the eyes of AFP. 9th Angkor Photo Festival - Siem Reap
AFP is honoured to take part in the Angkor Photo Festival with a selection of our best 100 Asian photos from the past year covering news and features to sport and fashion selected by our Asia-Pacific regional team. AFP Asia-Pacific has a team of 60 photographers working out of 27 bureaus across the region. AFP has a network of more than 400 photographers, who have regularly won top international prizes.
Burundi: RFI and AFP file court complaint for torture of their correspondent
Faced with a lack of any action following an attack on their Burundi correspondent Esdras Ndikumana on August 2 as he carried out his work, RFI and AFP have filed a complaint for torture against persons unknown at the supreme court in Bujumbura.
GetVocal, Europe’s leading provider of conversational AI agents for enterprise customer support, today announced the closing of a $26 million Series A investment round led by Creandum with participation from Elaia and Speedinvest, bringing GetVocal’s total fundraising to $30 million. GetVocal will use the funding to fuel product innovation, market expansion, and hiring across Europe as the company accelerates its mission to help enterprises build hybrid human-AI workforces. Founded in 2023 by...
AFP extends its fact-checking operation to a fifth Latin American country
AFP is further developing its global fact-checking operation in Spanish through a new contract with Facebook covering Uruguay.
AFP signs new agreement with SINA Sports
AFP and SINA Sports have signed a content agreement allowing the leading Beijing-based news portal to feature AFP’s extensive coverage of the 2016 Rio Olympics and Euro Soccer Championship.
The AFP Foundation today announced the launch of the first independent, non-partisan fact-checking website in francophone West Africa
The website www.fr.africacheck.org was devised and developed by the AFP Foundation, with the support of the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), and in a partnership with the EJICOM journalism school in Dakar, Senegal, where its editorial team is based.
AFP wins second Rory Peck Award for video stringers in the News category
Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (TOKYO: 6981) (ISIN: JP3914400001) announces the launch and mass production of its multilayer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) featuring a capacitance of 15nF, a rated voltage of 1.25kV, and C0G characteristics in the compact 1210-inch (3.2mm x 2.5mm) size. This product delivers highly efficient power conversion and stable performance under high-voltage conditions, making it suitable for onboard chargers (OBCs) in electric vehicles (EVs) and power supply circuits in high-...
SATO Vietnam Solutions Co., Ltd., a member of the SATO Group – a global pioneer in auto-ID and labelling solutions – has successfully implemented an RFID label printing solution for Hayabusa Vietnam Co., Ltd. at its Vietnam factory, delivering flexibility, cost efficiency and operational peace of mind. Hayabusa, a globally trusted freshwater and saltwater fishing hook manufacturer supplying major international retailers, faced a new RFID tagging mandate from one of its customers as part of eff...