AllAfrica to Explore Africa's Development Challenges | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- The AllAfrica Foundation is launching an initiative to report Africa's efforts to reduce poverty and promote sustainable development. A $2.3 million grant from the Bill &  Melinda Gates Foundation will enable AllAfrica to move from periodic to consistent coverage of development issues,  and to increase institutional capacity to support future projects.

The text, audio and video reports will be featured on allAfrica.com, the largest online, public distributor of African news and information. The website is maintained by the AllAfrica Foundation's sister organization, AllAfrica Global Media, which aggregates content from more than 130 African news organizations and hundreds of agencies and institutions and maintains a searchable archive approaching 2.5 million documents.

To read the full press release, visit the AllAfrica Foundation web site.