SSP celebrates 30 years in the African insurance market
SSP celebrates the 30-year anniversary of providing general insurance (short-term) software solutions to African customers.
Consensus reached on actions for sustainable industrialization in Central Africa
The 33rd meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts for Central Africa (ICE2017) has ended in Douala with calls for the adoption of well-targeted and sequenced counter-cyclical measures as a means to…
Ecobank launches mVisa in 33 African countries
Ecobank has partnered with Visa to launch Ecobank Scan+Pay with mVisa solutions to their consumers in 33 African countries.
Merck Foundation set to increase number African oncologists
Merck Foundation supports the training of Twenty Future Oncologists in Africa through one and two year Oncology Fellowship Program in 2016 & 2017.
UN agency advised Africa to focus on ICT
Investment in innovation is critical if Africa’s new industries mainly the information and communication technologies (ICT) sector, says a UN agency chief.
Ethiopian Airlines goes fully digital
Removing paper from the entire system Ethiopian Airlines Group said it has fully digitalized all its business processes like aircraft maintenance and Flight Operations, Commercial Operations.
African Development Bank provides $200 million for African industrialization
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a private sector multi-currency line of credit of US$ 100 million and 1.3 billion South African Rands to Industrial…
Madagascar and Siemens ink agreement to generate electric power
The Republic of Madagascar and Siemens ink agreement to cooperate and identify measures to fast track power generation in the country and work towards increasing capacity by an additional 300MW by 2019.…
USAID launches program for orphans, vulnerable children in Ethiopia
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) along its partners launched its new USAID Caring for Vulnerable Children activity which will be implemented by FHI360.
Astrazeneca’s healthy heart Africa holds free blood pressure screening
AstraZeneca’s Healthy Heart Africa (HHA) programme announced plans to hold free major Blood Pressure screening events as part of this year’s World Heart Day celebrations, which is observed every year on the…
Youtap launches mobile money payment platform
Youtap launched Youtap Cloud, a payment processing platform delivered as a cloud service for mobile money and payment providers in developing markets.
Ethiopian Airlines marks 5th year flight to Toronto
Ethiopian Airlines Group, the largest airline in Africa, marked five years service to Toronto, Canada.
British Ambassador to Ethiopia opens Limalimo Lodge
Limalimo Lodge, a state of the art Ethio-British boutique hotel located within Simien Mountains National Park, was host to a local festivity on Saturday, involving over 200 people from the local area.
Zimbabwe secures $600 million loan
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) yesterday entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to provide a $600-million line of credit to the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ).