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Banking Sector Urged To Digitize To Build Resilience

Banking Sector Urged To Digitize To Build Resilience

Bankers from Sub Saharan Africa and China who attended the Huawei Sub-Saharan Africa Financial Services Industry Online Summit 2020 agree that digitisation of the sector will give i…...

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Kenya’s Tourism Ministry Launches Virtual Safari Livestream

Kenya’s Tourism Ministry Launches Virtual Safari Livestream

Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Tourism and Wildlife, Najib Balala, officially launched a virtual safari Livestream campaign yesterday in aneffort to showcase some of the country’s …...

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Africa’s Top 100 Brands 2020

Africa’s Top 100 Brands 2020

In the midst of the euphoric and successful staging of the first FIFA World Cup in Africa when internal pride and admiration of Africa was arguably at its highest, African brands al…...

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Ethiopia power plant gets USD 10 million boost

Ethiopia power plant gets USD 10 million boost

Ethiopia has taken a step towards its green energy target andopened the door to further private sector investment in geothermal energy, with a USD 10 million loan from a fund.The co…...

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Safaricom Eyes an Opportunity to Expand into Ethiopia

Safaricom Eyes an Opportunity to Expand into Ethiopia

Safaricom PLC is planning to extend its reach into Ethiopia, Kenya’s northern neighbour.Although not initially successful with its first few attempts, new changes within the Ethiop…...

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Kenya’s Apollo Agriculture raises $6M Series A led by Anthemis

Kenya’s Apollo Agriculture raises $6M Series A led by Anthemis

Apollo Agriculture believes it can attain profits by helping Kenya’s smallholder farmers maximize theirs.That’s the mission of the Nairobi-based startup that raised $6 million in …...

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HSEVEN launches three programmes for African entrepreneurs

HSEVEN launches three programmes for African entrepreneurs

Moroccan startup acceleratorHSEVEN, the largest startup accelerator in Africa, has launched three incubation and acceleration programs to help African entrepreneurs build high-impac…...

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New IoT System Could Detect Future Virus Outbreaks

New IoT System Could Detect Future Virus Outbreaks

IoT sensors that monitor body temperature in real-time and are implemented at a large scale could provide geolocation data that would allow potential quarantine areas to be rapidly …...

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Technology is Africa's biggest undiscovered gold mine

Technology is Africa's biggest undiscovered gold mine

Technology has the potential to fundamentally transform societies. Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and broadband are becoming central to the societal developments ar…...

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Kenya’s Apollo Agriculture raises $6m Series A to continue its rapid scaling

Kenya’s Apollo Agriculture raises $6m Series A to continue its rapid scaling

Based in Nairobi, Apollo Agricultureis a commercial farming platform for small-scale farmers that uses machine learning and automated operations technology to help them accesseveryt…...

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