Tea body’s fate sealed as new regulations sent to AG office

Tea body’s fate sealed as new regulations sent to AG office

Agriculture Secretary Peter Munya has sealed the fate of Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) after he released final regulations cutting its export role and weakening its control of…...

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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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World Bank: Morocco Has ‘Fantastic’ Offshore Wind Energy Potential

World Bank: Morocco Has ‘Fantastic’ Offshore Wind Energy Potential

Rabat – Morocco has a “fantastic” offshore wind resource “that is too attractive to ignore,” World Bank senior energy specialist Mark Leybourne said.In a recent report about em…...

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Mobile Money Hit US $2 B In Transactions In 2019

Mobile Money Hit US $2 B In Transactions In 2019

The GSMA has unveiled its annual ‘State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money’, offering a view of the mobile money landscape and highlighting the impact that greater financial i…...

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3 Digital Solutions from Vodacom to Get South Africans Back to Work Safely

3 Digital Solutions from Vodacom to Get South Africans Back to Work Safely

As businesses across South Africa start returning to work, the safetyof employees and customers is of paramount importance. This means that employers will have to make extra changes…...

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First quarter real-time bank transfers rise fastest in six years

First quarter real-time bank transfers rise fastest in six years

Bulk payments made through real-time bank transfers in the first quarter of 2020 rose at the fastest pace in six years, official statistics show. This partly signals progress in the…...

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Facebook is building $1 billion high speed internet across Africa

Facebook is building $1 billion high speed internet across Africa

World’s largest social media company, Facebook is designing a massive underwater cable around Nigeria and other African countries, bringing high-speed connectivity to the continent…...

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COMESA To Develop Online Platform For Exchanging Information On Availability Of Essential Products

COMESA To Develop Online Platform For Exchanging Information On Availability Of Essential Products

COMESA will develop an online platform for exchanging information on the availability of essential products within the COMESA Member States as part of the response measures to the C…...

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Card payments up Sh1.6bn despite corona demand slump

Card payments up Sh1.6bn despite corona demand slump

The value of payments made through cards grew by Sh1.64 billion in the first three months of the year as the Covid-19 pandemic discourage cash handling.Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) d…...

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African Development Bank welcomes $10 million Clean Technology Fund investment to diversify Ethiopia

African Development Bank welcomes $10 million Clean Technology Fund investment to diversify Ethiopia

(AfDB ) - The African Development Bank has welcomed a decision by the Trust Fund Committee of the Clean Technology Fund (CTF), one of two funds within the Climate Investment Funds (…...

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