A Fintech & Innovations office for Bank of Ghana
The office will foster the growth and development of financial technology in the country. The move by the Bank of Ghana is long overdueand aims at entrenching cash-lite, electronic …...
Read More Kenya to link Chinese-built modern railway to central region line
Kenya is in the final stages of linking Chinese-built modern railway to an older line in the agriculture-rich central region to ensure commodities are easily transported to the Port…...
Read More Equity Bank’s Sh200b kitty for lending to small enterprises
Equity Bank has established a Sh200 billion-kitty for lending to small enterprises as part of helping them overcome the ravages of Covid-19.While unveiling the kitty during the week…...
Read More How Covid-19 has exposed our weak economic links
Friday marks eight weeks since Kenya’s first coronavirus case was officially announced. We’re coming to the end of our sixth week of a national dusk to dawn curfew, and we’ve jus…...
Read More Leading Africa’s energy transition through wind power
Siemens Gamesa has been pioneering wind energy projects in Africa for20 years. Installations total 3.4GW which is equivalent to more than half of the entire wind power capacity inst…...
Read More Construction of Kaptis Hydropower Project in Kenya to Start
Kenya is soon to commence construction of Kaptis hydropower project. A joint development agreement, to bring the project through to financial close and construction in 2020, has bee…...
Read More Rwanda’s coffee harvest will go forward despite pandemic – at a safe distance
As countries begin to reopen after months of coronavirus lockdown, Rwanda is pressing on with its May coffee harvest.Rwanda, which supplied 21,000 tons of coffee to the global marke…...
Read More Laikipia County Partners With Dedan Kimathi University To Make Ventilators
A Ventilator being developed by the Dedan Kimathi University of Technology in partnership with the County Government of Laikipia could hit the market in the next few days.The two in…...
Read More Kenya business deals hit 30-month low on Corona
Kenya’s private sector activity plunged in March to its lowest level since November 2017 as the global coronavirus pandemic hit consumer demand and forced businesses to shed jobs a…...
Read More Rural electrification to unlock $4 billion in Ethiopia’s economy
A new report released by Rocky Mountain Institute states thatlinking agriculture and rural electrification in Ethiopia could help the country unlock up to $4 billion in its economy.…...
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