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SA’s BitFarming aims to boost meat sector by encouraging digital investment

SA’s BitFarming aims to boost meat sector by encouraging digital investment

Formed in 2018, BitFarminggenerates sustainable funding for farmers from investors who want to invest in the sector but who do not have the opportunities to do so directly. Through …...

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DB Schenker invests as Volocopter extends Series C Round to €87 million

DB Schenker invests as Volocopter extends Series C Round to €87 million

Volocopter and DB Schenker today announced an investment by the global logistics service provider into the pioneer of Urban Air Mobility (UAM) as Volocopter extends its Series C fun…...

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Safaricom Foundation Donates Tablets To Students In Kawangware And Dandora

Safaricom Foundation Donates Tablets To Students In Kawangware And Dandora

Students drawn from over one thousand households in Kawangware and Dandora are set to benefit from free access to e-learning tools following a partnership between Safaricom Foundati…...

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A Fintech & Innovations office for Bank of Ghana

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 …...

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Kenya to link Chinese-built modern railway to central region line

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…...

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Leading Africa’s energy transition through wind power

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…...

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Rwanda’s coffee harvest will go forward despite pandemic – at a safe distance

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…...

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Laikipia County Partners With Dedan Kimathi University To Make Ventilators

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…...

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5G Connection to Spread Across MENA Region Over Next 6 Years

5G Connection to Spread Across MENA Region Over Next 6 Years

Rabat – A recent report places Africa and the Middle East as the regions with the highest projected growth of 5G networks, with the number of mobile data users expected to multiply…...

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Kenya’s Tea Production Hits All-time High of 55.7 mn Kilograms in March

Kenya’s Tea Production Hits All-time High of 55.7 mn Kilograms in March

Tea productionfor the month of March 2020 in Kenya reached an all-time high of 55.7 million kilograms against 26.5 million kilos recorded during a similar month last year.“Higher p…...

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