Umeme Enhances Supply Chain, Financial Processes With Award-winning SAP Deployment
Ugandan electricity distributor achieves business transformation, cost-savings through innovative and rapid deployment of SAP technologies. Serving 1.3 million customers in one of East Africa’s key economic hubs, Ugandan electricity distribution company, Umeme, plays a vital role in enabling the government’s Electricity Connections Policy that aims to increase electricity penetration rates. But outdated systems were causing […]
Standard Bank Scoops Awards At SIBOS
Standard Bank Group, Africa’s largest bank by assets, has received a number of industry awards from Global Finance, presented on the side-lines of the annual 2019 SIBOS conference held in London. “We are pleased to have received these awards which serve as recognition of our Africa-focused strategy, and bear testament to our role in continuing […]
Entrepreneurial Edge: From SA To Dubai, How This African Restaurant Went Global
The tough world of running Africa’s biggest purveyor of fish, in a sea of new regulations and growing competition – Ocean Basket CEO, Grace Harding opens up on the difficulties of serving prawns, hake and chips everywhere from Mauritius to Moscow.
Report: The Future of Work in South Africa
The advance of technologies such as machine learning, artificial intelligence, and advanced robotics will have a far-reaching impact on South Africa’s workplaces. Although digitisation will be disruptive, it has the potential to raise productivity and operational efficiency in businesses across sectors, to deliver better outcomes for both customers and citizens, and to create millions of high-quality […]
10 Most Popular African Coffee Brands
African coffee culture has recently been brewing up a storm. A heightened growth in strong, domestic consumer markets have been seen, as well as an increase in café culture within Africa’s urban areas. With about half a trillion hot cups consumed per year, coffee is the world’s second most traded commodity- following oil. As the […]
10 Historical Sites to Visit in Africa
Fort Jesus, Kenya Fort Jesus was a Portuguese fort built in 1593 on Mombasa Island. It was built to secure the safety of the Portuguese living on the East Coast of Africa, and it experienced more turbulence than any other fort in Africa due to the hostilities of interested parties that lived in Mombasa. It […]
