Mitsumi Continues its Pan African Expansion with the Opening of six new offices
Mitsumi has established new offices in Ivory coast, Cameroon, Senegal, Mauritania, Mali and DRCCompany will expand its logistics and sales offices in Chad, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Gabon and representative offices in the remaining Francophone African countries by end of the year Mitsumi Distribution, a leading distributor today announced that it will be expanding the company’s […]
Tips For Growing Your Career As A Female Founder
By Nthabiseng Makgatho, Head of Marketing at Xero SA It has been a challenging year for all businesses, and with ongoing turbulence nationwide, it’s clear that the future will also involve challenges. Despite the setbacks, we’ve seen female business owners continuing to push our business community forward, champion women in the workplace, and so much […]
PepsiCo Announces $1 Million Safe Water Investment In Sub-Saharan Africa
The PepsiCo Foundation Expands on $53 Million Net Water Positive program. Pledges to Replenish More than 100% of Water Used in High-Risk Areas by 2030. The PepsiCo Foundation, the philanthropic arm of leading food and beverage company, PepsiCo, has launched a new $1 million program with leading NGO and long-term partner, WaterAid to bring safe water to families in Sub-Saharan […]
Old Mutual Expands Investments In Innovation
Old Mutual Limited has announced that it is expanding its investments in innovation through a new collaboration with venture capital firm Anthemis Group. Anthemis will deploy capital on behalf of Old Mutual through its Anthemis Insurance Venture Growth Fund (AIVGF), focused on series B and C companies in InsurTech. Old Mutual aims to transform its customer […]
Bubonic plague putting young lives at risk in DR Congo: UNICEF
A resurgence of Bubonic plague in Ituri province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is putting young lives at risk, the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, warned on Tuesday. NEW YORK, USA, 25 August 2021-/African Media Agency (AMA)/-Poverty, conflict and displacement are contributing to the return of the centuries-old illness for the first time […]
A Modern Successor for One of Africa’s Oldest Nations
The coronation of a new monarch in the oil-rich Delta region has sparked a resurgence in royalty, tradition and ancestry among some young Nigerians. Thousands thronged the streets and dignitaries, and well-wishers flew in from around the world as the Itsekiri people of Iwere Kingdom in Delta state crowned a new king, Ogiame Atuwatse III. […]
Nigeria’s Doctors Courted by Offers Elsewhere
A government-licensed recruiting agency based in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, is conducting interviews for doctors to leave Nigeria and work in Saudi Arabia. Meed Consultants’ recruitment drive comes at a time resident doctors in Nigeria are on strike over the delayed payment of salaries and allowances. Flyers announcing the interviews have been circulating widely on social […]
Rwanda Takes Hotelier’s Last Line of Defence
Belgian lawyer for the man whose story inspired the film “Hotel Rwanda”, who is being tried on terrorism charges, has been deported for working without a permit, the head of Rwanda’s immigration service said on Monday. Paul Rusesabagina, the ex-hotelier portrayed as a hero in the 2004 film about Rwanda’s 1994 genocide, is accused of […]
AI Helps Chart African Cities
An especially powerful category of data, known as geospatial information (data) tool also known as location data, contains location information. It uses artificial intelligence and aerial or satellite to enable information about cities to be linked together based on its shared location component, enabling effective decision-making at a local and national level. Leading organisations Ordnance […]
Yet another Delay for the Somali Polls
The opposition Council of Presidential Candidates, or CPS, released a statement saying they reject a new election roadmap proposed by the federal government and regional leaders. The opposition argues that the process would give five regional leaders too much power in selecting the electoral delegates who will choose 275 members of parliament. Opposition leader Hassan […]
