DP World In Luanda Celebrates 1 Year Managing Multipurpose Terminal At Port Of Luanda
This week, DP World in Luanda, celebrates it’s 1-year anniversary of operations at the multipurpose terminal (MPT). DP World, which has a 20-year concession to manage, operate and modernise the Port of Luanda multipurpose terminal reached this significant milestone, thanks to the various stakeholders including government, customers, employees, and communities that have contributed its collective […]
Pfizer Announces Goal Of Delivering Breakthroughs To More Patients Across The Region In 2022
Reinforcing Commitment To Address Unmet Needs Leading biopharmaceutical company aims to build on record-setting 2021 thanks to its industry-leading products and innovation pipeline across its six therapeutic areas: vaccines, oncology, inflammation and immunology, internal medicine, rare diseases, and anti-infectives and sterile injectables Pfizer delivered medicines to more than 4.1 million patients across Africa and the […]
Surge in Attacks on Aid Workers in South Sudan
Authorities Should Improve Protection, Investigate Attacks NEW YORK, USA, 07th March 2022 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/-On February 28, unidentified gunmen attacked seven staff members of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) on the road outside Yei, robbed them, and burnt two MSF vehicles, forcing the aid organization to suspend operations in areas outside the city. That same day, armed […]
Growth On The Horizon For African E-commerce And Logistics In 2022
By Mahmood Al-Bastaki, Chief Operating Officer of DT World, part of DP World Since 2020, we’ve witnessed African markets embracing the e-commerce revolution. Thanks to rising disposable incomes, growing internet penetration, and emerging cross-border e-commerce markets, the continent is poised to become the world’s next big online retail destination. To realise this ambition, e-commerce platforms […]
International Women’s Day, 2022 Women Lighting The Way In Off-Grid Zimbabwe
By Tonderayi Mukeredzi Electricity transmission lines run through Chiedza Murindo’s home in Murombedzi, a small town in Zvimba district in Mashonaland West province, but her house has no electricity. That is the harsh reality for much of Zimbabwe’s rural population, where only 13% of households live without power compared to 83% of urban households. Disgusted by […]
African Governments Urged To Support Plastic Pollution Solutions
By Aimable Twahirwa Environmental experts gathered in Nairobi, Kenya, have urged African governments to take advantage of ‘circular plastic opportunities’ to lower greenhouse gas emissions and stop environmental degradation. They were speaking to IPS on the sidelines of the fifth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA). The key approach to a circular economy for […]
25 Ways To Build And Support African Startups In 2022
William Jackson, M.Ed. My Quest To Teach Professor, Podcaster, Blogger, Educator, Speaker “When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we see something which you do not see.” Chinua Achebe. These words are many times key to help Africans continue to grow as businesses leaders. […]
AI And Robotics Are Key To True Digital Transformation
By Amit Singh, Solutions Architect at In2IT Technologies Artificial Intelligence (AI) and robotics are terms used to describe machines with human-like abilities, or the simulation of natural intelligence in machines, what is programmed to learn and mimic the actions of humans. While this often brings to mind the walking, talking, humanoid robots of science fiction, […]
Standard Bank Fleet Management Wins The Diamond Arrow Award At The Prestigious PMR.africa 2021 Awards
First overall in fleet cards category awarded for the 11th year to Standard Bank Standard Bank Fleet Management, a market leader in fleet management industry, has won two prestigious accolades at the PMR.africa Diamond Arrow Awards, winning 1st overall for the 11th year in the category for fleet management companies providing fleet cards to the […]
