Unlocking The Transformative Power Of Mobile Money
By Ashley Olson Onyango, Head of Financial Inclusion, GSMA During the last decade, rapid digitisation has revolutionised the financial industry globally, through the advent of innovative services such as mobile banking apps or seamless transfer options. Driving this trend in low-and-middle-income countries, where over a billion people remain unbanked, mobile money has helped millions of […]
Standard Bank’s Real Estate Finance Division Executes First Social Loan For Growthpoint Student Accommodation Holdings
Standard Bank, acting as the Sustainability Structuring Agent for Growthpoint Student Accommodation Holdings (GSAH), recently executed its first social loan under the category of access to education as an essential service, in line with the Loan Market Association’s Social Loan Principles April 2021. The pioneering R550 million social loan will provide funding for the acquisition […]
Nesta Challenges Announces Semi-Finalists Of Strand Three Of The Afri-Plastics Challenge
The third and final strand, “Promoting Change” of the Afri-Plastics Challenge seeks to inspire behaviour change around plastic waste Semi-finalists are using innovative engagement strategies such as gamification, nudges, incentives, and storytelling Fifteen finalists will be selected in June 2022 to implement their ideas and each will win £50 000 Nesta Challenges has announced the […]
The Future Of Enterprise Resource Planning Is In The Cloud
For faster, more scalable ERP solutions, CIOs are turning to the cloud in greater numbers to help streamline performance across key areas of operations. Marilyn Moodley, Country Leader for South Africa and WECA (West, East, Central Africa) at SoftwareONE, says the industry can expect another big shift to the cloud on the back of SAP customers […]
Production Commences On National Geographic Kids Africa Educational Entertainment Series
Series aims to inspire lasting, impactful behaviour change in young viewers in Africa, inspiring the next generation of environmental advocates by providing them with the knowledge and skills to understand, conserve, and protect the world around us. Local series presenters announced. Kenya-based White Rhino Films announced as production partner. In the lead-up to Earth Day 2022, […]
The Importance Of Supporting Gender Equality In The Tech Industry
While there has been headway toward greater workplace diversity in recent years, there is still much more work to be done. In all businesses, there is undeniably a gender divide, and one of these historically male-dominated industries is technology. In fact, according to a PwC report, women presently hold only 19% of tech-related roles at […]
Renowned Artist Adjaratou Ouédraogo Shares the Joy of Painting in her Home City in Burkina Faso
She is more famous abroad than at home in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. In The Painter, by filmmaker Ousmane Zoromé Samassékou, she organises a street art event called “My City In Painting” to encourage locals to celebrate and participate in art. In this thoughtful, immersive film we also see her at work in her studio while she […]
Bringing Africa’s Bio-diversity to the Fore
There’s a large gap in genomics research: barely anything is known about the genomics of African species. This is despite the continent’s rich biological diversity. It has plants and animals that aren’t found anywhere else in the world. African species have been neglected by the global genomic community. Scientists tend to focus on their own […]
A Scramble to Protect Tunisian Waters
Tunisia will work with other countries that have offered to help it to prevent environmental damage after a merchant ship carrying up to 1,000 tons of oil sank in Tunisian waters, the defense ministry said on Sunday. The ship was heading from Equatorial Guinea to Malta when it sank seven miles off the coast of […]
Meet the New Ivorian VP
Côte d’Ivoire’s new vice president, Tiemoko Meyliet Koné, took the oath of office on Wednesday before the Constitutional Council in Abidjan, a day after his appointment to the post which had been vacant for nearly two years. “I solemnly swear on my honor to respect the Constitution, to conscientiously fulfill the duties of my office, […]
