Shyft Awarded The “Excellence In Fintech – Payments” Award At The Finnovex Southern Africa Awards 2022
Global money app Shyft, powered by Standard Bank, announced today that it has won the “Excellence in Fintech – Payments” award at the Finnovex Southern Africa Awards 2022. The Finnovex Awards celebrate outstanding achievements in the banking and finance industry and are aimed at recognising organisations and individuals that consistently demonstrate exemplary performance. The award […]
Nearly 50,000 Migrants Assisted to Voluntarily Return Home: 2021 Return and Reintegration Key Highlights
GENEVA, Switzerland, 29th July 2022 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- Nearly 50,000 migrants were assisted to voluntarily return to their countries of origin with more than 113,000 reintegration activities supported globally in 2021, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) 2021 Return and Reintegration Key Highlights. Last year saw an increase of global mobility. However, due to […]
Standard Bank Finances New Port Terminal At San Pedro, Côte d’Ivoire
The completion of a €90-million financing for the construction of a new port terminal at San Pedro, Côte d’Ivoire, marks a significant milestone in the expansion of West Africa’s transshipment hub. As the sole mandated lead arranger and the largest lender in the transaction, Standard Bank proved a key partner in securing the deal – […]
West Africa SME Ecosystem Growth Explored At ANDE Conference
Donors and Foundations Must Back Top Entrepreneurs And Private Support Organizations To Boost SME Investment in West Africa The US based Aspen Institute of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) in partnership with Impact Investing Ghana (IIG) hosted West Africa’s leading Investors, Entrepreneurship Support Organizations and Entrepreneurs to promote better connections and support entrepreneurial ecosystem growth. At the […]
The Importance Of Financing A Sustainable Future
By Sunil Kaushal, CEO of Standard Chartered Africa and Middle East (AME) While climate change may have taken a back seat in a news cycle dominated by COVID 19, war and the cost-of-living crisis, the risks and threats associated with our warming planet remain the biggest long-term threat to our combined economic future. Banks and […]
4 Reasons To Compost Using Tech
Food waste – food that is perfectly fine to consume but is often thrown away – is recognised as a global problem by the United Nations, which reports that an estimated 17% of food produced is wasted. Closer to home, in South Africa, a country already gripped by drought and hunger, a third of all […]
The Hidden Costs Of Owned Infrastructure Versus Cloud
By: Andrew Cruise, MD of VMware Cloud provider Routed If your business, like many others, is faced with the decision of running your own infrastructure or migrating to the cloud, you’ve likely already done your homework. You know that although the benefits cloud offers are numerous, such as increased agility and efficiency, longer-term hardware efficacy […]
AAI Awards Ceremony Set to Honor the Remarkable Achievements of Africa, Africans and African Descendants
The Africa-America Institute Announces Details for its 38th Annual Awards Gala The Africa-America Institute (AAI) – the premier U.S.-based international organization connecting Africa to America through education, training and dialogue – announced details for its 38th Annual Awards Gala celebrating the vast contributions of Africa and its worldwide diaspora. Returning to an in-person format, the Awards […]
