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The World Bank has approved a record $500m in grants and low-interest loans to help countries in Africa and the Middle East fight swarms of desert locusts that are eating their way across vast swaths of crops and rangelands. Four of the hardest-hit countries – Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda – will receive $160m immediately, […]
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Brilliant African Innovations Against COVID-19 is a double-bottom-line pitch competition to showcase and support African entrepreneurs who, in the last six weeks, have developed solutions to support Africa’s fight against the coronavirus. Entries are evaluated primarily on their impact against the virus and the viability of delivering the product or service. Financial sustainability is of secondary […]
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Brand Africa announces that it will unveil the Brand Africa 100: Africa’s Best Brands – the only continent-wide ranking of the continent’s 100 most admired brands in Africa, at a global virtual event on Africa Day, Monday 25th May. 2020 Brand Africa 100: Africa’s Best Brands This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Brand […]
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By Cathy Smith, Managing Director at SAP Africa It is becoming clear that most – if not all – our major social, economic and political decisions over the next few years will be made through the prism of the coronavirus and the ripple effects of the pandemic. Lacking the financial resources and healthcare capacity of […]
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Nigerian smallholder maize farmers and agriculture value chain gain access to digital tools to boost productivity, profit. Community agents to ease adoption among farmers not familiar with technology. Africa’s most populous country and largest economy faces rising food insecurity as a combination of a mostly informal agriculture sector and growing population puts pressure on the […]
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By Reuben Kimani Home ownership is the dream of each and every individual, while some prefer purchasing an affordable land for sale within their incomes in satellite towns and building their dream homes gradually, some prefer purchasing an already built house while others consider acquiring an off plan house. Whichever route you choose to use […]
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Leading aparthotel operator offers flexi-rental accommodation at 4/5-star luxury properties Totalstay’s no-lease agreement mirrors growing flexible leasing in local commercial property market Totalstay, a Cape Town-based aparthotel operator that operates a private collection of fully managed, hotel-grade vacation rentals including hotels, villas and serviced apartments, is offering flexible monthly rentals free of lease agreements, at […]
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Nigerian data science startup Voyance has launched Sigma, a fraud monitoring platform for fintech companies that aggregates data in order to block fraudsters. Launched in Lagos in late-2019, Voyance is a data science company that builds innovative solutions to help companies extract value from their data. Its product suite includes a machine learning and data […]
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The much-awaited bill ratifying the end of the CFA franc was adopted on Wednesday by the French Council of Ministers. The text validates the transition of the CFA franc – used by eight French West African countries – to become the newly mooted Eco, a currency to be adopted by the entire West African bloc, […]
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Two months into a lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, many Ugandans are struggling. With about 1.4-million people, or just more than 3% of the population, living with HIV or Aids, according to government figures, one of the highest rates in East Africa, with about 23,000 people dying and 50,000 new infections each […]
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At least 287 people, including a Doctors Without Borders (MSF) staff member and two other aid workers, have been killed in the most recent spat of inter-communal violence in the eastern state of Jonglei in South Sudan, government authorities have told Al Jazeera. At least 300 people were wounded in the violence, which broke out […]
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Zimbabwe’s deputy information minister has been fired, hours after dismissing the abduction of a female member of parliament and two of her colleagues as a row over payment for sex. The government gave no reason for the dismissal of Energy Mutodi. A tweet by Mr Mutodi about the opposition MP, Joana Mamombe, has been deleted. […]
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