Family Bank Limited on Wednesday, June 30 officially rang the bell to mark the listing and the commencement of trading of its corporate bond at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE).
The Capital Markets Authority gave a nod to list the first tranche of its Medium Term Note under the Fixed Income Market Segment at the NSE after a successful offer...
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African Development Bank’s Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa program showcased at Generation Equality Forum
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AFAWA is supported by the Group of Seven (G7) countries, the Netherlands and Sweden
The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) President, Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, joined French President Emmanuel Macron and others at the Generation Equality Forum in Paris, where he highlighted the role of the Bank’s Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) initiative in growing the continent’s...
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Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group and AIM Partner to Promote Sustainable Investment in Africa
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The event featured a pillar dedicated to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) which includes investment roundtable discussions
The Annual Investment Meeting Africa Edition (AIM AFRICA), in multilateral partnership with the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) (www.IsDB.org), the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD) and the IsDB Group Business Forum (THIQAH), organized the first digital edition of AIM AFRICA.
The...
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Facebook appoints Uganda’s Neema Iyer on its Global Women’s Safety Advisory Board
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Facebook has announced the launch of a Global Women’s Safety Advisory Board and a new women’s safety hub in the Facebook Safety Centre. Uganda’s Neema Iyer, founder of Policy, a civic technology advocacy is among the 12 expert women in the safety advisory board whom Facebook will consult whenever it’s developing new policies, products and programs related to women’s safety.
As part...
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Acceleration of Digitization of Payments For Businesses Promises a More Connected Africa
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Digital payments pose the most significant opportunity to bringing fundamental transformation for African economies at large
Cellulant (www.Cellulant.io), a leading Pan-African payments company, unveils its new brand identity and affirms its commitment to partner with global, regional and local businesses to accelerate Payments’ digitisation across Africa.
Over the last couple of years, Cellulant has evolved to become more than just a...
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Clickatell Launches Combined Chat Desk and Chat Flow Solution to Transform CX in Contact Centres
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Joint solution delivers lower cost per resolution and increased customer satisfaction
Clickatell (www.Clickatell.com), the leader in mobile communications and chat commerce, today announced the launch of its Chat Desk and Chat Flow solutions delivering a superior customer experience through chat.
Clickatell combines the power of Chat Desk, a live-agent digital contact centre solution, with Chat Flow, a chat commerce workflow builder,...
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African Development Bank participates in launch of African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) platform linking Africa’s SMEs to investment opportunity
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The AGRF’s agriculture matchmaking platform initiative links some 4,000 actors in the agriculture sector to investment and networking opportunities
The African Development Bank’s (www.AfDB.org) incoming Vice President for Agriculture, Human and Social Development, Dr. Beth Dunford, and Director for Agricultural Finance and Rural Infrastructure Development Atsuko Toda joined development leaders online to launch this year’s African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF)...
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Opera becomes the world’s first alternative browser optimized for Chromebooks
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Opera on Chrome OS comes with a set of unique functionalities, including built-in messengers, a free, unlimited built-in VPN, ad blocking and tracker blocking
Opera (www.Opera.com) (NASDAQ: OPRA) becomes the world’s first alternative browser optimized for Chromebooks. The Opera Browser brings many unique features previously unavailable on the Chrome OS platform, including a free, unlimited, no-log browser VPN, built-in messengers,...
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Team Madagascar finally lands in Kenya for the 2021 U20 Barthés Trophy and Rugby Africa Women’s Cup
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Rugby Africa was able to assist with sending the team to Kenya, while adhering to COVID-19 procedures and protocols
Flying their flag proudly, Madagascar has finally landed in Kenya for The U20 Barthés Trophy which kicked off on June 26 at Nairobi’s Nyayo National Stadium and will run until July 11, 2021.
Initially hit by travelling restrictions and closed borders due...
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IsDB, ISFD NGOs Empowerment for Poverty Reduction Program Closing webinar for TADAMON Crowdfunding Academy for CSOs in Kazakhstan
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Following the program introductory mapping workshops organized in 2020 and launching the crowdfunding academy in Kazakhstan. Today, the Resilience and Social Development Department (RSD), Islamic Solidarity Fund for Development (ISFD), Astana International Financial Center (AIFC) and Program strategic partner (UNDP) had celebrated its closing ceremony in Kazakhstan, an important journey of finalizing the crowdfunding academy training, partnership with the...

























