The Opportunity Fund will invest only in companies led by people of color, and is the first such fund to be created in response to growing protests
Earlier this month and following the death of George Floyd, SoftBank announced a $100m investment fund for minority-owned businesses. The Opportunity Fund will invest only in companies led by people of color, and...
Business resilience remains one of the most important and relevant ways for organisations to bypass legacy challenges and to explore new opportunities
By George Ferreira, Senior Sales Director: Applications at Oracle South Africa and SADC
The recent months have likely been the biggest challenge for all organisations across the continent. With almost no warning, millions of businesses – indiscriminate of size...
Cancer Access Partnership is expected to result in a 59 percent savings on procured cancer medicines
The American Cancer Society (ACS) and the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) announced agreements with pharmaceutical companies Pfizer, Novartis (www.Novartis.com), and Mylan to expand access to 20 lifesaving cancer treatments in 26 countries in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. Purchasers are expected to save an...
Team RM is launching a major entrepreneurial program entitled African Program for Investment in Entrepreneurship (Team RM- PAIE)
The think & do tank Team RM (www.TeamRM.org), keeps its word! As announced at the end of its webinar on real economy players, the think & do tank continues to work with its partners to implement the recommendations resulting from this webinar....
WHO Kenya will boost the response effort by training frontline health workers at national and county levels
The EU through its Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations department (ECHO) has donated KES 270 million (2,573,105 Million Euros) to WHO Kenya. This grant will be used by the WHO to support the Government of Kenya’s efforts to control the spread of...
The National Business Compact on COVID- 19 (NBCC) has partnered with the Ministry of Agriculture to roll out the 1 Million Kitchen Garden Campaign in an effort to boost immunity of the Kenyan people during the COVID-19 period.
The campaign will be spearheaded by the Ministry Of Agriculture as they seek to ensure availability of vegetables, fruits and herbs to enhance proper...
Dedicates the offering to its founder David Ogilvy on his 109th birth anniversary
Ogilvy Africa announced the rollout of the region’s first real-time marketing product that offers social intelligence and analytics, community management and content innovations; in a unified offering.
Christened FEED, the product aims to connect brands to popular culture to keep pace with rapidly changing audience interest. FEED is being...
The partnership will enable BFASA to set up and distribute disinfecting products throughout the country
Afrika Umoja announces a partnership with the Black Farmers Association of South Africa (BFASA); BFASA is an Association that has the best interests of the farming community at its core; The partnership will enable BFASA to set up and distribute disinfecting products throughout the country.
Afrika...
It explored digital responses that can be quickly deployed to address the disruptions to food systems, caused by COVID-19
Africa must seize the opportunity of the COVID-19 pandemic to deepen the digitalization of agricultural value chains and transform the sector, speakers at a webinar jointly hosted by the FAO Investment Centre and the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) said.
The webinar, held...
UNWTO has reiterated its call for governments and international organizations to support tourism, a lifeline for many millions and a backbone of economies
As tourism slowly restarts in an increasing number of countries, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has released new data measuring the impact of COVID-19 on the sector. UNWTO emphasizes the need for responsibility, safety and security as...
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