I&M Bank Limited and Crown Motors Group Ltd have entered into a Vehicle Asset Financing partnership agreement where the Bank will finance Crown Motors passenger cars and light commercial vehicles. The Nissan product range includes the popular new Y62 Nissan Patrol, Xtrail, Urvans and Pick up ranges and the soon to be introduced New Navara Range, Terra, Qashqai and...
Gadgets
Invest Africa and Standard Chartered Private Bank announce strategic partnership
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The new one-year partnership provides further opportunity for the bank to demonstrate its commitment to private clients in Africa
Invest Africa (www.InvestAfrica.com), the leading business and investment platform for African markets, and Standard Chartered Private Bank, a leading international private bank for emerging market clients, are pleased to announce a strategic partnership, focused on driving the growth of Standard Chartered’s...
· The Campaign awareness dubbed ‘Kaa Chonjo’ seeks to enlighten the masses on online safety.
The country has been facing an increase of cybercrime with the onset of COVID-19 pandemic.
The initiative is spearheaded by the Kenya Bankers Association (KBA) with this year’s theme #SecureYourBanking
The COVID-19 pandemic was a catalyst for migration of consumers from the brick and mortar bank...
Ajua has signed an agreement with Facebook to automate commercial interactions and customer support for businesses through WhatsApp. This partnership is one of two in Africa of companies that are directly partnered and integrated with Facebook.
There has been an upsurge of businesses on the continent taking advantage of the Whatsapp platform to sell goods and provide services. This has...
Lifestyle
Ecobank Group and Microsoft Upskill Africa’s Small and Medium Enterprises to Succeed in a Digital Economy
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The Global Skilling Initiative is just another example of how Ecobank wants to help SMEs reach their full potential and play a vital role in driving Africa’s economic resurgence
The leading pan-African banking group, Ecobank Group (www.Ecobank.com), in partnership with Microsoft, LinkedIn, GitHub and Ecobank Academy is set to provide training to equip Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) across sub-Saharan...
Main Story
Nesta Challenges Launches $14,500,000 Afri-Plastics Challenge and Seeks African Innovators in Plastic Waste Management
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The Afri-Plastics Challenge seeks to find innovators with scalable and sustainable solutions to prevent plastic waste from entering the marine environment in sub-Saharan Africa
Nesta Challenges is today announcing the launch of the Afri-Plastics Challenge (http://Afri-Plastics.Challenges.org). The Challenge will involve a public competition that will reward the best solutions from across sub-Saharan Africa to addressing marine plastic waste in developing countries...
Feature
Education Platform MPOWER Financing Raises $100 Million in Equity to Support Studying Abroad
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The funding will fuel the company’s mission to make a North American education accessible to high-promise students from around the world
MPOWER Financing (www.MPOWERFinancing.com) the leading provider (http://bit.ly/3xPerLT) of education loans to high-promise students around the world, today announced that it has raised an equity investment of US$100 million. The funding underscores investors’ confidence in MPOWER’s position as the leading...
Leading global smart device brand OPPO is giving artists and young creators an opportunity to imagine the future with art and technology through the 3rd edition of its Emerging Artists Project.
Being a competition for art and technology lovers around the world, OPPO Renovators 2021 will build an active community through which emerging artists can seek guidance and inspiration from renowned...
Leading online jobs platform BrighterMonday Kenya marks 15 years in Kenya, helping over 40,000 businesses hire the right way and millions of job seekers in the country secure employment.
Firming its position as a market leader in online recruitment in the country, BrighterMonday has in this period leveraged data and artificial intelligence to help thousands secure job opportunities through the...
The iHub Nairobi will launch the inaugural EdTech Festival; an immersive learning and funfair experience in the world of education and technology.
Participants will interact with different EdTech products, take part in arduino and coding activities, and robotic compilation challenges. There will also be EdTech games and Playstation tournaments for kids, and training clinics for teachers.
The much anticipated EdTech Festival...

























