Mini-grids are a new and disruptive way to achieve energy access
600 million people across Africa lack access to affordable, reliable, sustainable energy; Mini-grids are a disruptive new approach that could accelerate energy access; The International Energy Agency (IEA) forecasts that mini-grids will be the least cost method to connect at least 264 million people by 2030; But to unlock...
Research by Omdia reveals that sustainable and innovative technologies such as chilled water and evaporative cooling, as well as forms of liquid cooling, are becoming more widely adopted
Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) (www.Vertiv.com/en-emea), a global provider of critical digital infrastructure and continuity solutions, has been ranked by technology analyst firm Omdia (https://Omdia.tech.informa.com) as the largest global supplier in a data center cooling market which...
The strategy seeks to tap the Bank’s human capital – its most valuable resource – to deliver, through the institution’s projects, optimal development results for the people of Africa
The Bank’s Board (www.AfDB.org) has approved a new People Strategy for the next five years, designed to enhance the Bank’s standing as the continent’s premier development institution.
The strategy seeks to tap...
The award of ‘Outstanding Crisis Leadership – Finance & Business’ was awarded to Ecobank by Global Finance
Leading pan-African banking group, Ecobank (https://www.Ecobank.com/), has won awards from EMEA Finance, The Banker and Global Finance.
Ecobank’s awards in the EMEA Finance African Banking Awards 2020 includes the pan-African award for Financial Inclusion, and ‘Best Bank’ in Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Chad,...
The wages of women and low-paid workers have been disproportionately affected by the crisis
A new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) has found that monthly wages fell or grew more slowly in the first six months of 2020, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, in two-thirds of countries for which official data was available, and that the crisis...
The training and mentorship that started in November 2019 included starting and running small businesses, financial literacy, goal setting, leadership skills and personal branding
Kenya Lionesses squad members graduated on Wednesday 2 December 2020 from the first phase of a two-year life skills training program supported by Isuzu East Africa’s CSR Program. Twenty nine members of the team went through...
The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has suffered a blow after the High Court sitting in Nairobi allowed an appeal lodged by CocaCola Central East and West Africa Limited contesting a ruling issued by the Tax Appeals Tribunal (TAT) in 2013 that okayed the taxman’s intention to collect Ksh516 million from the appellant.
The issue for determination in the appeal was...
Celebrated Gospel music singer Daddy Owen on Thursday, November 26 unveiled a new phone accessories brand known as ‘Balance by Daddy Owen’.
The artist plans on selling a wide range of accessories including screen protectors, earphones, headphones and phone covers.
The brand will also include portable bluetooth speakers, bluetooth headsets, portable chargers and power banks.
An ambitious Owen revealed plans to have...
There is ample evidence that the existing financial sector regulation architecture in Ghana is not fit-for-purpose
By Woelinam Dogbe, President of the Alliance for Financial Consumer Protection (AFCOP)
Ghana’s financial sector is in crisis. A crisis occasioned by the collapse of over 300 financial institutions; and which has affected every division of the financial sector. Universal banks, savings and loans companies,...
Islamic Development Bank and International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation Discuss Agritech Digital Solutions in 2nd Agritech Webinar
The 2nd in a series of special webinars from IsDB and ITFC explored how 4IR solutions can transform supply chains and boost the flow of agricultural trade across borders
The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) (http://www.ITFC-IDB.org) and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) (Agriculture...
