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The SDGs and Her competition is open to women who own and/or lead micro-enterprises with nine or fewer employees, and which have loan eligibility under USD $10,000 or annual sales under USD 100,000 NEW YORK, United States of America Today, the global winners of the SDGs and Her Competition were celebrated at a side-event during the high-level week of the...
Safaricom sponsored the Marathon to a tune of KES 2.5M Dismas Ewet and Peris Cherono are the winners of the 42Km race at the 35th edition of the Safaricom Mombasa International Marathon held today in Mombasa County. Ewet clocked 2:16:52 to beat Arit Kigen who came in second at 2:17:45 and third placed Abraham Too at 2:18:31. “I am very pleased...
Energy solutions services provider, Dalbit has secured two major petroleum products supply contracts with the World Food Programme (WFP) in Gulu, Northern Uganda and Goma, in the Eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).  Valued at approximately US$ 6.8 million and US$1.1 million, respectively, the two tenders secured following competitive bidding processes will see Dalbit International South Sudan...
With focused plans to expand into the African market, Freshworks is increasing its commitments to the region with additional investments in marketing, sales and partnerships to better serve the growing customer base Freshworks Inc. (https://www.Freshworks.com/), a leading US-based provider of cloud-based business software, recently announced its partnership with Nigeria’s prestigious Sterling Bank Plc (http://www.SterlingBankng.com) as a client. Being a technology pioneer in...
Mowgli Mentoring has partnered with Safaricom to bring corporate mentoring into the organisation as one of its key initiatives to increase the female representation within its management to 50% by 2020. The initial programs, which are part of Safaricom’s inclusivity and diversity objective, will empower a strong pool of women leaders across senior and middle management levels through 360...
An interview with John Kamara, Director for Global Gaming Africa, on how Africa has embraced Blockchain technology, by Katy Micallef What kind of solutions can blockchain technology offer the continent? Is Africa on the road to becoming a blockchain hub? Africa is rising and technology is at the forefront of our growth as a continent. We have seen the explosion of...
Structured as a synthetic securitization by Mizuho International, Room2Run transfers the mezzanine credit risk on a portfolio of approximately 50 loans from among the African Development Bank’s non- sovereign lending book, including power, transportation, financial sector, and manufacturing assets With “Room2run,” AfDB Launches Securitization Market for Multilateral Development Bank Sector Transaction is in Direct Response to G20 Action Plan for Mdb...
Despite improvements for persons with Albinism in Kenya who have historically suffered attacks and discrimination, a United Nations expert has signaled that “much remains to be done”, especially when it comes to accessing equal treatment under the law At the end of her mission to the country, Ikponwosa Ero, UN Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons...
RE-Calibrating Supply and Demand for Sustainable Growth is a natural evolution of the previous year’s theme, Changing the West African Narrative, which aided more than 400 delegates representing over 200 companies to reposition the sector in a region sparked to a growth footing by Nigeria’s exit from recession The annual West African Property Investment (WAPI) Summit, the region’s most prominent...
Thika Data Center is Kenya’s biggest Tier 3 certified data center. Demonstrates Safaricom commitment to offering added value to its large Enterprise customers Nairobi, Kenya: Safaricom (NSE: SCOM) has received Tier III Design Certification from Uptime Institute for the Thika Data Center, thus joining elite data centers in the world to be certified by the leading Data Center Authority. The...
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