Kenya is automatically qualified to the Sevens World Cup to be held in 2018 in San Francisco (USA)
NAIROBI, Kenya, May 28, 2018/ -- The Rugby Africa Women’s Sevens tournament which was held in Gaborone, Botswana saw the ladies defeat the next door neighbours Uganda Cranes 29-7 in the #AfricaWomens7s final.
The winner of “Africa Women’s Sevens” is the 2018 African...
The ever improving feature set of the truly revolutionary Ecobank Mobile App, which has now been downloaded by more than 5 million people, took the prize for Innovation in Banking
LOME, Togo, May 28, 2018/ -- Ecobank (www.Ecobank.com) has won two major awards at the African Banker’s prestigious ceremony held at the Paradise Hotel in Busan, South Korea. The bank...
Presentations on investment opportunities available in the Export Processing Zone and Tanzania Investment Centre were made followed by site visits to an agro-processing and electronic cards company in the zone
PRETORIA, South Africa, May 28, 2018/ -- A week-long Trade and Investment Mission to Kenya and Tanzania organised by Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) has yielded good leads...
Executive Corner
OVER 15,000 PEOPLE TURN UP FOR TWAWEZA LIVE CONCERT IN ELDORET
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‘Safaricom Twaweza Live’ experience to positively impact customers and community’
Nairobi, Kenya – Safaricom (NSE: SCOM) held its first Mega concert dubbed Twaweza Live in Eldoret at the Eldoret Sports Club. This was the culmination of a 10 day activation in the Rift region that saw Safaricom engage with customers and do CSI activities.
Kenyan artistes that lined up performances include,...
‘Safaricom Twaweza Live’ experience to positively impact customers and community’
Nairobi, Kenya – Safaricom (NSE: SCOM) held its first Mega concert dubbed Twaweza Live in Eldoret at the Eldoret Sports Club. This was the culmination of a 10 day activation in the Rift region that saw Safaricom engage with customers and do CSI activities.
Kenyan artistes that lined up performances include,...
Gadgets
Eldoret residents benefit from a free medical camp courtesy of Safaricom Foundation
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Safaricom Foundation in partnership with the Kenya Diabetes Management and Information Centre today held a medical camp at Huruma Grounds in Eldoret as part of the foundations efforts to ease access to quality medical care in in the country.
The medical camp saw over 2500 people benefit from free consultations, diagnosis, surgeries and treatment. It benefited patients suffering from diabetes,...
News
Young people should tap into the potential available in subcounties, a focus on Naivasha
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Written by Reuben Kimani, CEO, Username Investment Limited
The proportion of Kenyan youth to the population stands at 20.3%, the highest in Africa and among the highest globally according to the US-Based Population Reference Bureau. This presents the economy with a vibrant man power if put to productive use. Young people have the capacity to cause an upward growth of...
Farming
Fund for African Private Sector Assistance (FAPA) Donors and African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP) sign grant agreement in support of local supply and utilization of fertilizer in Africa
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This initiative complements the Bank’s strategy for transforming agriculture value chains in Regional Member Countries and strengthening private enterprises
BUSAN, Republic of Korea, May 24, 2018/ -- On the sidelines of the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) Annual Meetings in Busan, Korea, the Fund for African Private Sector Assistance (FAPA) (https://goo.gl/bkP5Bm) donors and the African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP) have...
Main Story
Climate and disaster risk financing get fresh boost from African Development Bank
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“We talk about integrating Africa. We cannot integrate countries that are fragile, we can only integrate countries that are secured.”– Akinwumi Adesina, President, African Development Bank
BUSAN, Republic of Korea, May 23, 2018/ -- The President of African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org), Akinwumi A. Adesina, and the Bank’s Board of Governors held a high-level session on “Climate and Disaster Risk Financing”...
Farming
The African Development Bank and the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences to explore partnerships for scaling up investments in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
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The Partnership Program would be tasked with scaling up a strong, young African community of world-class scientists and technologists
BUSAN, Republic of Korea, May 23, 2018/ -- The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) signed a Letter of Intent with the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences aimed at finding opportunities for potential partnership between the two institutions. The organizations will specifically explore...