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By Reuters Twitter Inc will start banning cryptocurrency advertising from Tuesday, joining Facebook and Google in a clampdown that seeks to avoid giving publicity to potential fraud or large investor losses. The prohibition will cover advertising of initial coin offerings (ICOs) - crowd funding used to raise cash by creating new coins - as well as token sales, the San Francisco-based...
Unilever Tea Kenya and CrossBoundary Energy are today announcing the signing of Unilever’s first solar services agreement in Africa. CrossBoundary Energy will be installing and operating a 600 kWp solar power plant at the company’s Kericho tea plantation, which will be operational in mid-2018. CrossBoundary Energy has commissioned Solarcentury East Africa to design, procure, construct and commission the plant...
#AIS2018 Call For Innovations Addressing Africa’s Challenges Deadline: April 15, 2018 This is a friendly reminder that the submission deadline for AIS 2018 (www.AfricaInnovationSummit.com) Innovation Tract and Exhibition Applications is April 15, 2018. The Call for Application has been launched across Africa for Innovations Addressing Africa’s Challenges and we are seeking innovative and disruptive solutions to the major challenges facing African...
44% of all work activities in Ethiopia are susceptible to automation, as are 46% in Nigeria, 52% in Kenya and 41% in South Africa JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, March 27, 2018/ -- The Internet of Things (IoT) is set to revolutionize the job market and African industry must adapt to survive Siemens aims to help accelerate digitalization skills and empower those who will...
Committed to providing access to energy for many years, Orange has chosen to contribute to the challenge of electrifying Africa in countries within its footprint-- At the Africa CEO Forum, which is currently being held in Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire), Orange (www.Orange.com) confirms its desire to become a key player in the energy transition sector in Africa, by providing services...
Kenya Power is keen on enhancing service delivery to large power consumers in a bid to promote the manufacturing sector and encourage a 24-hour economy. To achieve this, the Company has embarked on a customer engagement programme targeting industrial and commercial consumers which presents an opportunity to identify supply challenges and develop a resolution matrix that is tailor-made to address...
Minister Davies Emphasises the Significance of the African Continent Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to Africa’s Development He stated that the AfCFTA is an economic imperative to address the challenge of small and fragmented markets The Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies today (March 26, 2018) briefed the media on the outcomes the African Continent Free Trade Area (CFTA)...
“As forward-thinking business leaders, we are ready to take a positive stand not just for our communities and our nations, but for the continent. We are The B Team Africa, and together we can tackle the challenges of Africa’s present and future.” Bob Collymore, CEO, Safaricom March 27, 2018, Abidjan: Bold, progressive African CEOs, policymakers, civil society leaders...
Kakuzi will no longer grow pinapples, a fruit which has been its mainstay for decades. Instead, Instead, the agricultural giant plans to fully venture into avocados. In recent years, avocados' price has been on the rise, the reason why more companies are growing the fruit. The move signals a radical shift for the agricultural firm, which is now increasing...
The outage execution service of two steam turbines, which lasted 20 days, succeeded in bringing back the 5000-person workforce and solving sugar scarcity for more than the 100 million people in Ethiopia ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, March 26, 2018/ -- Factory’s 5000-person workforce return to production lines after a 7-month plant downtime Successful execution solves sugar scarcity for Ethiopia’s more than 100 million...

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