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Halliburton Boosts Local Content in Africa, Seeks Interest in Oil & Gas Ventures
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Multinational oil service company Halliburton is inviting eligible local companies to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) for the supply of goods and services across the oil and gas industry. With various categories available, the EOI aims to assess local interests and capabilities, connecting players to oil and gas projects. Following submissions, a competitive bidding process will lead to...
African civil society, human rights groups, environmental groups, governments and the private sector stand firm in their commitment to align Africa's efforts in combating energy poverty and fostering industrialization, all while advocating for a just energy transition and ensuring climate justice. This steadfast commitment was underscored by the conclusion of the Invest in African Energy forum held in Paris...
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Afreximbank and MobiHealth Sign Project Preparation Facility to Drive Digital Healthcare Solutions Across Africa
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The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com) and MobiHealthCare Limited (MobiHealth) have signed a project preparation facility agreement that is expected to bolster the expansion of Mobihealth’s telemedicine services in Nigeria, and also assess the feasibility of establishing similar services in Egypt, Ghana, Kenya and Cote d’ Ivoire.
Under the terms of the agreement, Afreximbank will part-finance project preparatory activities that will...
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Liquid Intelligent Technologies and Eutelsat Group bring Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite services to Africa
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Liquid Intelligent Technologies (https://www.Liquid.Tech), a pan-African technology group, announces a distribution partner agreement (DPA) with Eutelsat Group that will see enterprise-grade Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite services being made available in Africa. Eutelsat Group is the world's first satellite operator with an integrated GEO-LEO infrastructure.
“Liquid has always been committed to technological innovation in Africa,” said Ahmed El Beheiry, CEO...
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Calling all creatives! New free eLearning platform helps you turn your passion into profit
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At this month’s SoCreative Summit 2024, the British Council (www.BritishCouncil.org) launched its hotly anticipated new eLearning platform, SoCreative; a series of free online courses designed to help aspiring African entrepreneurs grow sustainable creative businesses, supporting them in their journeys.
The fifth edition of the annual, highly-popular SoCreative Summit, hosted by British Council and Business and Arts South Africa (BASA) in...
This narrative delves deep into the butterfly effect of positive impact, illustrating how inDrive’s initiatives have rippled through communities, creating waves of change that extend far beyond their initial touchpoints
How does a startup, founded far from the advantages and resources of the world’s tech hubs, go on to reach unicorn status? And more deeply, just how far can the...
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After years in the cold, signs of renewed investor interest in Africa as 2024 proving bumper year
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By Miranda Abraham, Head of Loan Syndication at RMB (www.RMB.co.za) in London.
Over the past few years, African debt markets have faced significant challenges due to a combination of factors including soft global economic conditions, the COVID-19 pandemic and related supply chain failures.
These factors led to a decrease in demand for African debt and a dramatic rise in borrowing costs, placing...
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Smart Africa partners with GITEX Africa to host a Ministerial peer exchange, and the first Africa Digital Health Leadership Forum
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Partnership involves events collocation; GITEX Africa (https://GITEXAfrica.com/) is regarded as the largest innovation and business tech startup event on the continent.
Smart Africa has signed a partnership agreement with GITEX Africa to organize the 2nd Ministerial peer exchange, the 3rd meeting of the Council of African ICT agencies (CAITA) alongside a training for the CAITA, in collaboration with the AFRALTI (African...
Food and beverage producers were already facing significant challenges around environmental performance. These included new legislation in the European Union and other areas, higher energy and water costs, and growing consumer expectations. Last summer a new crisis hit countries in southern Europe: water scarcity.
In Spain some producers faced severe water restrictions, forcing them to cut production. Europe was not...
After reporting a 5% decline in profit after tax for the year ended 31st December 2023, Equity Group Holdings has bounced back recording strong 1st quarter results. Profit after tax for the period ended 31st March 2024 grew by 25% to a record Kshs.16 billion compared to a similar period last year.
25% growth in profit after tax of...