Technology
Liquid Dataport keeps African Internet’s lights on while multiple subsea cables break
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Liquid Dataport, a business of Liquid Intelligent Technologies (Liquid) (www.Liquid.Tech), a pan-African technology group, is seeing a surge of Internet traffic on its new West coast cable Equiano as a result of multiple subsea cables break this weekend. Liquid’s well-timed investment ensured that its Southern Africa customers did not experience a change in their network performance despite breaks in...
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Majid Al Futtaim Retail Launches Retail Graduate Programme to foster growth in retail sector
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Majid Al Futtaim Retail, owner and operator of Carrefour in Kenya has announced the launch of its transformative Retail Graduate Programme in collaboration with 12 top universities across six countries, namely Egypt, Georgia, Jordan, Kenya, Pakistan, and the United Arab Emirates. With a steadfast commitment to promoting gender diversity, Majid Al Futtaim Retail aims to empower and recruit 75 nationals for...
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Carrefour hands over facilities worth KES 5Million to Gacharage Primary School
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Over 850 students at Gacharage Primary School to benefit from the facilities.
Project funded through Carrefour’s ‘Round Up Your Bill’ initiative.
The project includes a modern kitchen, hand washing stations, book racks, solar water pumping system and a 5,000-litre water tank.
Gacharage Primary School in Kiambu county has benefited from facilities worth Kshs 5Million from Carrefour, owned and operated by Majid Al...
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Kakuzi assumes a new brand identity underlining a ‘growing together’ commitment to its stakeholders
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as the government welcomes Macadamia Oil production, which complements the National Edible Oil Crops Promotion Project
Listed agribusiness firm Kakuzi Plc (NSE: KUKZ) has formally adopted a new corporate identity that underscores its commitments to agricultural development for the domestic and export markets.
The new Kakuzi brand is aligned with the national agricultural transformation agenda, with sustainability and climate-smart agriculture at its core.
Speaking...
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SAMSUNG AND WARNER BROS. PICTURES UNITE TO BRING MOVIE TRAILERS TO CONSUMERS IN STUNNING 8K QUALITY
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Samsung Electronics, the world’s leading TV manufacturer for 17 consecutive years, announced a partnership with Warner Bros. Pictures that will bring highly-anticipated movie trailers to Neo QLED 8K screens in more than 65,000 retail stores around the world.
“This partnership is an exciting step forward for 8K content, showcasing Neo QLED 8K’s capabilities and getting consumers excited about seeing films...
Six female-founded Kenyan start-ups are among 20 finalists selected for the Future is Female Mentorship Program.
The Future is Female Mentorship Program is a communications mentorship program by the American communications firm C. Moore Media, which was acquired by Allison+Partners.
The program, now in its fourth edition, was launched on Africa Day in 2020 and is dedicated exclusively to African female...
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Launch of the 2022 Kenyan Banking Sector Total Tax Contribution study by PwC and KBA
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PwC Kenya in partnership with the Kenya Bankers Association (“KBA”) have today released the 2022 Total Tax Contribution (“TTC”) study of the Kenya Banking Sector. The TTC study was produced by PwC on behalf of KBA.
PwC’s TTC methodology discloses both the taxes that a company bears, such as corporate tax and Value Added Tax (“VAT”) that it is not able...
On July 28, on the margins of the second Russia-Africa summit, a meeting of the expert panel of antimonopoly agencies "Combating Anticompetitive Practices of Large Transnational Corporations, Suppressing Cross-border Cartels and International Cooperation" was held. The panel participants, including heads of antitrust agencies of African countries, discussed a number of important topics related to antitrust regulation. Key issues included...
With the help of the International Centre for Local Democracy (ICLD), United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), The town of Luangwa, located in eastern Zambia, has implemented an innovative program to increase revenue collections and economic stability in the face of mounting climate change impacts.
According to a detailed report by local...
Farming
Goodwell invests in SOUK Farms to scale sustainable agricultural production across Rwanda
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Goodwell Investments, an impact investing firm fostering inclusive growth in emerging markets is pleased to announce their investment in SOUK Farms, a leading grower and exporter of fresh horticultural produce from Rwanda.
Goodwell provided funding through uMunthu II, the impact investor's 150 EUR million fund focused on scalable, early-growth stage businesses in Africa. The investment provides SOUK Farms with a...