Upfield Foods, maker of the iconic Blue Band, Flora and Rama spreads, and foremost global plant-based consumer products company, has been announced as the ‘Best Company in Work Place Practices’ at the 15th edition of Africa’s prestigious Sustainability Enterprise and Responsibility Awards (SERAS).
At the SERAS award ceremony which held recently in Lagos Nigeria, Upfield was nominated in 7 categories, including...
Digital banking fintech startup Kwara has partnered with Workpay to offer Savings and Credit Co-operative Societies (SACCOs) in Kenya with human resource management and payroll processing solutions.The partnership will enable SACCOs to automate their Human Resource (HR) processes as a complementary service to Kwara’s products i.e Core Banking, Online and Mobile Banking and Open API service.
Through the partnership SACCOs will be able to carry...
I&M Group PLC has announced a 25 percent increase in after-tax profit to Ksh5.45 billion for its 2021 Quarter 3 financial results.
The Group’s asset base rose to Ksh399 billion, reflecting a 16 percent year-on-year growth due to increases in the loan book and investments in government securities.
“These results showcase the positive outcome of our strategy to drive business growth,...
Today marks the official start of the Lubumbashi leg of the Kenya-DRC Trade Mission following the official launch by the Vice Governor Haut Katanga Province Jean Claude Kamfora.
CAS Ministry of Industrialization, Trade and Enterprise Development Hon. Lawrence Karanja spoke on behalf of the Government of Kenya.
Speaking at the same event was Equity BCDC Managing Director Mr...
Greenland Fedha Limited, owned by KTDA Holdings has reduced the interest rate on loans to smallholder tea farmers to 8 percent, down from 21 percent effective December 1, 2021. This new rate applies to both existing and new customers.
The move aims to increase access to affordable credit for smallholder farmers to enable them to meet their obligations. This move...
Seedstars Africa Ventures and Gray Matters Capital have announced leading a funding round of $ 1.1 million (Ksh123 million) to Nairobi-based Shamba Pride, a one-stop online-to-offline platform that connects smallholder farmers to quality inputs, services, and information through women and youth-owned DigiShops powered by technology.
The funding is aimed at supporting Shamba Pride’s national expansion and roll-out of its digital...
By Gilbert Lungu, Country Manager for Zambia at Cellulant (https://Cellulant.io/)
As established brands in the retail sector aggressively compete to acquire, cultivate, and defend their share of the Zambian consumer’s spend, those that connect, engage, and transact in the most unified and frictionless ways will be best positioned to grow wallet and market share.
The grocery store of today, be it a...
Uganda’s growth is expected to be between 3.5% and 4.0% in Fiscal Year (FY) 22 and about 5.5% in FY23; both projections are about one percentage lower than the June 2021 forecast, according to the latest edition of the Uganda Economic Update (UEU). The economic recovery in FY21 tapered off in early FY22 mainly due to the more severe...
Africa’s global bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA)( (www.UBAgroup.com) Plc yet again, reaffirms its leadership position across Africa, as the bank has been globally recognised as the African Bank of the year 2021 by the Banker Magazine, a leading global finance news publication published by the Financial Times of London.
UBA’s solid financial performance, its excellent service delivery to customers...
The just ended DRC Africa Business Forum promises the development of robust battery industry and a huge contribution to the electrification of transport systems, which will enable Africa to add more value to its endowments in minerals.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo supplies about 70 per cent of the world's cobalt used in the production of batteries, an essential...
