Africa
Facebook Unveils its 2020 Africa Year in Review
The campaign aims to highlight the successes, strength and resilience of its users, whilst reinforcing Facebook’s ongoing commitment to the...
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Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund Launches US $8.5Million Grant to support Clean Energy Businesses in Somalia
This programme aims to enable 300,000 people access clean energy and create jobs for both youth and women The Africa...
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New tool enables African businesses find continent-wide trade opportunities as AfCFTA kicks off in 2021
The African Trade Observatory was rolled out by the African Union (AU), the European Union (EU) Commission and the International...
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Call for Applications: Future of Work Africa 2021 Accelerator Program
Village Capital, with the support of IFC, is launching Future of Work Africa 2021 – an accelerator supporting and scaling...
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Now is the Time for Partnership to Transform Africa’s Cocoa Industry
Cocoa farmers only earn about 6% of the chocolate industry’s total revenues Recent studies criticising the global chocolate industry for...
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New flagship project on AfCFTA spotlights trade opportunities for women and youth in Africa
Africa Continental Free Trade Area (Afcfta) Secretariat and the African Union in partnership with the UNDP, launched ‘The Futures Report:...
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Tony Elumelu Foundation, EU Partner to Empower 2,500 African Women Entrepreneurs in 2021
The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), in its commitment to empowering young African entrepreneurs, has announced a partnership with the European...
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Survey reveals 95 percent of African SMEs did not receive government aid during COVID-19 pandemic
African Union, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and AfriLabs worked together to create the Rollo Africa Business Simulation Programme to...
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African Banks Perfectly Poised to Benefit from Chat Commerce
Clickatell believes banks, particularly in the emerging markets, can increase their reach by a factor of three if they implement...
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Opera is bridging the digital divide in Sub-Saharan Africa (By Jørgen Arnesen)
Free Browsing connects tens of millions of people to the web every month; Opera grew to a record 150 million...
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