Africa
Anzisha Prize Announces Top 20 Very Young African Entrepreneurs as part of 10th Year Celebration
Meet the new cohort of very young entrepreneurs whose businesses are paving a new entrepreneurial landscape in Africa The Anzisha...
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Call for Applications: Facebook Video Storytellers-Africa ($1,500 Prize)
Facebook Video Storytellers-Africa is a training program from the Facebook Journalism Project in partnership with the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ). The training is led...
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World Bank sets ambitious targets for Green and Resilent Economic Growth in Africa
Plan will be rolled out amid the COVID-19 pandemic, recognizing that climate action and green recovery will be key priorities...
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Generation Africa announces prize winners of the US$100,000 GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize for 2020 and the Africa Food Prize
Top-12 finalist ventures and entrepreneurs this year hail from Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Morocco, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania...
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Hapag-Lloyd Expands Business in West Africa, Opens Office in Nigeria
As the largest economy and one of the most populous countries in Africa, Nigeria plays a crucial role in the...
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UnionPay, Interswitch Partner for Payment digitization Across Africa
UnionPay International (UPI) and Interswitch have announced their partnership, confirming Interswitch as a Third-Party Service Provider (TPSP) for UnionPay International...
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Afreximbank and ITFC Partner ARSO to Facilitate Intra-African Trade in Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices
The new initiative aims to harmonise African standards for pharmaceuticals and medical devices thereby enhancing intra-African trade, reducing substandard counterfeit...
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Nigerian Blockchain Startup, Chekkit, Pilots Drug Verification Tech in Afghanistan
Chekkit Technologies, a Nigerian startup that offers product verification, anti-counterfeiting solutions, announced that it secured a partnership to roll out...
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Afreximbank Disburses US$200 Million to Zenith Bank for Critical Imports
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), has disbursed $200 million to Zenith Bank Plc Nigeria, in a bid to support critical...
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African Development Bank ready to scale up Support for Public Private Partnerships in Africa
The African Development Bank estimates Africa’s infrastructure financing needs at up to $170 billion a year by 2025 Representatives of...
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