The African Development Bank (AfDB.org) on Wednesday signed protocols to disburse a $14 million grant to the Government of South Sudan to boost agricultural markets in a project to be implemented by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The Agricultural Markets, Value Addition, and Trade Development (AMVAT) project aim…
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African news site Mansa Media has entered into a strategic partnership with APO Group, a leading Pan-African communications, and business consultancy to promote the distribution of business-related content, to inform investment decisions across Africa. For Mansa, this marks a key milestone four years after its inception. Through this new partnership,…
Ofcom, the U.K’s broadcast regulator on Thursday announced it has revoked the license of CGTN, the foreign arm of China Central Television. The move is likely to escalate the tensions in the already controversial relationship of the two countries. According to Ofcom, the revocation of CGTN’s license in the U.K…
Sony Pictures Television’s (SPT) international production division has signed a two-year exclusive first-look deal with Nigeria’s EbonyLife Media for scripted content. The deal means that Sony Pictures Television has the privilege to get a first look at all EbonyLife-controlled scripted television projects created, originated, or developed by EbonyLife and intended…
International logistics management solution company, Trobexis, has reached an agreement with MDXi to deploy their solution for an international oil & gas company in Nigeria. MDXi (MDX-i.com) is a MainOne company and also is the largest commercial data center in West Africa, offering enterprise-grade colocation and cloud services across the…
Unicaf, the leading online and on-campus learning platform, has entered into a two- year partnership with Mastercard to offer its cardholders 75% scholarships for online and on-campus studies at Unicaf’s partner universities. Commencing in Q1 2021, Mastercard Gold, Platinum, World and World Elite cardholders across four Southern Africa countries South…
Africa’s leading Crypto platform, Luno, today announced the expansion of their offering with the addition of arguably the most secure stablecoin on the market, USDC. USDC is a stablecoin tied to the US dollar, the world’s reserve currency. The move will therefore give Luno’s customers In countries where the local…
Seplat Petroleum Development Company has announced that its Incorporated Joint Venture (IJV), the ANOH Gas Processing Company has raised US$260m in debt to fund the completion of its ANOH Gas Processing Plant. The 300MMscfd capacity ANOH plant, located on OML 53 in Imo State, is being built by AGPC, which…
The Agency for Air Navigation Safety in Africa and Madagascar, ASECNA, the Nigerian Communications Satellite Ltd, NIGCOMSAT, and Thales Alenia Space (ThalesAleniaSpace.com), in a joint venture between Thales (67 %) and Leonardo (33 %) have joined efforts to accelerate SBAS development for aviation in Africa. Following the broadcast of a…
Accenture and Salesforce are expanding their alliance to help companies embed sustainability into their business, meet growing customer and stakeholder expectations, and contribute to advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The powerful combination of Accenture’s Sustainability Services, Salesforce Sustainability Cloud, and Salesforce Customer 360 will, for the first time, bring sustainability to the front…
Apple has revealed that there are over 1 billion active iPhones, a feat that confirms the company’s consistent growth and longevity. This was made known by Apple’s CEO; Tim Cook during Apple’s earning call on Wednesday. Cook also said that there are now 1.65 billion Apple devices in active use…
Mastercard is furthering its commitment to create a more sustainable and inclusive digital economy, with a pledge to reach net zero emissions by 2050. Understanding that economic growth cannot come at the expense of the planet, the company’s global action plan aims to continue to reduce greenhouse gases (GHG)…
MTN, Africa’s leading mobile network in a unique public/private partnership, has announced a donation of US$25 million to support the African Union’s COVID-19 vaccination programme. The donation will help secure up to seven million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for health workers across the continent, which will contribute to the vaccination initiative…
BlackBerry Limited today announced an expansion of its strategic partnership with Baidu, whose high-definition maps will run on the QNX Neutrino Real-time Operating System (RTOS) and will be mass-produced in the forthcoming GAC New Energy Aion models from the EV arm of GAC Group (Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., Ltd.). The…
DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist of Deutsche Post DHL Group, was recognized as Top Employer for 2021 in the Middle East and Africa. The company was lauded for its implementation of “people-first” HR best practices in Cameroon, Egypt, Iraq, Kuwait, Nigeria, South Africa, Turkey and the…
Motorola Solutions today announced the launch of a next-generation business-ready smart radio with voice, broadband data and multimedia capabilities to connect teams, inform operations and keep businesses running smoothly. The MOTOTRBO Ion (bit.ly/3plWTmt) smart radio brings real-time intelligent data to existing business workflows. Its fully open Android application ecosystem allows…
Pula, an African InsureTech service provider startup that specialises in digital and agricultural insurance to derisk millions of smallholder farmers across Africa, has closed a $6mn Series A fundraise. The Series A fund was led by TLcom Capital, with the participation of Women’s World Banking. The new investment will be…
Sparkle, a mobile-first digital ecosystem providing financial, lifestyle and business support services to Nigerians across the globe, has partnered with Network International, the leading enabler of digital commerce across Africa and the Middle East, to power its recently launched payment card offering. Sparkle’s new virtual and plastic debit cards are…
The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta has revealed that the third-generation (3G) and fourth-generation (4G) base transceiver stations (BTS) deployment in Nigeria has increased from 30,000 to 53,460 while Fibre Optic Transmission cables expanded from 47,000km to 54,725km in the last five years,…
SAP SE and Microsoft Corp. announced plans to integrate Microsoft Teams with SAP’s intelligent suite of solutions. The companies also formalized an extensive expansion of an existing strategic partnership to accelerate the adoption of SAP S/4HANA on Microsoft Azure. This builds on a joint commitment by the companies to simplify…