By James Bayhack, Director for Sub-Saharan Africa at CM.com From lockdowns, third waves and vaccine rollouts to digital innovations, eCommerce booms and riot-related supply chain struggles, 2021 has been eventful – to say the least. For many Kenyan businesses, 2020 set the tone for what to expect this year, especially in terms of digital transformation […]

As Africa's economy recovers from the impact of the pandemic, how are ports keeping up? Not quickly enough — according to The Star's (Kenyan Newspaper) report “Africa's Ports: Rapid Transformation”. The report points to the fact that the existing infrastructure at many ports is insufficient for current demand. At the same time, port congestion is […]

Download logo RedCloud (www.RedCloudtechnology.com) has announced the availability of its open commerce platform, a decentralised market for B2B buyers and sellers, in Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Nigeria, South Africa, and Mexico. The platform, accessed via the Red101 app, now has a pipeline of one million merchants, with over 270,000 merchant downloads to date. Designed to ensure […]

Africa’s premier energy event has officially started, paving the way for a week of transformative sessions where decisions on the future of Africa’s energy sector will be made. With the welcoming address made by African Energy Chamber (AEC) Executive Chairman NJ Ayuk, and additional opening remarks made by Hon. Gwede Mantashe, Minister of Mineral Resources […]

Here at Koncept (www.Koncept.co.tz), we have proper plans in ensuring that your business is achieving financial growth, stability and overall success (https://bit.ly/3o9HzKh) while also managing highly effective PR & marketing campaigns. Our core competence is to provide an integrated marketing approach to promote our clients’ products and services. For a number of years now, Koncept […]

Cassava Smartech (https://bit.ly/3qjJTRG) Zimbabwe, trading as EcoCash Holdings Zimbabwe Limited, together with its long-term technology partner Comviva (Comviva.com), has won two silver awards at this year’s Emerging Payments Awards (https://bit.ly/3BYaiH4). Cassava Smartech and Comviva won the silver for the Green financial inclusion initiative by mobile money platform EcoCash in the “Best Direct Account to Account […]

Barrows (www.BarrowsHotels.com), the provider of hotel investment and advisory services for hotels in the Middle East and Africa is preparing for a new digital revolution in making the hotel industry smarter. Anyone who thinks we are already there with digitization in the hospitality industry could not be further wrong. Service and Hospitality will innovate enormously […]

Canon Middle East, Central and North Africa (Canon-CNA.com)  announced today the stepping up of its ‘Women Who Empower’ program with addition of webinars, mentorship prospects, panel discussions, educational opportunities and expert insights in a bid to propel the wave of female empowerment across Middle East and Africa. Owing to the outstanding success and the remarkable […]

Today, Meta announced the launch of Facebook Business Coach (https://bit.ly/3EPE3vs), an innovative and easily-accessible way for owners of small-and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in South Africa, Nigeria, and Kenya and other English speaking countries to learn more about how to grow their business online with Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. The Facebook Business Coach (https://bit.ly/3mYu0hv) available on […]

To create a more inclusive working environment, Standard Chartered (SC.com) announced the launch of its first-ever dedicated menopause guidance for the Bank’s employees, coinciding with World Menopause Day.   The Bank announced it is taking a number of actions to make sure support and guidance around menopause is provided to all colleagues. This approach is designed […]