Category: Regions

Accra has been named as the next city to join Uber’s booming network in Africa. The economically vibrant hub is the first city in Ghana to receive the service. With a thriving urban population, Accra’s 2.27 million people will have access to efficient transport through the ride-sharing platform.  Uber is excited to explore the potential

The Manufacturing Association of Nigeria has inaugurated its Large Corporation Group, which will amongst other things come up with policy recommendations that will lead to a conducive economic and social climate for the operation and development for large scale industries in Nigeria. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, MAN’s President Mr. Frank Udemba said one of the

The President of the Muslim Council of Elders, Sheikh Ahmed Muhammad Ahmed el-Tayeb, has concluded his 3-day visit to Nigeria. Dr. el-Tayeb, who is the Grand Imam of al-Azhar, was welcomed by a number of senior state officials and Sheikh Ibrahim Saleh Al-Husseini, the Mufti of Nigeria, Egypt’s Ambassador to Nigeria, Ashraf Abdel Qader Salama,

As part of its strategy to reach out to the promising markets of the world, especially the African markets and to promote Dubai and the competitiveness of its business community globally, the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry opened its third international office in Africa in the Mozambican capital of Maputo recently. The new office,

The much anticipated KEDIA Awards – Dubai chapter went off very smoothly on the 6th of May at Dubai’s Spree Club. Starting with the Red Carpet photo-shoot at 7 p.m, the event succeeded in bringing together the very best of Kenyans in the UAE. By 9 p.m, the VIP section was already filled up and

Thousands of shoppers queued at the opening of one of the largest malls in South Africa, set in middle-class suburbia between Johannesburg and Pretoria. The Mall of Africa houses over 300 shops, including global brands such as Inditex’s Zara, Hennes & Mauritz (H&M), Cotton On and Starbucks. They want to attract the rising number of

From 29 March, flydubai increases its service from five flights a week to daily to the capital of South Sudan, Juba and three flights a week instead of two to Bujumbura, Burundi. Zanzibar, which has seen excellent demand since the launch of the route in October 2014, will be served with four flights a week

ViiV Healthcare, a global specialist HIV company, announced jointly with its global partners, Vodafone Foundation, the Elton John AIDS Foundation, ELMA Philanthropies and the United States Government through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the launch of the Mobilising HIV Identification and Treatment (MHIT) programme in Lesotho. The MHIT programme is a multi-million

Kenya’s  Broadcasting and Telecommunications Principal Secretary, Sammy Itemere, has announced plans to open up at least three centres in Kenya that will provide free Wi-fi connections to the public. The Kenyan government is scaling up the last few miles of optic connections across the country’s 47 counties, in order to boost Wi-Fi networks. Kenyan government will be partnering with

The opportunities and trends of East Africa’s automotive aftermarket is under the microscope, as more than 200 industry professionals attended a two-day roadshow analysing the region’s fast-growing potential. The double-digit growth for auto-parts demand in the world’s second largest continent continues to put it in firmly in the sights of the world’s leading aftermarket suppliers.

Arusha-based solar company Off Grid Electric (OGE) has won the prestigious Zayed Future Energy Prize for its work in bringing electricity to power-starved areas of Tanzania. In a world where one in five people live without electricity,Off Grid Electric provide clean, transformative energy to households that suffer from expensive, unreliable grids or have no grid access

ViiV Healthcare, a global specialist HIV company, announced today jointly with its global partners, Vodafone Foundation, the Elton John AIDS Foundation, ELMA Philanthropies and the United States Government through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the launch of the Mobilising HIV Identification and Treatment (MHIT) programme in Lesotho. The MHIT programme is a

Facebook (NASDAQ:FB)  has launched an Agency Ambassador Programme for Africa as part of its drive to equip its agency partners with the skills and information they need to make the most of Facebook as a marketing and advertising platform. Agency Ambassadors have a direct line to Facebook and receive extensive training to help them become their

The Government of Angola is aware that the high reliance on the oil sector represents a vulnerability to the public finances and the economy more broadly. The sustained efforts over many years to promote economic diversification have already resulted in a significant increase in the contribution of the non-oil sector to GDP to 69,1% percent

Orange has announced the acquisition of a 75 million-euro equity interest in Africa Internet Group, joining AXA, Goldman Sachs and longstanding investors MTN Group, Millicom and Rocket Internet. Through this investment, which will be accompanied by a series of strategic partnerships between the subsidiaries of the two groups, Orange will help Jumia and other websites run

Poet and novelist Fiston Mwanza Mujila was announced as the winner of the 2015 Etisalat Prize for Literature for his first novel, Tram 83. Originally written in French, Tram 83 was translated into English by Roland Glasser and published by Deep Vellum. 35-year-old Mujila is the first Francophone writer to win the prestigious Etisalat Prize, the first