Category: Regions

Tigo, Tanzania’s leading digital lifestyle company, has since last year donated more than 2,400 desks worth over US$ 105,000 to needy primary schools in the country in a sustainable exercise that is meant to alleviate the serious shortage of desks in the country’s schools. Two thousand, four hundred desks are able to comfortably accommodate over

Export abattoir built by nine Ethiopian Diasporas in Somali State has gone operational. The abattoir, whose capital investment is 172 million Birr, has the capacity to slaughter 2,000 cattle per day. The abattoir was inaugurated by Livestock and Fisheries State Minister, Gebregziabher Gebreyohannes (PhD) and President of Somali State, Abdi Mohammed. According to Gebregziabher, power

Omantel, the national operator of Oman and the leading wholesale carrier in the Middle East, today announced the signing of the supply agreement with Xtera Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: XCOM), a leading provider of high-capacity, cost-effective optical transport solutions, for building yet another unique submarine cable to strengthen its position in the region and beyond. The

The new digitalised and machine-readable East African Passport replaces the old EAC travel document, which was restricted to just the five member states. Apparently, the proposed new one is going to be as international as the current Tanzanian booklet passport, which means it will be accepted all over the globe. Arusha will be hosted five

Ethiopia now provides major incentives for local and foreign companies that plan to enter the pharmaceutical industry. The benefits range from giving precedence to local companies in government procurement to offering an advance payment for up to 30% of the value of the orders. Pharmaceutical companies based in Ethiopia also enjoy tax-free loans for up

Visa Inc., a global payment company, announced its intention to open an office in Côte d’Ivoire to reinforce its position as a leading payments technology company and to help bringing the benefits of electronic payments to the economy and a broader range of consumers and merchants across the region. Visa is currently in the process

There’s nothing quite like taking in spectacular scenery and wildlife from a floating hotel. That is what it is like to holiday on board the two houseboats plying Lake Jozini in northern KwaZulu-Natal, near the Swaziland border. Apparently they are the first in the country. The lake is stocked with tiger fish, the prized African

With a population of more than 1 million, the port city of Maputo is one of the world’s most expensive cities to live in. It can also be one of the most beautiful to behold. Maputo shares the same name with the province and is situated along the Indian Ocean to the eastern side, bordering

Rwanda is moving fast into the age of the internet. As part of the broad Smart Kigali initiative, more than 400 buses have been connected to 4G Internet connection, which will allow passengers on board have full access to free super-fast internet. Some 487 buses belonging to Kigali Bus Services, Royal Express and Rwanda Federation

Botswana is strategically located in the heart of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) − a region with more than 250 million people. Underpinned by good governance and a zero-tolerance to corruption, it is one of the most stable and investor-friendly economies in Africa. Although its economy has been anchored on resource endowments, particularly diamonds,

The wonders of Zambia’s largest national park – Kafue – will be more accessible thanks to the new route launched by Proflight Zambia. News of the new service to the remote Busanga Plains was enthusiastically received with travellers expressing their delight at the opportunity to fly to the park rather than undertake the long journey by

The Zambia Tourism Board has launched the e-Visa facility at a function held at Mulungushi International Conference Centre in Lusaka which was presided by the Minister of Home Affairs. The e-Visa facility is open to all foreign nationals who require visas to come to Zambia and can be accessed through the web portal http://e-Visa.zambiaimmigration.gov.zm Applicants

The French multinational retailer, Carrefour opened its doors to Kenyan consumers in October this year. This is Carrefour’s first venture into Sub Saharan Africa although it has a store in Egypt. Massmart, another multinational retailer whose biggest shareholder is Walmart, opened in Nairobi through its Game subsidiary recently. “There is a rise in high-end consumer demand in the country

The Managing Director of the Nigerian Export-Import Bank, Roberts Ungwaga Orya, received a team from the World Bank led by Dr. Francisco Igualada, Senior Mining Specialist, Energy & Extractives Unit, and Mr. Linus Adie Utsu of Mining Investments Consult that visited the Bank to share ideas on how to provide structured intervention towards revamping and

The rising trade between Dubai and Africa has prompted the Dubai Chamber of Commerce to announce the opening of two new offices in Africa in 2016. The two offices will be in Nairobi (Kenya) and Maputo (Mozambique) and should be fully operational in the first quarter of 2016. The Dubai Chamber of Commerce already has

The ICD, the private sector arm of the Islamic Development Bank, which participates in equity capital and grant loans for productive projects and enterprises besides providing financial assistance to member countries in other forms for economic and social development, will share its financial approach to developing sustainable private sector growth  at the Africa Finance &