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Unlike other online courses which involve recorded classes, Food Systems Live! will strike a balance between asynchronous content and dynamic live webinars. As a result, participants can interact directly with …
Now that it has left a trail of losses for companies and individuals, Africa’s financial regulators will sense an opportunity to place stricter constraints on crypto’s adoption. Some form of …
FTX was Becoming a Force for Normalizing Cryptocurrencies in Africa Read More »
The transmission was done through the Ethiopia-Kenya Transmission Interconnection Line, a 500KV cross-border transmission power line- built to link the countries’ power grids. It is a 1,045 km long electricity …
Ethiopia Announces Its First Commercial Export of Electricity to Kenya Read More »
Developing nations are hoping to secure greater power over global tax affairs at a critical United Nations vote in New York on Wednesday. The draft resolution calls on members to …
African Union Calls for Inclusive Tax Regulations Read More »
Bio-based materials can provide energy in multiple ways. Certain crops can be used to produce ethanol, which can then be blended with gasoline to produce fuel for vehicles. Ethanol can …
A report released by Standard Bank has shown that in Africa, wealth is not inherited but rather made. Group Head, Standard Bank Wealth and Investment, Chris Browne, said, “to draw …
Entrepreneurship Holds the Key to Africa’s Wealth Creation Read More »
Big commodity buyers do not usually pay their suppliers to produce something that they will never buy. Yet Nestlé, one of the world’s biggest chocolate-makers, is paying 10,000 cocoa farmers …
Zimbabwe is proposing changing the terms of a $3.5 billion compensation deal signed with former White farmers two years ago, after twice missing agreed-to payments. The revised plan was part …
Purple, the Nigerian real-estate company currently carrying out a stock market initial public offer (IPO), is close to securing backing from financial guarantee provider InfraCredit for the debt part of …
Tanzanian software and applications startup UjuziNet Group has a variety of offerings, but its core brand is Mazao Hub, an SaaS-based digital agriculture and farm ERP platform to manage farmers, …
UjuziNet is Helping Farmers Better Manage their Operations Read More »
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