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Entrepreneur of the week: Henok Abera | WOW Peanut Butter
One of the many challenges confronting the youth in Africa is graduate unemployment. After college, many remain unemployed or underemployed due to lack of jobs or not meeting the requirement … read more »
Technology News in Africa This Week.
The Government of Ghana Ministry of Communications through Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications, in partnership with Huawei Technologies Ghana, has officially launched the Rural Telephony Project at the New … read more »
Business and Economy News This Week | Africa
Safaricom and commercial banks are seeking a deal with the Central Bank of Kenya to avoid a unilateral regulatory extension of free M-Pesa and mobile banking transactions amid the spike … read more »
News in the World of Technology | Africa
Standard Chartered Bank Zambia has committed USD 50,000 to support the growth of women-led businesses by harnessing technology. https://bit.ly/38rVxAZ Huawei, a leading global provider of information and communications technology infrastructure … read more »
Questions to Avoid Asking in an Interview
As your job interview comes to a close, one of the final questions you may be asked is, “What can I answer for you?” Your interviewer will expect for you … read more »
Business News and Economy Highlights | Africa
Egypt’s agricultural exports have recorded very positive levels during the past months, despite what the world has witnessed of economic pressures and a complete or partial lockdown in dozens of … read more »
Tourism and Hospitality News This Week | Africa
Mohamed Saafan, Minister of Manpower, announced that his Ministry’s Emergency Benefits Fund is currently working on the disbursement of the second and third batches of emergency aid, estimated at EGP … read more »
Women in Tech: Odunayo Eweniyi
Odunayo Eweniyi is a serial Tech entrepreneur & one of Africa’s foremost fintech Ambassadors. She is the Co-founder & COO of Piggybank.ng, an online savings platform that securely makes saving … read more »
IT News Highlights | World News This Week
Stakeholders in the technology and agriculture sector have called for the establishment of a reliable national database to collate relevant information on the agriculture sector to ensure information flow. https://bit.ly/32azw5I … read more »
Business News | Africa
The State-controlled National Social Security Fund has bought an additional 19.6 million shares in KCB Group with a current market value of KES 719.4 million (approx. USD 6.6 million), boosting … read more »
Hospitality and Tourism News This Week
The steering committee on tourism promotion and marketing of the Foreign Affairs has held a meeting to deliberate on the preparations to receive tourists and the precautionary measures to be … read more »
Sergey Brin | The Success Story of Google’s Co-Founder
From humble beginnings in the Soviet Union to the heights of greatest online success, Sergey Mikhaylovich Brin is a great example of the classic immigrant success story in world history. … read more »
Technology Latest Developments | News Highlights
Microsoft will redirect users to Microsoft Edge from Internet Explorer when they try to access websites that are incompatible with the latter. Starting with Microsoft Edge Stable version 87 set … read more »
Tourism & Hospitality News | Africa
Addis Ababa based members of the diplomatic community said Entoto Park is a model project for Africa to use its tourism resources for job creation. https://bit.ly/3kghVR6 Uganda Wildlife Authority has … read more »
Career Clinic | October 2020.
The career clinic October edition is here! Career clinic gives significant and convenient counsel to those going into or moving through careers. During these meetings you’ll hear from our specialists … read more »
Technology News Across the World
Google Play Music store is no longer available. This is part of Google’s process of moving its music streaming services to YouTube Music. The company announced that the Google Play … read more »
Business & Economy: News Highlights Africa
Soft drinks manufacturer Coca- Cola has opened its trading partners’ transactional financial data for use by listed lender Absa Bank Kenya in the disbursement of business continuity loans. https://bit.ly/33UY4Bg Liquidity … read more »
Hospitality and Tourism News
Ahead of the G20 summit of the world’s largest economies, which includes a dedicated tourism segment, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the International … read more »
Economy & Business News in Africa
Pension fund investments in alternative asset classes such as private equity rose by a fifth in the first half of this year to cross the KES 1 billion (approx. USD … read more »
