Koolboks Limited, a tech start-up in Nigeria, has unveiled solar-powered refrigeration system that is able to generate continuous cooling in the absence of power in its bid to empower small … read more »

Workers and businesses can file their returns and pay taxes through their mobile phones after the Kenya Revenue Authority launched an app for accessing its services in the race to … read more »

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Ethiopia has received a USD 14.85 million grant from the Global Partnership for Education to boost its response to disruptions in education caused by the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. https://bit.ly/321eiYy RwandaAir … read more »

Ethio Telecom announced that it has planned to generate ETB 55.55 billion (approx. USD. 1.5 million) revenue and increase total subscribers to 52.12 million in the current Ethiopian fiscal year. … read more »

Tanzania Bankers Association in collaboration with VISA Tanzania launched a campaign dubbed to be smart go cashless to promote the use of self-service channels which include electronic payment. https://bit.ly/2G3pGKK Tanzania … read more »

Ethiopia Airlines and Ethiopian Chefs Association have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that enables them to work on catering service and food tourism development. https://bit.ly/3gse1l9 Deputy Minister for Natural Resources … read more »

 Efforts by the Kenya Tea Development Agency’s to stop the implementation of new industry regulations through Parliament has been challenged after legislators failed to agree with their argument. https://bit.ly/2CTvipT Taxi … read more »

South African business associations see the latest tariff hike as “regressive” and say it will thwart efforts to grow the South African economy post Covid-19. As a response to the … read more »

Rwandan Entrepreneurs in the tourism value chain now have the chance to receive a grant of up to USD 50,000 thanks to the new Covid-19 recovery programme. https://bit.ly/2XSzPjM A cross … read more »

Google on Monday said it’s bringing Google Maps back to the Apple Watch, more than three years after the search giant pulled the app from the device. The new app … read more »

In a conversation with IMF Country Focus, Rwanda’s Minister of State in Charge of National Treasury Richard Tusabe explains how his government is leveraging technology and grass-roots networks to fight … read more »

The InterContinental Hotel is considering winding up its local operations declaring its staff redundant in 45 days’ time. In a notice, the 389-bed hotel sighted operational reasons for the plan … read more »

Orange Bank Africa has gone live with Swiss banking software provider Temenos. NSIA Group – a West African insurance, banking and technology provider – helped Orange create the bank. The … read more »

Mo Ibrahim, in full Mohammed Ibrahim, (born 1946, Sudan), Sudanese-born British entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded one of the largest mobile phone companies operating in Africa and who created the multimillion-dollar Ibrahim Prize for … read more »

Moroccan tourism expert Zouhir Bouhout believes that Morocco risks losing 10.5 million tourists and over 19.8 million overnight stays in 2020 due to the COVID-19 crisis. https://bit.ly/30VFki7 Secretary-General of the … read more »

The Communications Authority of Kenya allocated KES 1.6 billion (approx. USD 14.8 million) towards the development of mobile telephony infrastructure in 101 marginalized sub-locations in 14 counties during the 2020/2021 … read more »

Secretary-General of the Union of Arab Chambers  Khaled Hanafi has called for establishing a joint economic zone between Egypt and Greece that would be for the interest of both countries … read more »