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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 …
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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. Uganda Wildlife Authority has completed …
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 …
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 …
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. Liquidity levels …
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 …
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 …
Hospitality & Tourism News | Africa
Government and tourism stakeholders are discussing strategies through which they can revive the tourism sector with focus and resources shifted to the domestic market. The COVID-19 pandemic crisis caused Morocco’s …
Technology News Developments | Global
The Capital Markets Authority has admitted Standard Investment Bank owned firm FourFront Management to its fintech innovation and incubating hub, where it will test new products for possible rollout in …
Business & Economy News Highlights | Africa
The Capital Markets Authority has admitted Standard Investment Bank owned firm FourFront Management to its fintech innovation and incubating hub, where it will test new products for possible rollout in …
Hospitality and Tourism News This Week
Frontline communities that live adjacent to Queen Elizabeth National Park are among the beneficiaries of a USD 400,000 (UGX 1.5 billion) conservation grant meant to support wildlife-based tourism communities that …
Technology News & Developments | World
Some 24 civil servants and engineers from the Ministry of Works, Transport and Communication, Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority, Tanzania Telecommunications Corporation and ICT Commission, received certificates of completion of a …
Business News Highlights | Africa
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 …
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Technology News Highlights
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 …
Economy and Business News in Africa This Week
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 …
Friendly Friday Idea | Human Knot.
Time: 15 – 30 minutes Number of Participants: 8 – 20 people Tools Needed: None Rules: Have everyone stand in a circle facing each other, shoulder to shoulder. Instruct everyone …
Africa Economy News Highlights This Week
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. RwandaAir has …
Tech News Highlights | World
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. …
Economy & Business | News Highlights – Africa.
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. Tanzania has …
Hospitality Industry | News & Updates
Ethiopia Airlines and Ethiopian Chefs Association have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that enables them to work on catering service and food tourism development. Deputy Minister for Natural Resources and …
Economy & Business News | Updates This Week.
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. Taxi hailing …
Business News Highlights in Africa This Week
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 …
Event of the Month | Career Clinic – August 2020.
This month’s career clinic is scheduled for Wednesday, 26th August 2020, as from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 pm. During this session our consultants who specialize in different sectors will cover …
Hospitality Sector | News Highlights and Updates
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. A cross section …
Information Technology News & Highlights
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 …
Economy and Business News in Africa This Week
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 …
Hospitality News | Africa & Middle East Highlights
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 …
Technology News This Week
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 …
Tech Tycoon Focus: Mo Ibrahim
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 …
Hospitality Sector News Updates & Highlights
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. Secretary-General of the Union …
Latest Developments | Technology News Highlights
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 …
Business & Economy Africa | News Updates
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 …
Trending Hospitality News This Week
Businesses in the tourism and hospitality sector, devastated by the Covid-19 pandemic, have launched an online petition calling on their insurance providers to pay out on their business interruption claims. …
Trending Tech News This Week
Western governments on Thursday accused hackers believed to be part of Russian intelligence of trying to steal valuable private information about a coronavirus vaccine, calling out the Kremlin in an …
Business and Economy News across Africa This Week
Due to curfew, lockdown and other restrictions on movement that the coronavirus pandemic has brought to Uganda, USE has opened a portal at scd.use.or.ug to ease buying and selling of …
Hospitality News & Highlights This Week
The local tourism sector is showing signs of recovery following the reopening of the sector on 17 June, preliminary statistics show. Statistics from Rwanda Development Board (RDB) show that major …
Tech News This Week
Facebook built a new fiber-spinning robot to make internet service cheaper. The robot’s code name is Bombyx, which is Latin for silkworm, and pilot tests with the machine begin next …
Cover Letter Formatting Guide
Here is a sample template for your cover letter: 1. Name of the hiring manager, recruiter etc. Dept. name., Company name, Physical address. Paragraph 1: Which role you are applying …
Business News Highlights | Africa
The economic and energy benefits of green hydrogen are some of the many prospects discussed during the recent South African Wind Energy Association’s webinar, which focused the role of wind …
Struggling with your job search? Follow these five steps
Looking for a new job opportunity can be demotivating. It takes a large proportion of your time and effort and when you do not receive the responses you are after; …
Hospitality News and Updates | Africa & Middle East.
The Rwanda Convention Bureau on Wednesday announced the reopening of meetings and conferences, as the country tries to gradually revive tourism and hospitality sectors, key foreign exchange-earners. https://bit.ly/2DonLPT Egypt reopened …
Latest News & Updates | Technology
Nokia and Algerian mobile operator Djezzy, have completed a trial using microwave carrier aggregation technology to support increased demand for capacity. The trial utilised Nokia’s Wavence microwave transport solution with …
Latest Updates and Highlights | Economy & Business – Africa.
Rwanda’s exportation through Alibaba platforms increased by 124 percent in 2019 according to information from Alibaba. The Chinese e-commerce giant opened its doors to Rwanda products in 2018 when the …
Tech Tycoon Focus: Tim Cook
American business leader Tim Cook has served as chief executive officer of Apple since August 2011. Who Is Tim Cook? Born in Alabama in 1960, Tim Cook graduated from Auburn …
14 ways to ensure your Skype interview is a success
There are 300 million people using Skype each month. It’s no surprise then, that the video chat service has been deployed in the interview process. Using Skype allows employers to …
Africa & The Middle East Hospitality News and Updates
RAM launched its first flight linking Casablanca and Dakhla yesterday. It is the first day Moroccan authorities have allowed domestic flights to resume in order to revive Morocco’s economy and …
Latest Developments in the Technology Sector
Telecommunication companies and banks have protested the Central Bank of Kenya’s move to extend the free mobile money transaction fees without consulting them. The firms said that CBK should have …
WHAT makes YOU the best HIRE for this role?
Very similar to the question “How do you add value?” How to answer? Tell the interviewer WHAT motivates you to work for the company and WHY you want to work …
Business and Economy News and Highlights | Africa
Rwanda private sector federation has decried reasons behind Kenya and Tanzania’s intention to slap a heavy fine on Rwanda-bound containers which are currently lying at the Mombasa and Dar-es-Salaam port …
