Children across the vast expanse of rural Africa hoe, dig, plant, carry, tend livestock, cook, scrub, care for their siblings, and undertake many other farm and domestic tasks. Most of …
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Microsoft Africa Development Centre to Train Media Professionals
by Editorby EditorThe media landscape is evolving, and to stay relevant, practitioners and entrepreneurs in the industry must update their skills and tools to meet up. This is why Microsoft Africa Development …
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Europe Dumps 90% Clothing Waste to Africa & Asia -Report
by Editorby EditorA report has surfaced which revealed that Europe dumps around 90% of its clothing and textile waste in the African and Asian continents. The numbers are staggering and if not …
Deal Source Africa, a programme designed to address the funding gap for African Small and Medium-scale Enterprises in Africa, has been launched at the West Africa Deal Summit in Accra. …
WEMA Bank, an innovative lender in Nigeria, has announced the launch of its flagship capacity-building programme for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria the Wema SME Business School 5.0. …
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Eskom Head in China as South Africa Grapples With Acute Outages
by Editorby Editor(Bloomberg) — Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd.’s acting chief executive officer travelled to China, as the South African state-owned utility implements record power cuts that are hobbling the nation’s economy. Calib …
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Africa Needs $700 Billion of Finance for Green Energy and Metals
by Editorby EditorAfrica will need more than $700 billion in finance over the next decade to develop renewable power and mines to extract the metals required for the green energy transition, according …
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Neveah Ranks High In 2023 FT Africa’s Fastest Growing Coys
by Editorby EditorThe Financial Times, a leading world business newspaper and renowned digital publication has released its annual ranking list of Africa’s fastest-growing Companies. The ranking listed Neveah Limited, an indigenous commodities …
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United Capital joins Africa’s fastest-growing companies
by Editorby EditorFinancial Times has named United Capital Plc, a foremost Nigerian investment bank, as one of Africa’s fastest-growing companies for the second consecutive year.The announcement was made in a report compiled …
Dangote Cement has reported a 1.6 per cent YoY decline in group revenue to NGN406.7bn (US$883.2m) in the first quarter of 2023. Group EBITDA over the same period fell 12 …