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The announcement of a $100 million investment by multinational payments giant Mastercard in Airtel Africa’s mobile money business arm reflects the steady growth and excitement in Africa’s digital payment market. …
Mastercard to invest $100m in Airtel Africa’s mobile money Read More
Sasol and Toyota South Africa Motors (TSAM) have agreed to collaborate on the creation of a green hydrogen mobility ecosystem in South Africa for zero-emission, heavy-duty, long-haul vehicles. Both parties …
Green Hydrogen Mobility Plans Announced by Sasol and Toyota South Africa Motors Read More
Uganda is expected to become a major crude producer and exporter thanks to agreements signed between Uganda and Tanzania, as well as oil companies Total and China National Offshore Oil …
Uganda and Tanzania Have Signed an Agreement to Construct an Oil Pipeline Read More
Kenya’s Kitui County has set aside Sh 300 million to improve its overburdened healthcare system which saw a downturn after the Covid-19 pandemic. The funds will be pumped into the …
Kenya’s Kitui County Is Set To Revamp Universal Healthcare System Read More
Axxela Limited, through its subsidiary Transit Gas Nigeria Limited (TGNL), has successfully commissioned an 18-kilometer gas pipeline system in Ogun State, Nigeria, in collaboration with the Nigerian Gas Marketing Company …
Axxela has completed an 18-Kilometer Natural Gas Pipeline in Nigeria’s Ogun State Read More
Tanzania’s government intends to build a 268-m3 water reservoir to irrigate 11,700 acres of farmland. Within five years, the project aims to increase farmer productivity. Tanzania will build a new …
A new dam in Tanzania will irrigate 11,700 hectares of plantations Read More
One of the world’s leading insuring and asset management companies is interested in the agriculture insurance sector in Kenya and the East African region. Allianz Africa estimates that the value …
In East Africa, data science unlocks $20 million in Agroinsurance Read More
In Nigeria, a start-up is revolutionising the use of recycled plastics by shifting from pellet exports to domestic production of much-needed personal protection equipment (PPE). Givo, which stands for ‘Garbage …
Givo in Nigeria is revolutionising the use of recycled plastics Read More
PalletPlast’s fruit pallets made from waste plastic were awarded the best new end-use product by Petco (a South African plastics industry body promoting the recycling of polyethylene terephthalate or PET). …
Plastic fruit pallets made from recycled plastic have “progressed beyond our wildest dreams.” Read More
The forestry sector is very important in Sub-Saharan Africa because of its role of subsistence development in rural communities, which gives forestry a large share of the GDP of these …
Ethiopian wood supply is set to increase Read More
