Month: <span>March 2016</span>

Uber launches in two new African cities

Uber Mobile taxi company is spreading across the continent with its latest launch in two new locations in Abuja, Nigeria, and Mombasa, Kenya. The on-demand transportation seeks expansion in Africa amid opposition from traditional taxis, with the recent uber attacks reported in Kenya Capital, Nairobi. Mombasa and Abuja joins the growing list of smart African cities to […]
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NBK scoops an award for business process automation

National Bank of Kenya (NBK) has won an award from the global Workflow Management Coalition (WfCW), an international organization that tracks global business process automation. NBK received the coveted Global award for excellence in BPM & Workflow which recognizes excellence in automation of workflow and business process management in organizations around the world. Boston based […]
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Indian Solar firm keen to expand in Africa

Solar power project builder Sterling and Wilson is set to open four offices in Africa in a bid to capture a slice of the growing solar market in the continent. By the end of this year, the Shapoorji Pollonji group company would have offices in Nigeria, Tanzania, Kenya and Ghana, adding to its presence in Cape […]
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Visa expands footprint in Francophone Africa

Visa a global payment company has announced its intention to open an office in Côte d’Ivoire to reinforce its position as a leading payments technology company. The expansion plans will help deliver financial services to the unbanked population of two billion people living without access to financial services, this will help facilitate engagement with key […]
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Egypt takes on Electric Cars

For the first time, Egypt will host the international competition for electric vehicles in which of 150 students from 10 engineering schools in Egypt will participate during the first half of March 2016. The competition will be organised by the organisation Global Education, Energy, Environment (Global EEE). CEO of Abu Suma Company for Tourism Development […]
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SimbaPay expands African remittanceto EU

Africans living in the Europe will now be able to send money back home instantly and free of charge. This is after Simba pay, a digital money transfer provider, expanded its African money transfer service to 5 new EU countries. The new countries are France, Germany, Ireland, Italy and Spain. SimbaPay says that money transferred […]
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