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March 2, 2016
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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 […]

March 1, 2016
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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 […]

March 1, 2016
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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 […]

February 29, 2016
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South Africa’s Airport transitions towards green energy

In a bid to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and become a low carbon economy, Airports Company of South Africa (Acsa) has launched a first solar-powered airport in George, Western Cape. SA transport minister Dipuo Peters said that South Africa has a high level of renewable energy potential and presently has in place a target of generating 42 […]

February 29, 2016
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Mobisol Solar to light Kenyan homes

Mobisol Group has announced plans to provide solar power to low-income households in Kenya. The Germany based firm has operations in Tanzania and Rwanda is set to offer solar solutions to work on a rent-to-own model allowing low income households to make flexible daily payments. The renewable energy is hoped targets to save up to […]

February 25, 2016
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Samsung Electronics opens store in East Africa

Samsung Electronics East Africa has opened its latest customer experience store in Nairobi in a bid to improve customer experience through offering of device convergence. The 4.045 square feet of floor space will showcase the latest technology in mobile devices, wearables, B2B products and accessories. Simon Kariithi, Head of Internet and Mobile at Samsung Electronics East Africa Ltd […]

February 18, 2016
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M-KOPA unveils solar powered digital TV

Solar solutions company M-KOPA has introduced solar-powered digital TV to its basket of solar products. The launch in partnership with Safaricom targets customers in rural areas and not connected to the national grid. “Owning a TV is life-changing for our off-grid customers. Many of them have traditionally had to pay to watch in […]

February 16, 2016
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New initiative to connect African countries with power

African countries will now have more access to electricity under an initiative dubbed “the Power Africa Scheme.” The law which was signed by the President of the United State, Barack Obama is set to bring electricity to 50 million people in sub-Saharan Africa by 2020. Obama made this initiative during his tour of Africa […]

February 15, 2016
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UBA bank adopts mobile banking

United Bank of Africa (UBA Bank) has partnered with a local network provider to launch a mobile-based financial services to Kenyans. The service dubbed Akiba Mkononi launched by Airtel Kenya and UBA will provide their clientele a Virtual Savings Account to as well as Mobile Banking services as the two companies seek to expand their range of innovative financial services to […]

February 11, 2016
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KCB unveils ECRM system to boost service delivery

Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) has commenced the use of a new Electronic Customer Relationship Management System aimed at improving customer experience and turn-around time. The Bank will use the system to manage and analyze customer interactions and data throughout the customer lifecycle, with the goal of improving business relationships with customers, assisting in customer retention […]

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