De Beers Group, in partnership with United Nations (UN) Women, has announced the launch of a three-year capacity-building programme to improve the livelihoods of more than 1,200 women micro-entrepreneurs in Botswana, Namibia…
Month: September 2018
The rise of fintechs might be shaking up the banking sector in developed countries, but African banks are taking full advantage of this technological revolution. So argue the co-founders of TagPay (en.TagPay.fr),…
Instagram founders say they are leaving the company to explore “curiosity and creativity again”. The duo, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, sold the photo and video-sharing social networking service to Facebook for…
In line with the Letshego Group Board’s ambition for the Group, and following the approval by the Botswana regulator, NBFIRA, the Letshego Group Board has appointed Smit Crouse as Letshego’s new Group…
IPA 2018 keenly contested with 3 000+ applicants from over 52 countries; This year’s innovations address critical challenges in ICT, agri-business, public health and the environment/ energy sectors; The top 10 nominees…
Some small businesses consider insurance premiums to be an unnecessary expense, yet without insurance cover, they can experience financial difficulties if a peril covered by insurance was to occur. Insurance cover for…
Beijing’s cumulative loans to Africa since 2000 amounted to $124-billion by 2016, according to figures compiled by the China-Africa Research Initiative (CARI). Djibouti is projected to take on public debt worth around…
Nala, Virtual Identity and Wallet.ng dazzle judging panel to be the three winners of the competition; All 11 finalists were officially inducted into the Ecobank Fintech Fellowship programme to explore commercial partnerships…
CaCRU’s Africa Fertilizer Agribusiness 2018 conference is the fourth in a series organised in collaboration with the African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP). The three-day annual conference has become well-established in the…
First National Bank Foundation and Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) have officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding for their partnership towards a Corporate Social Investment initiative that has an objective to empower primary…