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Winners of Mabati Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature announced

December 16, 2016 Global AuthorCornell University, Dar es Salaam, Hussein Wamaywa, Mabati Cornell Kiswahili, Mabati Rolling Mills Limited of Kenya, Mmeza Fupa, Tanzania. Ahmed Hussein Ahmed

The 2016 winners of the Mabati Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature have been announced by Abdilatif Abdalla, chair of the prize’s board of trustees. Fiction category winners are Idrissa Haji Abdalla for Kilio cha Mwanamke and Hussein Wamaywa for Moyo Wangu Unaungua; both are from Tanzania. Ahmed Hussein Ahmed, from Kenya, received the poetry prize for Haile Ngoma ya… Read More

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African Business Women Network dares Malawian women on wealth creation

December 15, 2016 Global AuthorAfrican Business Women Network, Global Seeds’ Administrative Manager, Graca Machel, Graca Machel Trust, Korkor Cudjoe, Malawian women, Meria Phiri

LILONGWE-(AGV)-African Business Women Network (ABWNET), a brain child of Graca Machel Trust has challenged African women, Malawi inclusive to exhaust their energies in creating wealth aimed at lessening unemployment levels. The network has further asked women to make use of economic opportunities that come along that their communities and families be sustainable and economically independent. Read More

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Africa is squandering its potential

December 8, 2016 Global AuthorAfrica Food Prize, Africa has 25 per cent of the world’s arable land, Agricultural Development (IFAD, Dr Kanayo F. Nwanze

London, 7 December 2016 – Africa is a world leader in poverty and hunger due to a lack of committed leadership and rampant corruption, said Dr Kanayo F. Nwanze, president of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in his address at the House of Lords today. Although rich in minerals, gas and oil, and with abundant sunshine and fertile… Read More

US president Barack Obama joins his host Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya and three African entrepreneurs

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Launch of Boost Africa Initiative, a new integrated approach to boost young innovative entrepreneurs across Africa

November 23, 2016 Global AuthorAfDB President Akinwumi Adesina, Boost Africa Initiative, east africa, EIB President Werner Hoyer, European Commission, Pan-African

Over 1,500 start-ups and high-growth SMEs to be supported across the continent Boost Africa Initiative, a unique partnership in support of innovation and entrepreneurship across Africa has been launched today in Abidjan by the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) in partnership with the European Commission. The launch ceremony took place at the Headquarters of the… Read More

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Malawi hikes fuel prices; Predictable tough economic times ahead

November 4, 2016November 4, 2016 Global AuthorADMARC, Malawi Crisis, Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority, President Peter Mutharika, Rev Joseph Vumbwe

Malawians should expect more economic tough times ahead warn economists as the prices of goods are expected to go up following the latest move by the Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA) to hike fuel prices. According to the document dated 3 November, 2016 and signed by MERA board chairman Rev Joseph Vumbwe, petrol has risen by 4.62 percent while diesel… Read More

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WorldRemit and Tigo Rwanda launch instant international money transfers to Tigo Cash mobile wallets

November 17, 2015October 23, 2016 Global Author

PRESS RELEASE Johannesburg, South Africa, 17 November 2015: Online money transfer service WorldRemit today launches instant transfers to Tigo Mobile Money accounts in Rwanda. This announcement makes WorldRemit the first international remittance service to send to mobile wallet users in Rwanda. The new service allows WorldRemit customers from over 50 countries from across the globe to send money to Tigo Cash customers in... Read More

Airtel Africa Wins Global Award at the prestigious MVNO Industry World Congress in Nice, France

April 26, 2015 Global AuthorAfrica Business, Africa Mobile

Airtel Kenya awarded ‘best wholesale operator’ at MVNOs World Congress 2015, Nice, France The award underscores Airtel’s innovation and differentiation agenda following its MVNO launch in its Kenyan Market in April 2014 Nairobi, Thursday April 24 2015… Bharti Airtel ("Airtel"), a leading telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa has received global recognition a year after... Read More

Airtel Africa joins GSMA MHEALTH Partnership across Sub-Saharan Africa

November 10, 2014 Global AuthorAfrica Business, Africa Mobile, Airtel, kenya

Nairobi, Kenya November 4, 2014 - Bharti Airtel, a leading telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, is partnering with global mobile trade association the GSMA, to support its cross-ecosystem mHealth partnership programme. The initiative is designed to provide a range of services to women and children, with a particular focus on nutrition, across 11... Read More

Airtel introduces world’s first cross network money transfer service in Tanzania

August 25, 2014 Global Authorafrica investments, Airtel, kenya, Tanzania

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, August 2014: Bharti Airtel, a leading telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, today announced the introduction of a service that will allow customers send and receive between Airtel’s mobile money service and that of Tigo in Tanzania. Read More

Western firms ‘overcharging for cash transfers to Africa’

April 18, 2014 Global Authorafrica, Moneygram, Western Union

British and American money transfer companies -- Western Union and Moneygram -- have been accused of charging clients too much for remittances to Malawi and other African countries and thankfully now the UK government’s consumer watchdog wants their conduct investigated. The allegation comes amid reports that the excessive charges have resulted into the loss of about $1.8bn a year to... Read More

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