Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision”. (Peter Drucker) I will never forget the first time I sold my business. It was my first company which I started way back in 1986, and it was called Retrofit. It was the largest electrical engineering construction business. It had been doing really well until I got into…
Read MoreDay: November 25, 2020
Business tip for a civil servant who wants to be an entrepreneur – Strive Masiyiwa.
Take the leap! Statements like “income generating project” reminds me of a civil servant who, having decided he is not making enough income at his job, embarks on a scheme such as raising chickens as a means of supplementing his income. As long as what he (or she) is doing does not interfere with paid full-time work, or use state…
Read MoreAfrica urged to embrace e-commerce to accelerate trade
Lusaka, Zambia | Xinhua | A virtual import and export conference and exhibition opened Tuesday with the Zambian government urging African countries to embrace e-commerce in order to accelerate trade. The two-day event, hosted by the Zambian government in collaboration with the private sector, is a flagship networking platform aimed at promoting intra-Africa trade on the African continent. It has brought…
Read MoreMultiChoice Group Partners Metrological for Premium OTT Services on DStv
Metrological’s Application Platform simplifies MultiChoice’s seamless integration of over-the-top content into a single viewer experience. Metrological announced today that it has been selected by MultiChoice Group to bring premium OTT services, international apps and localized content to its subscribers across Africa on its new Explora Ultra set-top box as well as its new Streama OTT platform. MultiChoice leverages the Metrological…
Read MoreM-Pesa is first African FinTech platform to join United for Wildlife Financial Taskforce
M-Pesa has become the first mobile money provider in Africa to join the Financial Taskforce established by United for Wildlife, a coalition of charities that works to tackle the illegal wildlife trade. United for Wildlife was created in 2012 by The Royal Foundation, led by Prince William, The Duke of Cambridge. It has brought together conservation organisations, governments and global…
Read MoreMTN grows Mobile Money users to 42 million – drives digital inclusion across its markets
Driven to secure financial inclusion across its markets, MTN Group continues to grow the number of MTN Mobile Money (MoMo) users on its network, a trend that has accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic. By the end of September 2020, nearly 42 million people were regularly transacting on MTN MoMo across 16 markets. This compares to 38 million active users at the…
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