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…
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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…
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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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Social media has very many positives and negatives and the choice of what we want to follow squarely lies with us as individuals. I for example follow people for different reasons, others just make laugh, some because they are my friends and keep up with what they are doing through Social media . I follow others because they are so…
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As the country continues to fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, Ugandan innovators under WUZA Limited have donated a full body disinfection tunnel to Mulago National Referral hospital. The automated 3-in-1 full-body sanitization booths was handed over to the Mulago National referral hospital Executive Director, Dr. Byarugaba Baterana by Wuza Limited Executive Director, Isaac Mulindwa. During the handover, Mulindwa noted that…
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The Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) has revealed that it would need Shs64bn shillings every month if its to distribute free electricity to Ugandans during the COVID-19 pandemic period. This was revealed by ERA Chief Executive Officer, Ziria Tibalwa Waako while appearing before the Parliament Natural resources committee along with the Minister of State for Energy and Mineral Development Simon Djung.…
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The National Youth and Advocacy Platform Uganda (NYAP-U) has called upon young people to be innovative and make good use of the internet and the technology close to them instead of lamenting over the challenges brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. The NYAP-U National Coordinator, James Cleto Mumbere told the youth that despite the many challenges brought about by the…
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My Digital World is a consolidation of all Facebook digital literacy programs including Safe Online with Facebook, Ilizwe Lam, and eZibo and will be offered virtually this year. Facebook announced the launch of “My Digital World” a programme designed to equip the youth and general public across Sub-Saharan Africa with digital skills needed to navigate the digital world. My Digital World is…
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The application aims to facilitate money transfer in Morocco and push the country further towards its digital transformation objectives Rabat – Moroccan telecommunications company Maroc Telecom (IAM) launched today, June 1, its first mobile money transfer application, “MT Cash,” available for download to all Moroccan citizens and residents. The application offers several financial services, similar to the services provided by…
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KCB Bank Uganda has in the latest development introduced a revamped KCB i-Bank an internet banking platform aimed at easing banking transactions and offer best services to customers. With KCB’s iBank, customers can access several services including checking account balances, viewing all accounts transactions, transfer of funds to any KCB Account with in the country and to any subsidiary in…
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