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Interswitch spins off Verve International and Interswitch Switching and Processing for regional and international growth 10 Jun 2013 | 08:05 pm
Interswitch Transnational Holdings, a pan-African integrated payment processing and transaction switching company, announces the spin-off, of two of its core divisions: Verve International (“Verve”) a...
Women, Innovation and Enterprise take center stage at Africa Gathering 2013 8 Jun 2013 | 06:58 pm
London – June 5, 2013 – Celebrating five years of sharing positive ideas, Africa Gathering is back on 21-22 June. This year’s theme is ‘Hands-on technology: Rise of the makers,[...] The post Women, In...
Johannesburg and Lagos are Africa’s most popular destinations with over 4.6 million visitors expected in 2013 7 Jun 2013 | 03:44 am
Which cities are the most popular destinations in Africa? MasterCard recently released its third annual Global Destination Cities Index. The Index reveals that Johannesburg and Lagos are Africa’s most...
Aliko Dangote – Africa’s first $20 billion man is now one of the world’s top 25 richest 5 Jun 2013 | 09:28 am
Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote is now one of the world’s top 25 richest people according to Forbes. This puts the 56 year old billionaire in league with the likes[...] The post Aliko Dangote – Af...
Video: “The Lagos Chronicles” by My Africa Is 5 Jun 2013 | 08:04 am
We earlier announced the launch of My Africa Is, a new independent documentary series taking viewers beyond the headlines and inside the continent. According to the documentary’s producers: My Africa[...
The World Bank’s infoDev launches mAgri challenge – a mobile apps challenge focused on African agriculture 5 Jun 2013 | 07:13 am
In partnership with Sweden, infoDev’s Mobile Innovation Program is proud to announce the mAgri Challenge. Finalists will be invited to pitch before investors in November 2013. Mobile innovation in the...
FirstBank emerges Best Bank in West Africa 3 Jun 2013 | 10:21 am
The celebration of the continent’s brightest financial minds and institutions at the African Banker Awards in Marackech, Morroco last week culminated in the emergence of First Bank of Nigeria Limited[...
Professor Calestous Juma & Pirate3D bring 3D printing technologies to African Institutions 3 Jun 2013 | 08:20 am
Pirate3D, Inc will be providing 3D technologies and training programs to selected African institutions as part of its corporate social responsibility program (CSR) in partnership with Professor Calest...
Infographic: E-commerce in Africa – Preferences of African consumers in Nigeria, Kenya & South Africa 3 Jun 2013 | 02:04 am
Emerging markets research firm, Jana recently released insights on the e-commerce preferences of African consumers in Nigeria, Kenya & South Africa. Surveying 600 consumers in each country, the compan...
My Africa Is kicks off pilot season with “The Lagos Chronicles” 1 Jun 2013 | 06:04 am
Debut Episode Delivers a Bird’s Eye View of Life In Lagos, Nigeria, Today Through the Eyes of Four Dynamic Individual Contributing To The Community NEW YORK, NEW YORK – (June[...] The post My Africa I...
