Archive For: The Crunch
20 May 2014 What do you do when you see a pothole? Well, in South Africa, all you’ll have to do is click! The Johannesburg Roads Agency has launched a smartphone app called Find and Fix, to enable city residents report potholes, faulty traffic lights, storm water drain issues, missing manhole covers and any other ... Read More
20 May 2014 Microsoft has scored itself a first in the world of ICT with this news of a partnership between the Micosoft4Afrika initiative, Facebook and Spectralink Wireless to provide low-cost wireless connectivity to students and faculty at 2 universities in Ghana through the use of TV whitespace. For the uninitiated, TV white spaces are ... Read More
16 May 2014 Foton already has stiff competition though as auto company Hyundai Motors Nigeria has opened an ultra-modern automobile service facility in Lagos worth about $2.8 million, which will provide service support for the company’s growing clientele. The new facility will be equipped with a spare-parts section expected to supply dealerships across Nigeria. In ... Read More
16 May 2014 We hear most often about prices going up, so its nice to hear when prices go down. — Sameer Agriculture and Livestock Ltd (SALL), the makers of Fresh Dairy milk products in Uganda recently announced a price reduction on their pasteurized milk. A dry spell meant that grass and water was limited ... Read More
16 May 2014 Ventures Africa informs us that Kewalram Chanrai Group, a global diversified conglomerate with interest in automobile, agribusiness and textile, is partnering car maker, Foton to establish an automobile assembling plant in Lagos, Nigeria. Like all the other companies setting up shop in Nigeria, this decision is as a result of the government’s ... Read More
16 May 2014 ThisDay Live starts off today’s news with the information that The President of Dangote Group of Companies, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has expressed his desire to step down as President of the Council of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). He will be handing over to former Group Managing Director/CEO of Access Bank Plc ... Read More
15 May 2014 Another launch with the report that GE has officially launched its GE Kujenga citizenship program; the program will help GE to empower people with valuable skills, equip communities with new tools and technology and elevate ideas that are helping to solve Africa’s challenges. ‘Kujenga’ means ‘build’ in Swahili, and GE Kujenga is ... Read More
15 May 2014 From Ventures Africa, we have a report that global securities data provider Exchange Data International has launched an African Economic Data Service. This means that organizations and investors seeking to invest in Africa can now access macroeconomic and financial data for all 54 countries on the continent in one spot. All data ... Read More
15 May 2014 ThisDay Live kicks off today’s news with the report that a coalition of Nigerian businessmen has launched the Safe Schools Initiative, an effort to enhance safety in schools in Northern Nigeria,through the Global Business Coalition for Education. Starting with 500 schools in northern states, the initiative will focus on school and community ... Read More
14 May 2014 The Future Africa Awards has announced the commencement of voting for its 9th season. This was done at the closing gala for SHAPE Africa 2014, an annual meeting of Global Shapers from Africa. Adebola Williams, co-founder of the awards, is quoted by Ventures Africa as saying “As the world focuses on Africa, ... Read More
