ESCOM, Malawi’s national power utility, has made timely payments to the Ruo-Ndiza Hydroelectric power plant for 22,578 MWh of electricity supplied to the utility throughout 2020. The payments have been collected and recorded by the Transparency Tool, a joint initiative of ATI (ATI-aca.org) and KfW; This is the first report being published by the Transparency […]
Direct carrier billing (DCB) is the safest and most suitable payment technology for the new mobile economy; the two companies announced the launch of DCB Index to measure industry maturity in different regions. European technology companies Evina (Evina.com) and Telecoming (Telecoming.com) have signed a global alliance to work hand in hand in promoting DCB as
By Godswill Odiong Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), parent company of the Ecobank Group (Ecobank.com), has announced the appointment of Akin Dada as Group Executive, Corporate and Investment Bank. He joined Ecobank in 2017 as the Executive Director for Corporate Bank in Nigeria, and prior to his new appointment was Group Head, Corporate Banking for the
By Godswill Odiong Since the discovery of major hydrocarbon reserves between 2014 and 2017, Senegal has been a strong advocate for positioning local content and capacity building as the key to unlocking industry growth. While Senegal does have existing local content requirements under its New Petroleum Code (Law No. 01/2019), the emerging petroleum player differentiates
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By Godswill Odiong Platform Capital Group (ThePlatformCapital.com), Africa’s leading growth markets focused, sector-agnostic investment and advisory firm collaborated with its global partners to provide free medical tests in eight countries across the world in honor of International World Health Day. The eight countries are Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Kenya, South Africa, Mexico, and the
New cases: 22 Cumulative confirmed cases: 33,827 Active cases: 1,086 Total recovered: 31,479 (119 new) Currently admitted in treatment units: 19 (2 new) New discharges from treatment units: 5 Total tests conducted: 223,964 (585 new) Total deaths: 1,128 (1 new) Total vaccinated to date: 209,353 (4,995 new)
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The African Development Bank has hosted its first virtual business opportunities seminar (BOS) of 2021 on 6 and 7 April. The BOS seminars offer a one-stop-shop for companies, civil contractors, manufacturers, consultants, and suppliers from the Bank Group’s regional and non-regional members seeking to provide goods and services to projects or to the Bank. Held
By James Bayhack In today’s digital world, data-driven customer analytics has become the heartbeat of modern businesses. Customers are engaging with businesses through digital channels while innovative technology allows the tracking of online activity, giving businesses access to more customer insights. So, how can businesses manage all the data at their disposal? Data management platforms
By Godswill Odiong Employees are currently the biggest threat to businesses when it comes to fraud, with 77% expecting this to increase in 2021, according to the recently released SNG Grant Thornton’s Sub-Saharan Fraud survey. In a statement obtained by The Daily, it stated: “According to the recently released SNG Grant Thornton’s Sub-Saharan Fraud survey,
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The FIFA President repeated his call for the creation of an international safe sport entity to effectively tackle the issue of abuse in sport FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, and Lord George Foulkes of Cumnock (United Kingdom, SOC), PACE rapporteur on “Football governance: business and values” held on 8 April talks via videoconference, addressing a number
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