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Road freight in Sub-Saharan Africa goes digital with DHL’s Saloodo!

November 13, 2019/Saloodo!. First international digital road freight platform to be launched in the continent; Provides shippers and carriers a one-stop platform for road freight connections for domestic shipments within South Africa and international movements to several neighbouring countries; Further expansion to connect shippers and carriers within Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) […]

Africa Investment Forum 2019: Billion Dollar Boost for African Female Entrepreneurs

November 12, 2019/AfDB The European Investment Bank (EIB) has announced a $1.1 billion lending programme to help women entrepreneurs on the continent. EIB Vice President, Ambroise Fayolle, also revealed that the bank has signed three further agreements to boost sustainable development on the continent. But the major deal is what […]

Nigeria’s Business Environment; Survival Of the Fittest

Culled—Proshare November 12, 2019 By CSL Research According to a recently published report from the World Bank Enterprise Survey, between 2009-2014, about 322 (out of 5,833 firms) organised private companies were forced to shut down operations. Furthermore, the survey pointed out that of the firms sampled, at least 1,136 of […]