Tag: Africa

AfDB and World Bank meet to discuss way forward for Africa Hydromet Program

February 22, 2016/AfDB Faced with drought, flooding, and climate-resilient infrastructure, adequate hydro-meteorological services are necessary to support resilient growth across a range of sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa. But given 80 percent of such services on the continent are under-funded, have weak capacity and deteriorated infrastructure, collaboration is seen as the […]

BMCE Bank of Africa launches second edition of African Entrepreneurship Award supporting innovative entrepreneurs in Africa

February 18, 2016/AEA The BMCE Group Bank of Africa announces the second edition of the African Entrepreneurship Award (https://AfricanEntrepreneurshipAward.com) set to kick off on Monday, February 15. The African Entrepreneurship Award, initiated by its President Othman Benjelloun, shows BMCE Bank of Africa’s ambition to foster entrepreneurship in Africa by rewarding […]

TagPay Earns Kalahari Award for Best Technology Enabler of Mobile Financial Services in Africa

February 15, 2016/Tagattitude Tagattitude (en.TagPay.fr), the innovative French FinTech, has won a Kalahari Award for its digital banking platform, TagPay at the 6th Remittance and Mobile Money Expo (mobilemonetexpo.org), held in Lagos, Nigeria. The award recognizes TagPay as the best technology enabler platform. With Near Sound Data Transfer Technology at […]