Tag: East Africa

Ingenico Group Deploys Cashless Revenue Collection Solution in Kenya

22/4/2016/Ingenico Group Ingenico Group, the global leader in seamless payment, deployed, jointly with its local partner Tracom, a Revenue Collection solution in the County of Nyeri in Kenya. This initiative was sponsored by Equity Bank and reinforces the emerging cashless-based culture by collecting County fees such as parking, land rates, […]

AfDB Group announces US $549-million drought response package for Eastern and Southern Africa

April 1, 2016/AfDB The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, Akinwumi Adesina, announced Friday a relief package of US $549 million in support of 14 countries most affected by the ongoing drought in Eastern and Southern Africa. The AfDB acknowledged the severe impact of the El Niño weather pattern that is […]

BUA Says in Talks with Sinoma to Build $1.9 Billion Steel, Cement Plants-Reuters

By InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Nigeria’s top tier conglomerate, BUA Group said on Thursday it’s in talks with China’s Sinoma to build a steel plant in Nigeria and two (2) cement plants in East Africa worth $1.9 billion, a Reuters reported quoted Abdulsamad Rabiu, chairman of the Group. According to the report, […]