Reuters partners with CG Consulting to grow in Africa

Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world’s largest international multimedia news provider. Reaching more than one billion people every day, Reuters provides business, financial, national, and international news. Although best known...

Africa Code Week empowers trainers in Ghana

More than 560 teachers took part in this year’s Africa Code Week (ACW) Train-the-Trainer workshops over four days in Accra and Kumasi as part of this year’s efforts to drive 21st century skills development among African youth. Now in its fourth year, ACW...

Engie to build hybrid solar power plants in Gabon

Engie has signed an agreement with CDC, the Gabonese financial institution Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, to deploy eight hybrid solar power plants in Gabon, representing a combined capacity of 2,2MW. The implemented solution was developed by ENGIE’s...

Signify lights up people’s lives

Signify, formally Philips Lighting today brought light to Khaya Centre; a community centre situated in Lehae, Johannesburg. As part of the social impact drive, the Signify team conducted a lighting retrofit and installed LED lights at the centre. This initiative is a...

SAP Africa Code Week makes a mark in Botswana

SAP Africa Code Week (ACW) visited Botswana last week to facilitate Train-the-Trainer (TTT) workshops for teachers and youth. Taking place in the last week of July at various communities across the country, more than 1 000 participants received hands-on training on...

Paylater gives Nigerians access to credit

In Nigeria, a country of nearly 200-million people, 61% of the adult population is unbanked or underbanked. Fintech companies like Paylater represent an opportunity to get formal banking services in the hands of Nigerian consumers to provide liquidity for...