Bolt Food Announces Shutdown of Services in South Africa and Nigeria
The leading ride-hailing and instant delivery company recently announced that its Bolt Food service will cease operations in South Africa on December 8, 2023, and Nigeria on December 7, 2023. This move is part of the company’s larger strategy and comes despite a substantial increase in turnover, coupled with ongoing operational losses. In the fiscal
Asante commends Rwanda’s visa-free entry policy for Africans – Modern Ghana
More importantly, the new route opens up opportunities for increased trade and tourism between Uganda and Nigeria; and, acts as a gateway for business …
Winners of Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) Awards 2023 Announced as FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samoura Receives the Inaugural AWIEF Lifetime Leadership Award
The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) (www.AWIEForum.org) has announced the winners of the 2023 AWIEF Awards during a glamorous awards ceremony that took place on Friday night in Kigali, Rwanda. Many inspirational and outstanding African women entrepreneurs excelled this year in creating opportunities and positively impacting lives and communities, driving growth for Africa.
Bolt Food to exit South Africa
For now, Bolt Food is still available in Kenya and Ghana, but it’s unclear why it is exiting South Africa. … Nigeria; Finance expert shares signs your …
Tau puts Vaal on the map
SHARPEVILLE. – Mpho Tau, a local modeling coach who is also the founder of Royal Talent Academy (RTA) has been nominated for the Founder of the Year Awards Africa (FOYA Southern Africa). The awards exist to recognise and appreciate young founders contributing to the development of the African Continent through sustainable jobs via entrepreneurship, and
Africa celebrates: Showcasing unity in diversity, cultural renaissance through fashion
As more cultures have cross-cultural contact, people begin to change aspects of their cultures by incorporating aspects of different cultures they come into contact with. This includes changes in dress. This process of cultural change is often referred to as cultural authentication. There is a long history of forced assimilation, especially for Native or Indigenous
Nigerian Wins West African Journalist of the Year Award
Nigerian journalist, Mr Akinyemi, one of the 17 journalists earlier shortlisted for the regional awards, clinched the overall best at an award ceremony in Accra, Ghana, on Saturday night. A journalist at HumAngle Nigeria, Muhammed Akinyemi, has emerged the best West African journalist of the year in the seventh edition of the West African Media
CIO Award to Honour Tech, Innovation Drivers in Africa
Omolabake Fasogbon The organisers of prestigious CIO Awards Africa have continued to promote innovation and development through the annual award initiative that aimed to spur growth in the Africa region. Announcing the 2023 and fourth edition of the award initiative, CEO of Edniesal Consulting and Covener of the award,Abiola Laseinde, in a statement disclosed that the
Afreximbank announces $1-billion African Film Fund
Addressing the opening of the 2023 CANEX Summit held as part of the third Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF2023), Mrs. Awani said that the fund would oversee film financing, co-finance with large studios, finance African filmmakers and finance producers and directors of film projects across the continent. She noted that during CANEX WKND 2022, the Bank
Visa selects 23 African startups for fintech accelerator
Global payments company, Visa has selected 23 African companies for the inaugural cohort of the Visa Africa Fintech Accelerator which was launched in June. “Africa’s fintech community is at the forefront of payments innovation and connecting more of the unbanked with access to the digital economy,” said Otto Williams, Head of Partnerships, Products and Solutions, Central Europe, Middle