Smile ID Releases H1 2023 Africa KYC Report Highlighting Identity Fraud Trends and Verification Insights
Smile ID (formerly Smile Identity), the leading identity verification and digital Know Your Customer (KYC) provider in Africa, has unveiled its highly anticipated half-year 2023 KYC Report. Drawing on data [...]
German Pump Manufacturer Wilo Group Opens Assembly Plant In Nairobi
Wilo Group, a German manufacturer of pumps and pump system has re-energised its operations in Kenya with the launch of an assembly plant in Nairobi. The company sees opportunity in [...]
Leaders call for investment in Africa’s workforce
Africa must strategically invest in its workforce if it is to grow. President William Ruto said the continent is presented with gifted human capital that can drive its transformation. He [...]FAO Reports that One in Five People Face Hunger in Africa
A Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) study has revealed that one in five people across Africa face food shortage representing a figure twice the global average. On the global stage, [...]
SemaBOX Launches Wazo Podcast Distribution Platform
SemaBOX, a leading Kenyan media company has announced the launch of WAZO podcast distribution platform. The platform wants to empower African podcasters by providing a direct earning avenue through plays [...]New Look; Smile Identity Becomes Smile ID
Smile Identity, Africa's leading identity verification and digital Know Your Customer (KYC) provider, has reached a significant milestone, surpassing 75 million identity verifications. Alongside this achievement, the company is embarking [...]Kenya-COMESA Deal To Increase Cross Border Trade
Fish traders are among those set to benefit from an agreement recently signed between COMESA and the government aimed at improving participation in cross-border trade within the Eastern Africa Region. [...]Kenya Among ‘Big 4’ Private Capital Destinations in Africa KIFC Report
Kenya is listed among the Big 4 that also includes Egypt, Nigeria and South Africa-as the giants of Africa’s silicon savannah, continually attracting the lion’s share of both private capital [...]Over Dependence on Foreign Aid Hurts African Union Agenda
Over dependence on foreign aid to finance 60 per cent of African Union programmes is slowing progress in development of effective capacity to deliver Pan-African transformation. Leaders gathering in Nairobi [...]Access Bank Acquires Standard Chartered Subsidiaries in Africa
Standard Chartered Bank and Access Bank Plc have reached agreements for the sale of Standard Chartered's shareholding in its subsidiaries in Angola, Cameroon, The Gambia, and Sierra Leone, as well [...]Startups in Africa Weather Slow Deal-Making Environment in Q1 2023
Startups in Africa continue to grow rapidly compared to other mature markets, despite venture capital (VC) funding slowly retreating from the African market this year, according to figures from PitchBook, [...]AU States Challenged To Ban Second-hand Clothes Import
African Union Member States have been challenged to ban the importation of second-hand clothes to promote textile and apparel industry in the continent. To transform the productive capacities of the [...]
