In line with its focus on bringing people together and supporting the development of connected communities, Facebook has announced the names of 116 people worldwide who have been selected to join the Facebook Community Leadership Program. Around a dozen African community leaders have been selected to become programme residents and
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Kenya based firm, Dalbit Petroleum, an oil distributor associated with business mogul Humphrey Kariuki (in featured photo), has landed two lucrative deals worth UShs30 billion to supply jet fuel to United Nations’ bases in northern Uganda and eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Daily Nation reports. The firm’s subsidiary
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Emirates this week discussed a long-rumored merger with Etihad Airlines. If it occurs, the ‘merger’ (really a takeover) will create one of the largest airlines in the world, with Emirates adding Etihad’s 18.6 million passengers to the 59 million carried by Emirates last year. The combined airlines will boast an
Read MoreMonteiro é um veterano do sector e há quase duas décadas atua nos departamentos da DHL. Monteiro irá centrar sua atenção na consolidação das colaborações transfronteiriças e serviços aos clientes, os quais irão integrar a estratégia de crescimento da região. LUANDA, Angola, 25 de Setembro do 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)
Read MoreMonteiro is an industry veteran who has been with DHL divisions for almost two decades He will focus on further boosting cross-border collaboration and customer service as part of growth strategy for the region LUANDA, Angola, September 25th, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA) /-DHL Global Forwarding, the leading international provider of
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After last week's ferry disaster in which 224 people were killed, the government has intervened to disband the board of directors at Tanzania’s maritime safety agency, the Surface and Maritime Regulatory Authority, and has also launched an inquiry into what caused it. The head of the ferry operator, Tanzania Electrical,
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President Yoweri Museveni has donated 100 million Shillings to Kamwokya ghetto based groups, URN reports. The money was delivered this morning to six groups at Harvest Church, Kamwokya by a number of government and State House officials led by Col Shaban Bantariza. Two groups received 30 million Shillings each while
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Every day, the African tech sector uses some of the most basic mobile technologies in the world to create new disruption. A rising generation of technologists, coders and entrepreneurs are stepping up to solve some of our continent's most pressing problems. Entirely new industries around payment solutions, crowdsourcing and
Read MoreMold indicated that the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) marks a fundamental step towards dismantling barriers and reducing costs to intra-African trade, boost industrialization, improve productivity and competitiveness of Africa for the creation of the much-needed jobs on the continent KIGALI, Rwanda, September 24, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The
Read MoreParticipants said member States should re-orient national development policies, plans and strategies to incorporate blue economy opportunities for poverty eradication and inclusive industrialization POINTE AUX PIMENTS, Mauritius, September 24, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Pointe aux Piments, Mauritius, September 21, 2018 (ECA) – The 24th Session of the Intergovernmental Committee of
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