The Business council for International Understanding (BCIU), a non-profit U.S Business association dedicated to forging relationships and promoting dialogue between business and government communities across the globe, has presented the prestigious Dwight D. Eisenhower Global Entrepreneurship Award to both Tony O. Elumelu and Bill Marriott, Chairman, Marriott International Inc. The
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Meshack Kipturgo is the Group Managing Director of Siginon Group, East Africa’s largest integrated logistics services provider. Siginon Group, which was founded in 1985, is a 100% Kenyan entity which began as a small clearing and forwarding company and has since morphed into a $100 million (UShs362.7bn) (annual revenues) regional
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African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) condemns the high-handed manner in which the state has treated the directors and editors of Red Pepper, who have been in detention for two weeks. In a press statement issued on Thursday, ACME says the continued shutdown of Red Pepper and its affiliate titles
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Aliko Dangote was honored at the Bloomberg 50 annual gala dinner held at New York's iconic Gotham Hall on Monday night. Bloomberg's list of 50 most influential names who have had an impact on the world in 2017 included Dangote, Africa's richest person, for his outstanding commitment of over $4B
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The President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, recently launched the Presidential Youth Advisory Group (PYAG) to provide insights and innovative solutions for job creation for Africa’s youth, as outlined in the Bank’s Jobs for Youth in Africa Strategy (JfYA). The Jobs for Youth in Africa initiative
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Kenyan multi-millionaire businessman Narendra Raval, popularly referred to as ‘Guru’, has pledged to donate at least half of his fortune to charity. In a conversation Forbes on Wednesday in his offices in Ruiru, Nairobi, Raval, 55, promised to donate half of his net worth to causes in education and health,
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Liquid Telecom Uganda, part of the leading pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom, has announced a partnership with The Innovation Village, a hub and co-working space in Kampala, to support Ugandan start-ups with high-speed internet and cloud-based services. Liquid Telecom Uganda, formerly known as Infocom, will work alongside The Innovation
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Ecobank, the leading pan-African banking group, has won "Bank of the Year" awards in five of its countries of operation, reports All Africa. Ecobank scored the five-trophy hall at The Banker awards, which were held on 29th November at the Hilton London Bankside, with Cameroon, Guinea Conakry, Gambia, Togo and
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By Peter Abaanabasazi He is 75 years old, but he goes about his farming activities with ease. Sedrach Mwijakubi Munyema, 75, is one of the leading model farmers in Kigorobya and neighboring Sub-Counties-for he is earning over Shs20m annually from mixed farming. In summary, he is already living President Museveni’s
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Ethiopian Airlines Group hit another major milestone after British flight auditing company Skytrax feted it with a 4-Star ranking in London on November 8. The airline company received the certification, which the Chief Executive Officer Tewolde GebreMariam attributed to their surge in delivering quality services to their clients over the
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