New AgriFin Accelerate initiative to address barriers to access and use of financial services, especially for young women and youth. NAIROBI- Mercy Corps, in partnership with The MasterCard Foundation, today launched a new program to help close the gap in access to financial and informational services experienced by smallholder farmers, especially women and youth, in Kenya. The program is…
WASHINGTON, November 24, 2015 – The World Bank Group today unveiled a new plan that calls for $16 billion in funding to help African people and countries adapt to climate change and build up the continent’s resilience to climate shocks. Titled Accelerating Climate-Resilient and Low-Carbon Development, the Africa Climate Business Plan will be presented at COP21, the global climate…
By Bella Matambanadzo An unimaginable loss has happened. Our phenomenal intellectual pan African giant on land issues, Professor Sam Moyo, has died following injuries sustained during a terrible car accident in New Delhi, India. We are in disbelief. We are waiting for him to come home. We feel ripped apart with pain. We grew up following you in our…
SA– Last night at the annual AfricaCom awards in Cape Town, Liquid Telecom and the Office of the President (Kenya) picked up the award in the Changing Lives category for providing free wifi to homes and businesses in Nakuru County, Kenya. This special award recognises an inspiring initiative that has significantly impacted African communications in the community and contributed…
Dar es Salaam REPOA’s Board of Directors announces the appointment of Dr. Donald Mmari as the new Executive Director for the organisation with effect from 1st January 2016. Dr. Mmari takes over from Prof. Samuel Wangwe, whose tenure of office ends on the 31st December 2015. “We are very pleased to announce this appointment,” reported Prof. Yadon Kohi, Chairperson…
Arrow Electronics, Close the Gap and Hoops of Hope turned used cargo containers into fully equipped digital classrooms and health clinics in remote areas of Africa CENTENNIAL, United States, Arrow Electronics and the nonprofit organizations Close the Gap and Hoops of Hope collaborate to turn used cargo containers into fully equipped digital classrooms and health clinics that can be…
NEW YORK, NY (18 November 2015)—Aspirations for a new global climate agreement in Paris next month hinge on commitments made by national governments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions known as Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs). However, Indigenous Peoples—who own, occupy or manage up to 65 percent of the Earth’s land surface—have been largely excluded from these national plans, according…
More than 300 participants attended the 47th General Assembly of African Airlines Association (AFRAA) BRAZZAVILLE, Congo (Republic of the), November 11, 2015/ — Fatima Beyina-Moussa, CEO of ECAir, Equatorial Congo Airlines, (www.flyecair.com), the national airline of the Republic of Congo, chaired the proceedings of the 47th General Assembly of the African Airlines Association (AFRAA). The event, under the high…
Home kit maker International Green Structures Kenya Limited (IGS Kenya) and K-Rep Development Agency have announced a partnership to provide housing finance for affordable, high quality, prefabricated houses, ranging in price, for complete homes, from Sh800,000 to several million shillings. By last year, high interest rates had seen more than 7m families locked out of home loans and only…
In one of the fastest rates of growth, bank has set up 25 branches since 2013 and is amassing a forest of 100,000 trees with each of the branched it is setting up Nairobi Kenya, 12th November, 2015: Kenya’s First Lady Margaret Kenyatta has lauded the National Bank (NBK-NSE) – Kenya’s fastest growing listed bank- for “contributing a great…