By Josephine Akaerr, Special Correspondent The African Union Development Agency NEPAD (AUDA-NEPAD) and the Ecobank Group its strategic partner on the development of the 100,000 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Initiative, are set to launch the financing component as from May 27, 2021. AUDA-NEPAD launched the 100,000 MSMEs Programme...

By Celestine Okorie, Correspondent South Africa The African Energy Chamber (AEC), on Monday May 17 held a meeting with the Central Bank of Central African States (BEAC) to discuss the effects of BEAC’s in December 2018 adopted FX regulations, which are due to come into effect on the 1 January...

By Angeline Mgbele, Correspondent Abuja Two agencies of Nigeria’s Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and Nigerian Communications Satellite (NigComSat) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will facilitate the release of contiguous bandwidth in one of the most suitable frequency spectrum bands for...

By Ron Chen, Correspondent ASEAN Region The leading media representation house in the Middle East Choueiri Group recently announced that their latest subsidiary company “Media Dome” has entered into an exclusive partnership with MiQ -  the London headquartered programmatic media partner. The alliance which became effective as of February 2021,...

By Kingsley I. Ilechukwu, Correspondent Lagos The philanthropic arm of Merck KgaA, Merck Foundation has announced their partnership with Africa Reproductive Care society (ARCS) based in Lagos, Nigeria to build fertility and reproductive tube care capacity, build advocacy to break the stigma of infertility, and raise awareness about infertility prevention...

By Celestine Okorie, Correspondent South Africa Digital innovation is vital for the advancement of African economies and their health services, but to make this possible certain large stumbling blocks need to be removed. This was the consensus amongst high level global and African health experts who came together for a...

By Godson Umejiego, Correspondent USA Energy Capital & Power (ECP) has signed a strategic partnership with US consulting firm Kanflooens for the US-Africa Energy Forum (USAEF), taking place in Houston on 4-5 October 2021, with a preceding networking event on 12 July in Washington. With transformative African investment opportunities at...

By Juan Pedro Tomás Smart building specialist Johnson Controls announced a global partnership with the International Well Building Institute (IWBI), with the aim of promoting global application of the Well building standard. Under the terms of the agreement, the two organizations say they will work together to advance technology development,...

By Jonathan Easton TV maker VIZIO has announced a partnership with Verizon Media for cross-platform and CTV advertising solutions. The deal sees Verizon media gain demand-side platform (DSP) access to VIZIO’s Inscape viewership data from more than 18 million opted-in VIZIO Smart TVs from across the world. Gaining access immediately,...

By Juan Pedro Tomás Japanese companies NTT and Fujitsu Limited formed a strategic business alliance to conduct research in the mobile communications and optical transport fields, with the aim of expanding into the global market and delivering sustainable infrastructure. In a joint statement, the partners said that they will conduct...