Software Group, a firm that provides digital financial solutions, has appointed Mr. Connor Hanan as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Africa. Hanan will oversee Africa’s operations and sales and manage the Kenya and Ghana teams of over 60 employees. Currently, Software Group works with more than 65 clients in Africa including banks, insurance companies, MFIs, and Saccos. One of the main goals of the company would be to grow its team sustainably over the coming years as well as to analyze and identify new markets for expansion. “The African financial ecosystem is a place of constant change; new frontiers of…
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The Kenya Bureau of Standards has initiated Kenya Quality Award (KQA), to promote and entrench a quality culture amongst Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Kenya. The Kenya Quality Award programme besides recognising MSMEs to produce quality products, they will assist them to initiate, develop and implement quality management systems to a status of certification. “We recognize the opportunity to build capacities for MSMEs to develop formal quality models that will help them mature to effective sustainable quality management systems,” said Kebs acting managing director, Bernard Njiraini during the launch on Monday. https://twitter.com/KEBS_ke/status/1139431860105351168 The Kenya QualityAwards targets enterprises in…
Female agripreneurs across Africa will be able to connect, network and grow their businesses thanks to the new VALUE4HERConnect platform. The VALUE4HERConnect network will help bring women entrepreneurs in agriculture together in a virtual community and serve as an important business resource for members. The network, which was launched at AWAN-Afrika’s first continental conference and VALUE4HER B2B fair, is part of a program led by the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) to empower women in agriculture. Despite accounting for 40% of the agricultural workforce worldwide, women’s participation in agribusiness is often limited to low-profit production. “While women…
Equity Bank Group has set up a Commercial Representative Office in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia after being granted a license to operate in the country. Hassan Maalim has been appointed as the Head of the Commercial Representative Office which will be based at Kazanchis-Addis Ababa and is expected to be fully operational in July this year. Hassan brings a wealth of experience having joined Equity Bank in 2005. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree and an MBA in Finance. Equity Group CEO and MD, Dr. James Mwangi said, “Having completed Phase One of our expansion, the entry into Ethiopia is…
Economic opportunities for thousands of small holders across Kenya are to be transformed under a new EUR 50 million (KES5.7 billion) agriculture sector financing programme, the Kenya Agriculture Value Chain Facility, launched by the European Investment Bank in Nairobi on Thursday and supported by the European Union. The new initiative represents the first dedicated support for long-term investment by agriculture companies in Africa backed by the European Investment Bank, the world’s largest international public bank. The scheme is designed to tackle specific investment gaps currently hindering expansion in the sector. “The European Investment Bank is pleased to launch our first…
On August 1st & 2nd, 2019, business leaders, trade experts, investors, and policymakers will convene at the Trade with Africa Business Summit 2019 in Chicago Metropolitan; a vibrant trade an economic hub. The 2nd edition is themed: Growing U.S. – Africa Trade, Trade Financing & Developing Africa’s Supply Chain. Here are 5 reasons why you do not want to miss this incredible and unique event: Trade not Aid: Over the past 20 years, Africa’s policy leaders have built and strengthened political relationships in Washington, DC which has led to an overall increase in U.S. foreign Aid toward the continent. In…