Ecofashion Is Combating Waste And Transforming Plastics Into Crafts And Arts
June 23, 2021, 10:20 a.m.
Ecofashion is a startup advocating for an eco-friendly culture in Ghana by recycling plastic wastes into useful products. The startup is focused on sensitizing Ghanaians about environmental sustainability. For the past three years, Ecofashion has produced handmade crafts, arts, and fashion accessories from plastic bottles.
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How Cameroon’s Prepdia Is Establishing Itself As The Country’s Leading Tutoring Marketplace
June 11, 2021, 2:30 p.m.
Cameroonian startup Prepdia is helping learners improve their outcomes by reliably connecting them with professional tutors for in-person and online lessons.
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Kenyan Startup Alatpres Technologies Launches Mobile Safety Application
May 20, 2021, 2:13 p.m.
Kenyan startup Alatpres Technologies has announced the launch of its mobile solution to provide reliable emergency notification and management solutions for individuals and businesses.
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Scaling The Growth Of Impact Investing In African Economies
March 29, 2021, 11:07 a.m.
The apparent crisis of the Covid-19 pandemic has indeed hit the global economy hard. With an estimated 55% of the global population having no social protection, income losses (expected to exceed $220 billion) will further exacerbate the already pending socio-economic issues prevalent particularly in underdeveloped and developing communities (most of which are residents within the African continent). Africa’s GDP growth prospects were estimated to drop from 2.4% in 2019 to between -2.1% to -5.1% in 2020 depending on the policy response.
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Chat-based Service To Assist SMMEs Launched
SMMEstart, a new chat-based service that provides assistance in the form of valuable information, guidance, and access to business resources and tools for local small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) has been launched.
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Apple To Pay $113m In New ‘Batterygate’ Settlement
Nov. 19, 2020, 1:56 p.m.
Apple has agreed to pay an additional $113 million to settle a probe into the 'batterygate' scandal when Apple consumers realized in 2017 that the tech giant had been quietly throttling the speed of older iPhones.
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