The United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc Thursday announced that the services of its Chatbot, Leo, is now available for customers on Apple Business Chat, where its users can communicate directly with businesses using the Messages app on iPhone and iPad. The Group Managing Director, UBA, Mr. Kennedy Uzoka, while speaking at a ceremony held […]
Read MoreStandard Chartered has completed a simultaneous multi-market launch of its digitally-led retail banks in Tanzania and Ghana, with Kenya’s roll out scheduled to occur shortly. This follows the launches of the Bank’s digital offering in Uganda in January this year and Côte d’Ivoire in 2018. The expansion is part of the Bank’s overarching digital transformation […]
Read MoreEgypt’s Commercial International Bank (CIB) has launched CVentures, a corporate venture capital firm focused on investing in transformational fintech startups and next generation financial services platforms. CIB said the establishment of CVentures reflected its deep and continued commitment towards Egypt’s largely untapped financial services industry, and the importance of fintech as a key driver of […]
Read MoreSmile, Nigeria’s 4G LTE telecommunications network has introduced a brand campaign to keep families and friends connected, entertained with music and videos and updated with happenings on social media. The campaign tagged ‘Get into the groove this season,’ is aimed at empowering individuals and families to purchase and use Smile’s affordable 4GLTE broadband internet to […]
Read MoreAirtel Nigeria has kicked-off its 2018 Christmas programme tagged: ‘Airtel Five Days of Love’ to identify with and empower less privileged persons in communities where the telco operates. Since the commencement of the initiative four years ago, Airtel has held different outreach programmes, especially its feeding programme, which over 10,000 Nigerians have benefited from. According […]
Read MoreIn line with its commitment to skills development and the empowerment of entrepreneurs in Nigeria, GE, the digital industrial company, has launched an e-learning portal for its Lagos Garage advanced manufacturing training program with the objective of extending the training program’s reach to thousands of Nigerians across the country. The portal was launched during GE’s […]
Read MoreCFAO Retail yesterday celebrated the inauguration of its third store in Côte d’Ivoire and its fourth in Sub-Saharan Africa. The new Carrefour Market is part of the Cosmos shopping centre opened today by His Excellency Amadou Gon Coulibaly, Prime Minister, Minister of Budget and State Portfolio. In Yopougon, CFAO Retail operates a 1,800 square metres […]
Read MoreJumia Nigeria 2017 Black Friday Festival has secured an order of 320,000 in less than three weeks of its commencement and attracted more than 14 million visits. At an assessment sales meeting with select journalist in Lagos, South west Nigeria, info-graphic presentation by the Juliet Anammah, CEO of Jumia Nigeria showed that more than 60,000 […]
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