The Mastercard Foundation and African Leadership Academy have announced that 22-year-old healthcare entrepreneur Melissa Bime has won the US$25,000 grand prize at the eight annual Anzisha Prize awards gala in Johannesburg, South Africa
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Kennie-O Cold Chain Logistics wins Africa’s first SUN Pitch Competition
Ope Olanrewaju Kennie-O Cold Chain Logistics holds the Grand Prize trophy for the SUN Pitch Competition.(Image source: Nutrition Africa Investor Forum)
Nigerian firm Kennie-O Cold Chain Logistics from Kwarah State was crowned champion of the first Africa edition of the Scaling Up Nutrition Pitch Competition held at the Nutrition Africa Investor Forum in Nairobi, Kenya
African Public Procurement heads sign digital revolution declaration
More than 300 delegates from 83 nations attended the conference on behalf of several procurement agencies. (Image source: AfDB)
Thirteen heads of Public Procurement Regulatory Authorities from Africa have committed to using innovative technologies to improve public procurement processes in their respective countries
Cisco and Smartworld collaborates for Expo 2020
(L to R) Abdulqader Ali, CEO of Smartworld; Mohammed Al Hashimi, SVP Innovation and Future Technology, Expo 2020, Dubai; Shukri Eid, managing director - East Region, Cisco Middle East. (Image source: SmartWorld)
Cisco, an official digital network partner of Expo 2020 Dubai, has announced that it is collaborating with Smartworld, a UAE Cisco partner, to design and implement a smart network infrastructure for the first World Expo to be held in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) region
AfDB seeks partnership to lift one billion people out of hunger
AfDB’s president Akinwuni Adesina at a conference Purdue University in Indianapolis. (Image Source: AfDB Group/Flick)
The African Development Bank (AfDB) called on global partners to join hands to lift one billion people worldwide out of hunger