UKs Standard Chartered Bank launched its digital bank in Côte d’Ivoire, its first in the continent
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African businesses should embrace cross-border e-commerce: DHL
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African businesses need to embrace cross-border e-commerce. (Image source: Moritz Poll/Wikipedia Commons)
Cross border e-commerce continues to provide significant growth opportunities for retailers and manufacturers with an international online product offering, according to a 2017 DHL report
TradeMark East Africa and Uganda trade ministry renew efforts to empower women in trade
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The aim is to scale up the women and trade programme to reach more than 300,000 women across East Africa. (Image source: CIFOR/Flickr)
More than 4,776 women in Uganda and 25,000 women across East Africa have directly benefited from a TradeMark East Africa (TMEA) women and trade programme since 2015
Egypt’s digital forensic lab to improve IPR’s protection and enforcement
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The initiative aims to attract investors to explore investment opportunities in Egypt. (Image source: Marwa Morgan/Flickr)
The government of Egypt has announced to set up a specialised digital forensic lab for intellectual property as part of its enforcement schemes of combating software piracy
IMF grants six-month extension for Kenya's US$1.5bn standby loan
The International Monetary Fund has granted Kenya an extension of its standby facility, giving the country additional time to finish oustanding reviews of an IMF-supported program