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A global leader in business communications services Infobip announced today it will provide WhatsApp customer communication services and its Conversations CPaaS-based contact center solution to leading Senegal mobile operator Expresso. Mobile operators worldwide are increasingly adopting cloud-based customer communication solutions, driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, which stressed the need to …

Fugro has completed fieldwork on a hydrographic survey project for the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to update nautical charts off the northern coast of Unimak Island, Alaska. In the Bering Sea, the island supports multiple fisheries, a major transit route, and at‑sea cargo transfers. Existing charts in …

The Province of Manitoba in Canada has awarded Fugro a 4-year contract to develop a new pavement management system that will guide the strategic selection of road maintenance projects for optimized use of transportation budgets. Joining Fugro on the contract is AgileAssets, a software company specializing in infrastructure asset management. …

 New service enables businesses and consumers to send payments in seconds with full transparency and strong security, SWIFT Go is a key building block in the co-operative’s strategy to enable instant and minimal friction cross-border transactions; Seven leading global banks already live with the service. SWIFT today announces the launch …

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, has assured that the ongoing 614kilometres Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) gas pipeline project would be delivered on schedule, create prosperity through massive job opportunities, and guarantee peace for the country. A statement by the Group General Manager, Group …

Invest Africa, the leading business and investment platform for African markets, and Standard Chartered Private Bank, a leading international private bank for emerging market clients, are pleased to announce a strategic partnership, focused on driving the growth of Standard Chartered’s private banking services across the continent. The new collaboration will …

Over 50 power producers ordered GE’s HA technology to operate their combined cycle power plants in twenty countries, generating approximately over 26 gigawatts (GW) of power; GE’s H-Class supports the shift to producing more sustainable power, including pathways to near-zero carbon operations through these new gas turbines that can use …

A USD 20M loan has been successfully signed between The Mauritius Commercial Bank Limited (MCB) and Bank of Kigali Plc on 26 July 2021. The aim of this loan is to provide additional liquidity to Bank of Kigali Plc over a 1-2-year period, to facilitate the execution of its lending …

River recycle and Clean Planet Energy recently announced that they have entered into a partnership agreement to support global efforts of removing non-recyclable plastics from rivers and the environment in Southeast Asia, and then re-purposing the waste as new ultra-clean fuels. The focus of the partnership begins in Indonesia and …

Backed by the eradicate malaria initiative, German company BioNTech announces a malaria project comprising the development of an mRNA-based vaccine against the disease and the evaluation of mRNA vaccine production in Africa; The initiative can count on substantial financing by Team Europe, including for the late-stage trials of BioNTech’s project; …