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FEDA Announces Landmark Investment in A2MP to Drive Africa’s Mining and Industrial Transformation

eriinfo.com3 months ago09 mins

The Fund for Export Development in Africa (FEDA), the development equity impact investment arm of African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), is pleased to announce a US$300 million strategic investment in the Africa Minerals and Metals Processing Platform (A2MP). This investment underscores Afreximbank’s commitment to supporting Africa’s mining sector and ensuring the continent’s vast mineral wealth becomes…

Landmark ‘Please Call Me’ case settled

eriinfo.com3 months ago03 mins

Vodacom has been using the Please Call Me invention for 25 years. Vodacom and Nkosana Makate have settled the years-long ‘Please Call Me’ battle out of court. In an announcement to shareholders this evening, Vodacom says the legal dispute has been settled and, as part of the settlement process, a notice was sent to the…

Vodacom settles landmark ‘please call me’ case out of court

eriinfo.com3 months ago04 mins

Nkosana Makate in the constitutional court last year Vodacom said on Wednesday that it had reached an out-of-court settlement in a dispute with a former employee over his role in creating the company’s “please call me” callback messaging service. The legal battle with Nkosana Makate over “please call me” has dragged on for about 17 years,…

Netcampus, Progressive Blacks in ICT sign landmark MOU

eriinfo.com5 months ago05 mins

Netcampus and Progressive Blacks in ICT (PBICT) sign a landmark MOU. Netcampus, which positions itself as a leading ICT training provider with over 20 years of experience delivering certified and customised training solutions, is proud to announce the signing of a landmark memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Progressive Blacks in ICT (PBICT). The signing took…

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Africa: South Africa, Brazil Sign Landmark Agriculture Cooperation Agreement

eriinfo.com5 months ago05 mins

South African Minister of Agriculture, John Steenhuisen, and the Brazilian Vice Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, Luiz De Alcantara Rua, have signed a landmark Memorandum of Intent (MoI), marking a new era for closer cooperation in the agricultural sector. The signing ceremony took place on the sidelines of the Ministerial Meeting of the G20 Agriculture…

Vodacom scores with landmark SA Rugby deal

eriinfo.com6 months ago04 mins

A new deal has been struck between Vodacom and SA Rugby to expand the telco’s ongoing support for the sport. Vodacom and SA Rugby have signed a landmark partnership agreement, naming Vodacom the first and exclusive official telecommunications partner to all national Springbok teams and SA Rugby-affiliated competitions. The MNO says the deal marks a…

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Africa: World Bank Country Manager Hails Liberia’s First Certified Public Sector Accountants Graduation As Landmark for Africa

eriinfo.com8 months ago06 mins

Monrovia — The World Bank’s Country Manager for Liberia, Georgia Wallen, has praised Liberia’s historic graduation of its first cohort of Certified Professional Public Sector Accountants (PPSAs), describing it as a landmark achievement not just for the country, but for the entire African continent. Speaking at the inaugural graduation ceremony hosted by the Liberia Institute…

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Africa: Ahead of UN Summit, Countries Finalise Landmark ‘Compromiso De Sevilla’

eriinfo.com8 months ago06 mins

UN Member States have reached agreement on the outcome document for the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development, to be formally adopted at an upcoming summit in Sevilla, Spain – though without the participation of the United States, which withdrew from the negotiations and announced it will not attend the conference. On Tuesday, Member…

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Africa’s Most ‘Underrated’ Country With Breathtaking Scenery and Iconic Landmark

eriinfo.com8 months ago07 mins

Africa’s most “underrated” country is home to amazing experiences featuring beautiful scenery and majestic wildlife. One YouTuber, who makes travel videos based on the wide range of destinations he has visited across the globe, featured Zimbabwe in a recent video and explained exactly why it is Africa’s most underrated spot. In fact, he went as…

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Africa: Gene-Editing Breakthrough – UCT in Landmark Trial

eriinfo.com8 months ago012 mins

In a ground-breaking first for South Africa and the African continent, local patients are participating in a pioneering international gene-editing clinical trial that may revolutionise treatment for hereditary angioedema (HAE), a rare and potentially fatal genetic disorder. The clinical trial, now under way at the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Lung Institute, uses CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing…