WORLD - American multinational pharmaceutical corporation Pfizer Inc has said its experimental vaccine was more than 90 percent effective in preventing COVID-19 based on initial…
KENYA – Kenya’s Ministry of Trade and Industrialization has announced the conclusion of the Kenya – UK tariff-free market access agreement, now set for signing…
UNITED KINGDOM – Royal Dutch Shell PLC, a global group of energy and petrochemical company has announced a major restructuring to combat plunging oil prices…
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - Crown Agents Bank Ltd has signed a collaboration agreement with VodaCash SA in the innovating project of enabling international mobile…
AFRICA – United Kingdom based money transfer provider Paysend is continuing to expand its digital coverage across Africa. This is in the wake of a…
SOUTH AFRICA – Roundr, a prop-tech startup, has raised further funding from the UK-based investment firm i7V to see it through its current beta phase…
KENYA – Safaricom, a mobile network operator, has bought a stake in UK firm, Circle Gas Limited at KSh384.6 million (US$3.59m), marking its entry into…
AFRICA - CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution, has committed US$100m to Helios Investors IV, the fourth private equity fund raised by Helios Investment…
UK – Consumer goods manufacturer, Unilever has announced that it will contribute a total of €600 million (US$649m) through cash flow relief as well as donations…
UNITED KINGDOM - Non-tariff measures (NTMs) could cause major fractures in post-exit trade relations between the United Kingdom (UK) and the European Union (EU), knocking…