Commonwealth News
Botswana appeals for wildlife conservation support
Botswana’s department of wildlife and national parks appeals to the nation to join the government efforts in ensuring successful wildlife conservation. Kabelo Senyatso, director of the department highlighted why sustained conservation and prudent management of fish...
Nigeria gets first local blockchain infrastructure
Interswitch Group, a Pan-African integrated digital payments and commerce company, advises African governments to build blockchain-based supply chain financing services. The innovative system will record transactions in multiple places at the same time, thereby making...
Eswatini new deal beacons bright energy future for SADC
The Government of Eswatini signs a $115 million deal with renewable power producer Frazium Energy (FZM) for a mega solar-storage project in Matsapha, central Eswatini. The project will have an initial capacity of 100 MW and is expected to supply more than 100 million...
BigBasket, 1MG employees get access to Tata Digital’s new super app
India’s Tata Group to rollout new super app TataNeu among its 7 lakh employees globally. The app will also be accessible to employees of BigBasket and 1MG, companies that were acquired by the group earlier this year. According to the sources, this is a soft launch of...
MFS Africa acquires Nigeria’s Baxi in “second-largest” fintech deal behind Paystack
MFS Africa, a fintech company signs an agreement to acquire Baxi’s parent company, Capricorn Digital. It is one of Nigeria’s largest digital solutions and distribution companies with a 90,000-strong agent network across the country. The deal is expected to be the...
Malawi-Mozambique interconnector starts – foreign companies share contracts
Malawi Interconnection Project (MOMA), the 218 km transmission interconnector and Matambo Substation upgrade under Mozambique to end by October 2023. Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) has shared the contract with L&T from India, Sino hydro from...