04/30/2021 - Techawk

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VODACOM GROUP STRENGTHENS PARTNERSHIP WITH WWF SOUTH AFRICA TO SAVE OCEANS

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Vodacom Group Strengthens Partnership With WWF South Africa to Save Oceans

By Oluwasegun
. 04/30/2021

Vodacom Group is strengthening its partnership with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) South Africa by embarking on a

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MTN Joins JAC and GeSI to Accelerate Sustainability Across its Supply Chain

By Oluwasegun
. 04/30/2021

MTN Group has joined the Joint Audit Cooperation (JAC) and the Global Enabling Sustainability Initiative (GeSI), two globally recognised industry

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AZA Finance Expands into South Africa With Acquisition of Exchange4Free

By Musa Suleiman
. 04/30/2021

AZA Finance (formerly BitPesa) has agreed to acquire cross-border payments specialist Exchange4Free, marking the latest in a wave of consolidation

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Meet MSMEs Selected For MTN’s Accelerator Programme, Y’ello 200

By Ester Adams
. 04/30/2021

In the past five years, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Nigeria, have contributed an estimated 48% to the

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Apply For The AppsAfrica Innovation Awards 2018
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