(IN BRIEF) The University of Groningen’s Professor Han Olff leads CurveBend, a €6.75 million project funded by the NWO to develop strategies for biodiversity restoration in livestock-dominated regions. This transdisciplinary consortium will collaborate with local stakeholders in the Netherlands, Argentina, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Netherlands, News, Non Profit, Science, Technology
Tagged Argentina, CurveBend, East Africa, Global Biodiversity Restoration, Kenya, Leiden University, Netherlands, NWO, partnership, Professor Han Olff, sustainability, University of Groningen, Wageningen University & Research
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB Global) and KCB Bank Kenya have formed a €230 million (KShs. 32 billion) partnership to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs), with a focus on women and youth-led businesses in Kenya. The investment, … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, News, Small Business
Tagged EIB, Empower Women and Youth, Henriette Geiger, investment, KCB Bank Kenya, Kenya, partnership, Paul Russo, SMEs, sustainability, Thomas Östros
(IN BRIEF) In a joint effort, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Italian Climate Fund have announced a substantial investment of $210 million into Eni S.p.A.’s Kenya subsidiary to bolster the production and processing of advanced biofuels. This investment, … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Italy, Management, News
Tagged biofuel, Claudio Descalzi, Eni, expansion, Gilberto Pichetto, International Finance Corporation (IFC), Italian Climate Fund, Kenya, Makhtar Diop, partnership, sustainability
(IN BRIEF) ARCH Cold Chain Solutions Fund has unveiled its flagship cold storage facility in Nairobi, Kenya, within the Tatu City Special Economic Zone. This state-of-the-art facility, the first of its kind in Africa, offers temperature-controlled storage and distribution for … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, Financial, Food & Beverage, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, News, Security & Safety, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged ARCH Cold Chain Solutions, cold storage facility, Edward Claessen, EIB, food waste, Fredd Kambo, Kenya, partnership, Safety Standards, sustainability
(IN BRIEF) The Philips Foundation has made significant strides in improving maternal healthcare access in Sub-Saharan Africa, impacting 15 million people in 2022 alone. Through collaborations with strategic partners, they have focused on enhancing access to obstetric ultrasound services, promoting … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Vodafone Foundation has expanded the m-mama maternal and newborn emergency transport system to Kenya with a $14 million investment. The collaborative effort between Vodafone Foundation, the Kenyan Government, USAID, Safaricom, and M-Pesa Foundation aims to improve maternal and … Read the full press release
(NOTIZIA IN BREVE) Ecopost, un’azienda keniota che ricicla i rifiuti di plastica per creare alternative ecologiche per recinzioni, segnaletica e materiali da costruzione, ha collaborato con Borealis per aumentare il riciclaggio dei rifiuti in Kenya e promuovere un’economia circolare. Borealis … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Ecopost, a Kenyan company that recycles plastic waste to create eco-friendly alternatives for fencing, signage, and building materials, has partnered with Borealis to boost waste recycling in Kenya and promote a circular economy. Borealis will fund Ecopost’s activities, … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Chemicals, Education, Environment, Industrial, Management
Tagged Borealis, Borealis Social Fund, building materials, circular economy, deforestation, Ecopost, Kenya, Lorna Rutto, Markus Horcher, Nairobi, plastic waste, recycling, solid waste
(COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE) GENEVA, 25-Mar-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — SGS, le leader mondial des tests, de l’inspection et de la certification, a annoncé une mise à jour sur les récents changements apportés par le Kenya dans sa vérification avant exportation de … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Industrial, International Trade, Management, Science, Switzerland, Technology
Launched on 6 March 2007, originally as an idea part-funded by the UK Department for International Development in partnership with Vodafone, M-Pesa – Africa’s first mobile payments service – has been a major driver of financial inclusion, and now has … Read the full press release
Posted in Financial, News, Technology, Telecom, United Kingdom
Tagged Democratic Republic of Congo, EGYPT, fintech, GHANA, Kenya, Lesotho, M-Pesa, M-Pesa Super App, mobile money service, money transfers, Mozambique, Nick Read, Safaricom, Tanzania, Vodacom, vodafone
Penny Mordaunt hails the incredible power of technology to deliver aid in new ways on her first official visit to Kenya. LONDON, 22-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Penny Mordaunt has hailed the “incredible power of technology to deliver aid in new ways” on … Read the full press release
Posted in Government, Non Profit, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged drought #climate, emergencies, humanitarian, humanitarian emergencies, Kenya, Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP, UNICEF
PARIS, 06-Feb-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — The PSA Group and URYSIA today signed a contract to assemble Peugeot brand vehicles in Kenya. This assembly project will begin in June 2017 with an annual volume of over 1,000 units in order to meet … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, France, Industrial, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Jean-Christophe Quémard, Kenya, Peugeot vehicles, The PSA Group, Uhuru Kenyatta, URYSIA
Agreement to produce Polo Vivo with local partner signed Beginning of engagement in further emerging market in Sub-Saharan region Production scheduled to commence at end of 2016 Training center to be established with support of German government Nairobi / Wolfsburg, … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Germany, Industrial, Management
Tagged H.E. Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenya, Polo Vivo, Thomas Schäfer, Volkswagen
30-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Aviva, the UK’s largest insurer and one of Europe’s leading providers of life and general insurance partnered with climate and development experts ClimateCare, to develop a new way to measure and report the full impact of offsetting Aviva’s … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Financial, Insurance, Management, Non Profit, United Kingdom
Tagged Aviva, Aviva’s carbon emissions, carbon emissions, Edward Hanrahan, Envirofit Efficient Stoves, general insurance, insurance, Kenya, LBG Framework, life insurance, LifeStraw Carbon for Water, Zelda Bentham
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