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Inspiring Africa's Sustainable Business Growth
MOROCCO – Aston Martin, British independent manufacturer of luxury sports cars and grand tourers, has announced plans to open its first dealership in Morocco’s coastal city of Casablanca before the end of June. According to Morocco World News, not only will the dealership be the first of the British carmaker’s in Morocco, but the first in North Africa. Aston Martin…
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UNITED KINGDOM – Aston Martin, a British independent manufacturer of luxury sports cars and grand tourers has received a a 500-million-pound cash injection from investors led by Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll. Analysts say that the new cash injection will help stabilize the finances of the the cash-strapped vehicle manufacturer even as it moves ahead with plans to produce its first…
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KENYA – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson pitched US$1.7 billion (KSh170 billion) business opportunities to a Kenyan delegation led by President Uhuru Kenyatta at the inaugural UK-Africa Investment Summit held in London as the United Kingdom charts its post-Brexit economic ties. A statement by the British High Commission in Nairobi said the deals cutting across housing, finance, renewables, and entrepreneurship…
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BRITAIN – Ocado, a dedicated online grocery retailer has launched a 500 million pounds (US$642 million) convertible bond offering, partly to fund the construction of robotic warehouses for its overseas partners. While Ocado’s retail business has only a 1.4% share of Britain’s grocery market, its state-of-the-art technology has enabled it to win partnership deals with supermarket groups around the world,…
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AFRICA – Wefarm, the digital network for global small-scale agriculture, has announced that it has raised $13 million in a Series A financing round led by Silicon Valley venture capital firm True Ventures. Jon Callaghan, co-founder of True Ventures while commenting on his company’s investment in Wefarm said, “We are enormously inspired by how Kenny and the Wefarm team have…
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BRITAIN – Britain’s biggest pizza delivery company, Domino’s Pizza Group Plc has said that it would pull out from its loss-making international operations, sending shares higher in early trade. The move to exit four European markets comes a few months after the company announced that its CEO David Wild would retire, amidst a row with disgruntled franchisees in the UK…
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EUROPE – British based multinational telecommunications conglomerate Vodafone, has announced that it will shut 15% of its 7,700 stores in Europe and upgrade some of the remaining outlets as customers buy more online and change their expectations of in-store shopping. The company’s chief executive Nick Read while revealing the company’s plans also said that the group will overhaul its European…
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GLOBAL – British-based digital banking app Revolut has announced plans to expands into 24 new markets thanks to a new global deal with payments giant Visa Inc. The firm is also planning to hire around 3500 staff to enable it to effectively expand into the 24 new markets. The deal with Visa expands an existing agreement between the two firms…
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