The new gold in town; why Kenyan real estate firms are moving into agribusiness
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The new gold in town; why Kenyan real estate firms are moving into agribusiness

Welcome to Isinya; in the heart of Kajiado County, 58 kilometers south of Kenya’s capital Nairobi. The area is sparsely populated majorly because it falls within Kenya’s pastoralism belt. But in the last four years, this area has witnessed an influx of real estate companies, as developers move away from the more expensive satellite towns….

Uber to offer medicine delivery services in South Africa
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Uber to offer medicine delivery services in South Africa

Uber Eats has launched a new app-based over-the-counter medicine delivery service in South Africa. The unit of the U.S. ride-hailing service, Uber Technologies, holds a dominant share in South Africa’s $600 million food dispatching market. However, the company believes that it can also hold a huge swathe in the lucrative medicines delivery market, currently held…

World Bank calls for $25 billion in emergency financing for world’s poorest nations
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World Bank calls for $25 billion in emergency financing for world’s poorest nations

The World Bank has issued an urgent call for $25 billion in further COVID-19 emergency financing to assist the world’s poorest nations tackle the challenges raised by the pandemic. David Malpass, the World Bank’s president, spoke to finance ministers and central bank governors of the G20 major economies that he would lay out a supplemental…