Moving from Nigeria to the UK can leave people with a strange financial problem: they may have years of borrowing and repayment history, but very little of it is useful to a UK lender.
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Trade & IndustryGetting around Lagos can mean taking a bus, ordering a ride-hailing car or paying for a private trip. Shuttlers is adding another format to its transport business: a car that can be shared with other passengers but still picks you up from your location.
fintechSun King is moving deeper into Kenya’s smartphone market, offering customers a way to pay for phones in small daily instalments.
energyUgandan clean-energy company Sawa Energy has partnered with dfcu Bank to help businesses finance solar and other clean-energy systems.
energyAfrica50 has secured $71 million for its Distributed Renewable Energy Fund, giving the infrastructure investor more capital to back smaller renewable power projects across Africa.
Trade & IndustryTrading between African countries is still harder than it should be. A small business can have a buyer in another country and still struggle to complete the sale because of different currencies, payment systems and the cost of moving money across borders.
TechnologyGetting everyday products from manufacturers to retailers in Nigeria can be a complicated process. A product can pass through several distributors before it gets to a shop, making it harder for manufacturers to know where their products are,
EntrepreneurshipGhanaian aerospace engineer and entrepreneur Ebenezer Sasu founded Wingxtra Aerospace in 2019 to provide on-demand logistics and delivery services using drones and ground transportation.
founder-fridaysSome business problems can be solved with better planning. Others become obvious only when you are the person paying for the fuel, driving the route and trying to work out whether the trip will actually make money.
motoringVolkswagen Group Africa will have a new chair and managing director from 1 October, with Christiane Zorn taking over from Martina Biene. Biene is moving to the Škoda board, where she will be responsible for sales and marketing.
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