The donation includes two ventilators, complementing the 18 ordered by the government in addition to the four already available in this West African country of 25 million inhabitants, and the world’s largest cocoa producer.
Amref Health Africa in Kenya with support from Coca-Cola Beverages Africa Kenya (CCBA Kenya) has commenced the manufacturing of personal protective equipment (PPE) to fight COVID-19 at its Dagoretti Centre in Nairobi.
Coca-Cola Beverages Africa in Uganda has handed over its contribution of UGX1.3billion (One Billion, Three Hundred Million Shillings) with three brand new pick-up trucks added to the Ministry of Health COVID-19 fleet.
Dubai: Consumer goods firm Procter and Gamble has donated one million face masks and 100,000 hand sanitizers each in both UAE and Saudi Arabia to support frontline medical staff.
HEINEKEN South Africa has donated critical protective equipment, and food hampers worth over R1 million to the Gauteng Department of Health and local communities, joining many other industry players who have contributed to the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
LAGOS – Procter & Gamble has committed over N90 million worth of a humanitarian package to support the government in combating COVID-19. The areas of intervention include hygiene products, hand washing stations, and personal protective equipment for frontline healthcare workers across the 36 states and the FCT.
Coca Cola is funding the distribution of over one million bottles of water, at a cost of EGP 3.7m, to hospitals dedicated to treating coronavirus (COVID-19) patients. The move comes as part of the company’s support for Egypt’s healthcare professionals during this challenging time, as they battle the ongoing pandemic.
Dubai: You can now avail a new service at Carrefour: ‘Click and Collect’, meaning you can order online but collect your groceries from a certain point. The hypermarket chain said it had launched ‘Click and Collect’ to address increased demand for online shopping in light of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Following the restriction of social gatherings due to the COVID-19 pandemic and to cater for the entertainment needs of subscribers, ‘Turn Up Friday With Pepsi’, a special music programme, has launched on Africa Magic Channels on DStv and GOtv.
Nestlé, the world’s largest food and beverage company, is set to launch a unique cooking Website in Central and West Africa. The organization said the action was in response to the demand by the public for online training.
Africa's e-commerce giant, Jumia, appears to be one of the companies benefiting from a virus-driven bump in online sales. The company has struggled with high operating costs, raising questions over its long term viability.
LAGOS, May 13 (Reuters) - Struggling e-commerce platform Jumia Technologies reported an almost 7 percent fall in first quarter revenue due to supply chain disruptions, particularly in China, but saw lower cash burn and signs that lockdowns were hastening a shift towards online shopping in Africa.
Dubai Economy on Saturday announced that 943 'DED Trader' licences were issued in the first-quarter of 2020, an increase of 179 per cent over the same period last year as online shopping gained fresh momentum following the outbreak of coronavirus in the UAE and worldwide
Dubai: It took only 15 days after launch for Dubai’s brand new e-commerce portal, Tradeling, to realise it needed a Plan B. The Covid-19 outbreak ensured the B2B portal owned by Dubai Airport Free Zone Authority had to change course immediately.
San Francisco and Lagos-based fintech startup Flutterwave has launched Flutterwave Store, a portal for African merchants to create digital shops to sell online. The product is less Amazon and more eBay — with no inventory or warehouse requirements. Flutterwave insists the move doesn’t represent any shift away from its core payments business.
LAGOS – As Nigeria marks the 2020 Children’s Day with stakeholders reflecting on various topics around the health and welfare of children, Nestlé Nigeria has restated commitment to support healthier lives for them. May 27 of every year is set aside to raise awareness of the problems faced by children, who make up about 42 percent of Nigeria’s population.
Philomena Tan with Professor Frimpong Boateng Nestle Ghana, a member of the Ghana Recycling Initiative by Private Enterprises (GRIPE), has supported plastic collection drive in the country by providing 15 tricycles, 1,500 waste picking tools and 1,220 nose masks to the Pure Water Waste Collectors Association.
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