Tag Archives: Nairobi

Microfinance Focus partners with Microcredit Summit Campaign s forthcoming Africa conference

Bengaluru, Karnataka, December 1, 2009 /India PRwire/ — The Microfinance Focus, a global microfinance news portal with a monthly magazine, announced today that it has signed a media part......

Students plant thousands of trees across Kenya as part of UNEP initiative

The campaign, launched in partnership with schools, youth groups and community groups including Pinklakeman and Mavuno Michezo, aims to plant more than 85,000 during the Kenyan rainy season in ......

IBM Unveils Global Development Centers for Telecom Industry

ARMONK, N.Y. IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the opening of telecommunications development centers to help Communication Service Providers (CSPs) create new business models while improving the ......

Kenyan youth shoot for peace in UN-backed football ‘reconciliation contest’

More than 2,000 Kenyan youths from across Nairobi, the capital, will kick off a multi-ethnic football tournament this weekend to score goals in a United Nations-backed bid to use the power of s......

Green energy on rise across Africa but still lags behind other regions – UN

More green energy and climate-friendly projects target Africa than ever before, but the numbers still lag behind Asia and Latin America, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) announce......

Jinny’s VoiceSMS takes off in Africa

Major new revenue streams being sought by Mobile Network Operators through additional, affordable VAS CAPE TOWN, Nov. 10th, 2009 – Jinny Software, a leading global supplier of messaging a......

Travis Pastrana Joins Race 4 Change in Drive to End Poverty!

Microfinance is one of the most powerful tools being used to fight poverty. It is finding greater support as a viable, ethical, and socially responsible business model serving the very poor. S......

UN launches campaign harnessing support to end violence against women

The United Nations kicked off a campaign today mobilizing people around the world to take part in a drive to stop the pandemic of violence suffered by women at the hands of men. The UN Developm......