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Visa, a leading global payments technology company, announced today a new global commitment to reach net-zero emissions by 2040, and that the company achieved carbon neutrality across its operations in 2020.  Visa also outlined plans to become a climate positive company through new partnerships and expanded initiatives to support sustainable commerce and the transition to a low-carbon economy beyond the company’s own footprint.  “Visa is committed to creating a more sustainable future,” said Al Kelly, chairman and chief executive officer of Visa. “Our new net-zero commitment and enhanced efforts across our network in support of sustainable initiatives are immediate ways we will achieve our goals to help build a better future for our planet.” Net-zero by 2040 – 10 years ahead of Paris Climate Agreement goal As part of the commitment to reach net-zero emissions by 2040, Visa announced it is a new signatory of The Climate Pledge, an initiative co-founded by Amazon and Global Opti...

Always has been ranked as the number one most loved sanitary brand by women in Kenya. “This is according to the study dubbed the  Top 100 most loved brands by women in Kenya , a collaboration between Ipsos, a Global leader in market research and BSD Group. The study’s ranking resulted from carefully curated data that delved deeper into the Kenyan women's psyche.”    The survey was conducted between   23rd January to 9th February 2021. It involved a sample size of 1,021 women above the age of 18 years in the following regions Nairobi, Mombasa, North Eastern, Eastern, Central, Rift Valley, Western, and Nyanza. The margin of error was plus/minus 3, which saw the Always brand ranked fourth. The company credits its ranking to continuously investing around customer needs.      "We have invested heavily in the feedback we receive from our consumers as a way of re-configuring our business model to new realities a...

The telecommunication and posts regulatory authority (ARPT) of the Republic of Guinea and the company Global Voice Group (GVG) are proud to announce the establishment of a new partnership between the two organizations. Signed in Conakry on 1 April 2021 by the respective directors, Mr Yacouba Cissé and Mr James Gabriel Claude, the agreement provides for the deployment of a leading-edge mobile and digital ecosystem regulation platform in Guinea.  The installation of this digital platform will begin on 1 June of this year. To this day, this is the most ambitious project for the digitization of the country's regulatory tools. It encompasses major aspects such as the regulatory management of mobile and digital identities, interconnectivity, data services and mobile money. The contract stipulates that GVG will be responsible for the deployment of the platform, as well as for the related technical operations, over a five-year period at the end of which the company will transfer the platfo...

Arjun Mallik, Prudential Africa's Managing Director, East Africa. COVID and its resultant ebbing lockdown periods have been a stressful time for people all over the world including in Africa. Emotional wellness of people should be at the forefront of most companies’ plans. While businesses are grappling with how to sustain themselves, they should simultaneously be taking care of their employees. There are simple initiatives that businesses of all sizes can take to start addressing mental wellness, which Prudential Africa has outlined below.   A key learning lesson from operating in the pandemic for Prudential Africa has been that physical and mental wellbeing are equally important.  “Collective trauma as a result of COVID happened at a societal level while making individuals more inward-looking. Our employees in Ghana, Kenya and Uganda are experiencing heightened trepidation due to everyday uncertainties, less interaction with colleagues and concerns for family safety. In...