Business

This is the first launch of World Elite MasterCard in Somalia.

In Rwanda, they often feature as partners for a number of banks to facilitate card-based payments on point of sale devices and cashless transfers among other roles.

According to a report released this Sunday by Cytonn, competition in the retail sector has seen the largest retailer in the continent, Choppies Enterprise, continue to close its Kenyan branches.

“Working with our esteemed partners, we will exceed the achievements of 2018,” he said, describing IATF2018 as a resounding success, not in the colorful displays exhibited, but in the showcasing of diversity of tradable goods by about 1,100 exhibitors from 45 countries and in the execution of deals worth about $32 billion.

The theme is in tandem with the COMESA trading block which seeks “To be a fully integrated economic community that is prosperous, internationally competitive, and ready to merge into the African Economic Community”.

The business platform is organized and will be hosted by Rwanda’s Private Sector Federation under the theme ‘Unlocking Africa Trade, with Itself and the World’ as an annual conference that brings together different players to engage, discover opportunities, strategize, advocate and share experiences on how the private sector-led economy can be effective.

The KEYAwards2019 has been organised by the Export Promotion Council (EPC) to recognize firms that have made significant contribution to the development of the economy through exemplary business performance.