LATEST REGIONAL PROJECT UPDATE
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MAURITIUS
Windward , the predictive intelligence company applying AI to transform global maritime trade and Mauritius Commercial Bank ( MCB ) Ltd , have announced a long-term , multi-year partnership to enhance MCB ’ s due diligence and monitoring processes linked to its commodity trade finance business .
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RWANDA
Co-creation Hub ( CcHub ), a technology innovation company , has closed the first round of investments for the CcHub Syndicate . Through the investment programme , the company has selected three technology companies to invest in .
These companies are focused on building critical digital infrastructure to be deployed across Africa and become successful tech companies in 2021 .
Rwanda ’ s e-passport project has received a huge a boost . The country recently became the 75th country to join the International Civil Aviation Organisation ( ICAO ) Public Key Directory ( PKD ), a move that is expected to drive faster the implementation of the Rwanda ’ s electronic passport project .
It is now more than a year and a half since the country began issuing e-passports also known as East Africa e-passport .
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4 SOUTH AFRICA NIGERIA ayoba , the African messaging app , has reiterated its focus on protecting their users ’ privacy and security . Across the world , users have taken to social media to express their opinions and ayoba is listening .
The company has reassured its users that it ’ s not possible for messages in the app to be read by anyone or shared to any third parties .
MDXi , a MainOne company and the largest commercial data centre in West Africa , recently deployed its solutions at an international oil and gas company in Nigeria .
Trobexis an international logistic management solution company chose MDXi to deploy the solution .
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