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Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) play a central role in developing economies across Africa, driving growth, creating jobs and pushing innovation.
Micro, small and medium companies represent more than 90% of businesses on the continent and provide 60% of all jobs.
In Rwanda, for example, SMEs account for an enormous 98% of business… read more
Google for Africa
Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, shared the planned $1bn investment and will include:
Enabling affordable internet access and building helpful products
- Google is building global infrastructure to help bring faster internet
… read more
Sabre subscribers once again have access to Emirates content.
The two companies announced a new distribution agreement, ending an impasse that had resulted in Emirates tickets and ancillary products not being available in Sabre's GDS since July 1. The agreement is in effect.
Along with distributing content on Sabre through leg… read more
Travel experts at Next Vacay reveal that searches for ‘cancelable flights’, ‘book refundable flight tickets’ and ‘free cancelation flight booking’ have increased by 400%.
The first thing to know is that the US Department of Transportation mandates that regardless of airline, all customers have 24 hours from the time of their original booki… read more
WebBeds, the B2B division of global online travel business Webjet Limited, has been powering-up for travel recovery, undertaking a transformation project to simplify the way it does business and provide enhanced support for partners, as the industry heads towards recovery.
Pre-COVID, WebBeds was the fastest growing and second larges… read more
Wandry, the only all-in-one travel planning app that provides comprehensive, accurate travel information for destinations around the world, is now available to help users plan new adventures with confidence.
The one-stop source of real-time data and crowdsourced recommendations gives users a critical tool for meeting the unique chal… read more
For most who travel, gone are the days of physically printed tickets and showing up to the gate a few hours before the trip is supposed to begin – technology as a whole has helped to streamline the process and provide a new and user-friendly approach to the travel industry, but the opportunities that technology has afforded are far greater than … read more
Most people today have experienced AI and ML in their
everyday lives in one way or another, from ride-share services, retail
and entertainment sites, to household robots and more. Large amounts of
data inundate our daily lives, and oftentimes, computer systems are
better equipped than humans to process that data quickly and more
accura… read more
As part of its ongoing commitment to the transformation of travel and expense (T& E) spend management, BCD Travel announced BCD Pay, a suite of solutions that use artificial intelligence, machine learning and open APIs to simplify, digitize and automate corporate travel payment, reconciliation and invoice management for clients… read more
For two years, Sam Kajubi (not real name) has run a web design company that builds e-commerce platforms. But in the period of operation, not once has the business paid its taxes. The business has never been registered with Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) and neither does its founder know where the process of paying one’s taxes … read more
Access to new payment platforms for SMEs in Africa
Google to invest $1bn in digital transformation in Africa
Sabre and Emirates reach distribution agreement
Travel experts reveal what to know when canceling a flight
WebBeds - powering for travel recovery, fast tracking long-term strategy
BCD Travel transforms travel & expense spend management with BCD Pay
