The United Nations has asked its staff not to fly in Boeing 737-8 MAX planes following Sunday’s crash that claimed 21 lives of of its workers. “The horrific loss of Ethiopian ET302 on 0 March 2019 took the lives of 21 United Nations staff members. This is the second aircraft, on the same aircraft type, the Boeing 737 Max 8, in less than 6 months,” said the UN in an advisory communique to its Designated Officials. “UNDSS recommends that official UN staff travel not be conducted using Boeing 737 Max series aircraft (Max 7, Max 8, and Max 9). UN…
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Khusoko provides market insights into Africa's business investment as well as global trends that impact East African businesses.
Safaricom (NSE: SCOM) has opened its Ksh 900 million call centre in Eldoret town to ensure that the bar on customer experience is continuously raised. The new hub has also created job opportunities for over 800 people. “Today, we celebrate yet another milestone in line with our strategic business objective of putting the customer first. We want to ensure that, as we continue growing and investing in technology and in our network, we do not lose sight of our customers and their needs”, said Sylvia Mulinge, Chief Customer Officer Safaricom The Call Centre will further enhance Safaricom’s efficiency in handling…
The British government suffered another significant defeat as MPs voted by 321 to 278 votes to reject a ‘no-deal’ Brexit’. https://twitter.com/HouseofCommons/status/1105919887015374850 French President Emmanuel Macron who is in Nairobi, Kenya on a two days’ visit, said: “The withdrawal agreement is not negotiable.” If the British ask for a delay it could perhaps be a technical delay to allow more time to put their departure in place. But if an additional delay is requested, they need to explain why,” he added. “It cannot be to allow more negotiations over something we’ve already negotiated for many months and said cannot be further…
Jumia, Africa’s largest e-commerce platform, filed with the SEC for an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange which could value the firm at $1.6 billion. “This is our initial public offering, and no public market currently exists for our ordinary shares or ADSs. We anticipate that the initial public offering price of the ADSs will be between $ and $ per ADS. We intend to apply to list our ADSs on the New York Stock Exchange, or NYSE, under the symbol “JMIA.” Jumia said in the filing. The e-commerce platform that was set up by French entrepreneurs…
Oppo has unveiled Reno, a new sub-brand in China and is looking to launch a new phone under this new brand on April 10. https://twitter.com/oppo/status/1104934322191052800
Ziki Sound, an online music streaming service that enables artists to share is now available in East Africa. The platform enables users to listen to tracks for free and engage with their favourite music artists. A beta version of Ziki is currently being tested prior to its official launch mid this year. The company says the platform enables music artists and fans to: “Connect with Fans, Labels, Artists,” all on one platform praised for its compatibility with platforms and devices. “This is a clean, sleek user interface. Easy to use. We have adopted a simplistic approach,” says Dan Coded, its…