Cloud Productivity Solutions launched a Small Medium and Enterprise Boost (SME Boost) solution, powered by Microsoft 365 Business, that seeks to transform the way modern businesses work. SME Boost provides organizations with improved real-time communication, collaboration, and advanced security features that improve productivity in and out of the workplace.
SME Boost is a cloud-based solution driven by the changing work culture from on-premises to remote and hybrid work. With SME Boost, you can perform a variety of business functions, such as website and ecommerce hosting, share and store files securely, email marketing, and much more in one solution. As such, businesses will be able to eliminate costly and multiple apps with this unified single productivity solution.
Organizations that use SME Boost will benefit from user adoption/training through workshops, adoption resources, and guidance. This will help staff develop the skills needed to utilize all features provided once SME Boost has been deployed. More so, Cloud Productivity Solutions will also provide customer proactive support, a service that anticipates customer issues and provides remedies in advance. Customers won’t need to contact the company and wait for long hours anymore.
Businesses in Kenya, Uganda to benefit from SME Boost Program
UN in Somalia launchs a new programme on empowering women
UN Officials, Federal and State Government officials, members of the civil society and donor partners gathered to mark the launch of a new Women, Peace and Protection Joint Programme. Funded by the Peacebuilding Fund (PBF) (US$ 5 million) and the Somalia Multi Partner Trust Fund (MPTF) ($1.2 million of funding from Germany), the Programme is the result of inclusive consultations, collective planning and prioritization in the area of women, peace and security (WPS). It will be implemented by UNDP and UN Women, in partnership with the Ministry of Women and Human Rights Development (MoWHRD) and UNSOM. The event took place in the Aden Adde International Airport where the participating agencies signed a commitment banner to support Somali women in peacebuilding and leadership roles.
The programme’s aim is to promote women’s meaningful participation in peacebuilding processes in Somalia, particularly in decision-making and leadership roles, and to sustain peace at national and community levels.
Ethiopian Airlines wins ‘Best African Airline’ award
Ethiopian Airlines, has been crowned as the ‘Best African Airline’ at the 2021 Business Traveller Awards. The votes made by the business travellers for this year took into account the COVID period with key questions covering airlines’ effectiveness in communication, effective implementation of COVID precautionary measures, handling of loyalty program member passengers and flexibility of ticket changes. The questions for the survey allowed passengers to reflect on their experience before and during the various stages of COVID crisis.
Regarding the award, Ethiopian Airlines Group CEO Tewolde GebreMariam said “We are delighted to win this prestigious award as it is the reflection of our customers’ satisfaction which shows the success of our daily efforts to deliver superior customer services at all points of contact with our customers. The award is a testament of the extra hard work and care exerted by each and every one of our more than 17,000 coworkers to ensure our customer’s delight, safety, comfort and convenience every single day.”
Sudan sees record harvest as agricultural technologies reach 10.6 million farmers in 2020
Sudanese wheat growers like Daf’Allah Mohamed Ahmed have battled the elements in recent years. Droughts, rising temperatures and the coronavirus pandemic have stretched the country’s agricultural sector, and smallholder farmers need a helping hand.
The African Development Bank’s programme, Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation, provided the answer. The program helped Ahmed and millions of other farmers in some African countries access better seeds and technical training. They received the much need support to boost yields and raise incomes.
Ahmed’s new heat-tolerant wheat variety grows better in Sudan’s rising temperatures, which often exceed 30°C. He has been able to double his yield to 5 tons. He praised the scheme for churning out a harvest of “good-quality wheat in record quantities…My wheat yield increased from 2.5 tons to 5 tons.”
