Vice-President says project will “enable working Ghanaians…to purchase a home”.First 6,500 of 200,000 affordable and sustainable homes to be built in Ghana’s capital Accra.Part of UNOPS Social Impact Investing Initiative which will deliver more than 800,000 affordable homes in five countries.Site in Amasaman, near Accra, to include school, medical centre, shops and sports facilitiesHigh-quality homes to be produced by local factories and constructed with energy efficient solar rooftopsProject aims to reduce Ghana’s current housing deficit... Source: RealWire

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British Airways, The Daily Telegraph, HSBC, Heineken, L'Oreal, Nestle, Sky, Warner Bros and celebrated authors just some of those on the judging panelEntry deadline October 09, 2019Top Engaged Workplaces will be announced at the Employee Engagement Awards Gala Ceremony on January 23, 2020London – August 29, 2019 – The 2019 UK & European Employee Engagement Awards, (www.ee-awards.com) today announces its expert judging line-up. For companies wanting a chance to be recognised as a Top Engaged... Source: RealWire

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ChallengesFBS have been rapidly growing over a period of 10 years providing Forex and CFD Brokerage services to over 10 million traders around the world. As the demand for FBS trading services continued to grow, the company needed to review ways to improve low latency to trading platforms as well as improve customer experience. Equinix LD4 was selected by FBS as the most suitable location to build out their financial trading platform as well as... Source: RealWire

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Through the strategic investment, Standard Bank has launched a mobile application, powered by Nomanini, which offers underserved informal retailers financial services for the first timeCAPE TOWN, 27th August 2019—Nomanini, the pioneering fintech platform for the informal retail ecosystem, has today announced a $4m funding round led by Standard Bank, Africa’s largest bank, and completed by Goodwell Investments, an Amsterdam-based investment firm focused on fintech and financial inclusion. Through the terms of the strategic investment, Standard... Source: RealWire

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August 20, 2019 – RiskIQ, the global leader in attack surface management, today announced the appointment of Dean Ćoza to its leadership team as chief product officer. Most recently the executive vice president at Absolute Software, Ćoza brings over 20 years of experience leading product and technology teams at industry heavyweights including FireEye, ArcSight, and VMWare. At RiskIQ, Ćoza will head up Engineering, Product, Research and Tech Ops organisations and be fully responsible for products... Source: RealWire

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Fintech M&A deal volume reaches three-year high with 198 deals in 1H 2019, up from 164 in 2H2018Global venture capital investment in fintech achieves record-level in Q2 2019 with $10.9 billion raised[1]London, UK – 20 August 2019 - Three fintech mega-deals totalling $87 billion set the scene for a record-breaking $120 billion in disclosed transaction value for the sector in a ‘white-hot’ first half of 2019, reveals Hampleton Partners, in its latest global Fintech M&A... Source: RealWire

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Two strong players in Roaming, Revenue Assurance, and Fraud Management come together to further strengthen their ability to provide cutting edge technology and solutions to the telecommunications industry.CUPERTINO, CA – 14th August, 2019 – Mobileum Inc. (“Mobileum”), a leading global provider of analytics-based roaming and risk management solutions, today announced the acquisition of WeDo Technologies, (“WeDo”). This is the second acquisition Mobileum has completed, following the purchase of Evolved Intelligence in October 2018.Headquartered in Lisbon,... Source: RealWire

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Acquisition of Slovenian market leader Optika Clarus part of Vision 2025Fielmann AG acquires a 70% equity ownership stake in Optika Clarus, thereby adding the 14th European market in which the Group operates stores. The transaction is effective as of September 1, 2019. Both parties agreed to keep the financial terms of the transaction confidential.With 26 optical stores and a unit market share of 30% Optika Clarus is the undisputed market leader in Slovenia. Within the... Source: RealWire

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Agency M&A is down, as media groups curb acquisition rate and face competition from professional services firmsDigital software M&A is up, as a range of buyers hone in on digital solutions for higher returns London, UK – 13 August 2019. The growth of M&A activity in the ‘platform economy’ and in social commerce are two of the biggest trends identified in the latest E-Commerce and Digital Marketing M&A Market Reports from Hampleton Partners, the international... Source: RealWire

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Specialist immigration lawyers Peer & Co have chosen an online “Pay As You Go” document bundling solution from Zylpha (www.zylpha.com). The product will be used in conjunction with the practices LEAP case management system. Zylpha recently announced a full partnership with LEAP following the development of a successful online integration between the two systems.As an OISC (Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner) level 3 firm, Peer & Co have been practicing solely in immigration for... Source: RealWire

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