More than a hundred Mozambican entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs attend the second edition of Lionesses of Africa, an event that aims to empower African women by sharing useful and relevant information regarding business and entrepreneurship and through counselling, which took place on Wednesday, April 27th, in Maputo.
Maputo hosts the opening of the second series of Lionesses of Africa, a rapidly growing network of over 300,000 women entrepreneurs in 49 African countries and other continents, next Thursday 27 April.
Standard Bank has recently launched a service named Quiqbanking, which allows several banking transactions to be performed using the mobile phone, even without airtime or internet connection.
Standard Bank recently introduced a Meticais to Yuan (Chinese currency) conversion service on imports, in order to simplify trade between the two countries.
Standard Bank supports the replacement of Maxixe Pedagogical University’s sports hall rooftop, in Inhambane, which was totally destroyed by the cyclone Dineo on 15 February.
The Chicuque Rural Hospital and the Cambine Orphanage, located in the city of Maxixe and in the district of Morrumbene, respectively, in Inhambane, received a support from Standard Bank on Thursday 12 April to carry out replacement works of the infrastructure destroyed by Cyclone Dineo, which struck that province on last 15 February.
The country and the world celebrated Earth Hour in March 25, an initiative marked by the traditional act of turning off the lights from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm, as a symbolic gesture aimed at raising awareness of the humanity to the impact of climate change and to appeal to the rational use of natural resources.
Almost 50 Standard Bank staff members joined the blood donation campaign aligned with the Hearth Institute (ICOR) initiative, in partnership with a French mission, aiming at performing free cardiac surgeries for disadvantaged children.
From today on, Monday, March 6th, Standard Bank’s Super Marés and Shoprite branches in Maputo will have new opening hours, in order to provide greater convenience and flexibility to our customers.
Standard Bank and FSDMoç-Financial Sector Deepening Mozambique, a program funded by DFID-UK Department for International Development, signed a memorandum of understanding on Wednesday 15 February in Maputo aiming to increase the Levels of access and use of financial products and services in Mozambique.