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.
Standard Bank awarded on February 11th the soccer team Ferroviário da Beira and União Desportiva de Songo, as the champion and deputy-champion of Moçambola 2016 edition, the main soccer competition in the country, which involved a total of 16 teams.
Standard Bank visited on December 9th, hospitalized children in the nursery and paediatric wards of the José Macamo General Hospital, in Maputo, aligned with the “Solidarity Christmas” initiative, as part of the corporate social responsibility intervention of the Bank.
From 5th to 9th December of 2016 takes place in the city of Pemba, Cabo Delgado province, the Entrepreneurship Week, a Standard Bank’s initiative in partnership with Shell, ideiaLab and the Institute for the Promotion of Small and Medium Enterprises (IPEME).
In the context of the celebrations of the World Savings Day, which iscelebrated on the last day of October, Standard Bank has promoted lectures at Josina Machel Secondary School (ESJM) and Commercial Institute of Maputo (ICM), with the aim of explaining to students the importance and benefits of saving.
Under the theme "Accelerating growth and stability," the first Financial Times summit ever held on the African continent, took place in Maputo on November 2nd, with Standard Bank as the Lead Event Partner.