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Africa: African Women Entrepreneurs Travel to United States for International Exchange
Media Note Washington, DC September 16, 2011 Working to strengthen economic partnerships between the United States and Africa, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announced today that 43 African women business...
AAE-1 Consortium Selects Xtera for the Supply of Equipment Supporting the Terrestrial Segments of Its 25,000 km Network
DALLAS, TX -- (Marketwired) -- 02/01/16 -- The Consortium behind the Asia-Africa-Europe 1 (AAE-1) submarine cable system project and Xtera Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: XCOM), a leading provider of high-capacity, cost-effective optical transport...
“Turkey-Africa: Partners in Resilience in Post-Pandemic World” Honored by the President of the Republic of Turkey H.E. Recep Tayyip ERDOGAN
Overview The COVID-19 outbreak shows the necessity of multilateral responses, international cooperation and global solidarity. In this regard, the strategic partnership centered on mutual-benefits and economic development between Turkey and Africa...
Global Road Warrior, Garry Sowerby, invites the world to come to him at the Canadian International AutoShow
Sowerby, with his book, Driven Mind, is a feature at the AutoShow in Toronto, the most culturally diverse city on Earth. TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA, February 9, 2016 /EINPresswire.com/ -- For Immediate Release. After four decades of motoring the...
Coronavirus - Africa: The United States continues to lead the Global Response to COVID-19
Download logo Through the American people’s generosity and the U.S. Government’s action, the United States continues to demonstrate global leadership in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. The American people have given more than $10 billion that...
Factors impacting the Development of Infrastructure in Africa (By Tonny Tugee, MD at SEACOM East Africa)
By Tonny Tugee Without a doubt, Africa is one of the world’s fastest-growing economic hubs. Crucial to this rate of development is the ability to meet the demand for key infrastructure. At the end of last year, a World Bank economic update...
RevoluGROUP Canada Inc. Comprehensive RevoluPAY Future Strategy
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 25, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RevoluGROUP Canada Inc. (TSX-V: REVO), (Frankfurt:IJA2) (the “Company”) is pleased to provide shareholders with a comprehensive outlook and short term projection concerning management...
“In this Together” - The Coca-Cola System and The Coca-Cola Foundation commit approximately USD 17m across Africa in response to COVID-19
Across Africa and in partnership with NGOs, Coca-Cola (www.Coca-ColaCompany.com) in Africa, and its bottling partners (the “Coca-Cola System”) and The Coca-Cola Foundation (TCCF), have been deploying a range of resources, including capabilities,...
African ministers, social partners join International Labour Organization (ILO) high-level summit on COVID-19 and the World of Work
Download logo More than 50 African ministers of labour or employment, along with representatives of workers’ and employers’ organizations and international organizations joined the International Labour Organization (www.ILO.org) Regional Office...
African Development Fund approves $9.52 million to enhance coordinated COVID-19 response in East and Horn of Africa and the Comoros
Download logo The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) have approved grants totaling $9.52 million to strengthen responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in East Africa and the Horn, and in the Comoros. The grant, approved on 26...
COVID-19 - Africa: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) response to the coronavirus in Africa
Download logo The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as coronavirus, has overwhelmed advance health care systems all over the world. The African region has not been so severely affected so far, but if action is not taken immediately to contain the...
Coronavirus - Africa: Urban refugees struggling to survive as economic impact of COVID19 worsens in East, Horn and Great Lakes of Africa
Download logo This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Charlie Yaxley – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Refugees in urban areas across the East, Horn and Great...
African Development Bank approves $1.5 million emergency grant to curb desert locusts ravaging East and Horn of Africa
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) on Wednesday approved a $1.5 million emergency relief grant to assist nine countries in the East and Horn of Africa on the control of swarms of desert locusts that are...
Coronavirus - Africa: Southern and Eastern Africa COVID-19 Digest (21 May 2020)
Download logo HIGHLIGHTS With Lesotho confirming on 13 May its first case of COVID-19, all countries in Southern and Eastern Africa have now been affected by the pandemic. South Africa confirmed that over 19,000 people contracted COVID-19 so far....
International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation releases 2019 Annual Development Effectiveness Report
The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) (www.ITFC-IDB.org), member of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, today released its 2019 Annual Development Effectiveness Report (ADER). In 2019, ITFC approved US$5.8 billion trade...
1000 press releases about COVID-19 in Africa distributed pro-bono by APO Group in only 20 days
APO Group (https://APO-opa.com/), the leading pan-African communications and business consultancy, is proud to announce that it has distributed more than 1000 press releases regarding COVID-19 in Africa, in only 20 days, as part of its pro-bono...
Coronavirus: APO Group to support African governments in the fight against COVID-19
APO Group (www.APO-opa.com), the leading pan-African communications and business consultancy, today announced they will support the dissemination of coronavirus-related information from African governments to the press and public. APO Group will...
IsDB and ITFC, under the Reverse Linkage and Arab Africa Trade Bridges Program, Launch E-Learning and Knowledge Sharing Platform for COVID-19 Medical Preparedness and Response in African Countries
As part of the crisis response actions to strengthen the capacities of member countries to withstand the socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation...
Coronavirus - Africa: Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Global Epidemic – 31 March 2020
Outbreak Update: Globally, a total of 693,839 coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) confirmed cases and 33,214 (CFR 5%) related deaths have been reported to date. Since the last brief (24 March 2020), 360,141 new COVID-19 cases and 18,706 new deaths...
Opening of the First Baking Center™ of West Africa in Cote D’ivoire
On Tuesday, 28th of January 2020, Lesaffre inaugurated the Baking Center™ of its subsidiary Lesaffre Ivoire (Lesaffre.ci) in Abidjan in the presence of Mr David Jousselme, Director of the Lesaffre Overseas region and Mr Gilles Huberson Ambassador...