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Looking back at 2019: Key momentsDec 23, 2019 5:20 PM ET Dec 23, 2019 - Dec 23 2019 – The year 2019 was a year of exciting firsts for the African Development Bank Group. The year was marked by innovation and several new milestones that brought us closer to the “Africa we want.” The Bank pushed its High 5 strategy forward in tandem with the African Union’s Agenda 2063 and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. We saw continuing progress in Africa’s structural transformation, due. Read More |
Would a Quick Loan Help You Move Forward?Dec 23, 2019 12:15 PM ET Dec 23, 2019 - As some point, everyone hits a financial problem that causes stress and anxiety until they sort the issue. It can be because of sickness or losing your job, and sometimes it is just because someone has spent too much without allowing for bills that will need paying. It can be because you have started a new business and have given credit to a customer. This happens a lot when your. Read More |
Carbon Markets Can Provide a Crucial Part of the Solution to the Climate CrisisDec 18, 2019 6:55 PM ET Dec 18, 2019 - By Fenella Aouane Fenella Aouane, Principal Green Finance Specialist, Investment and Policy Solutions Division, Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) SEOUL, South Korea, Dec 18 2019 (IPS) – One of the main discussions at the COP25 climate change talks was Article 6, which is designed to provide financial support to emerging economies and developing countries to help them reduce emissions by using global carbon markets. Carbon pricing is an essential. Read More |
Sunniva Provides Update Of California Operations As A Result Of The Current Legal DisputesDec 18, 2019 11:20 AM ET Dec 18, 2019 - VANCOUVER, British Columbia, — Sunniva Inc. (“Sunniva”, the “Company”, “we”, “our” or “us”) (CSE:SNN,OTCQB:SNNVF) announced today it is taking steps to preserve its available funds to allow it to actively pursue its rights under the previously disclosed dispute related to the Build to Suit Lease of the Cathedral City Glasshouse and to deal with disputes with certain of its debt holders for due, and claimed due, debt. As part of these cost. Read More |
Hybrid Bonding Patent Landscape Analysis Report, 2019 – Segmented by CMOS Image Sensor (CIS), Memory, MEMS, LED ApplicationsDec 17, 2019 7:45 AM ET Dec 17, 2019 - DUBLIN, The “Hybrid Bonding Patent Landscape Analysis” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. The pace of Moore’s law is slowing, if it has not already stopped, as mentioned by Forbes and Nvidia. It’s reaching its limits because developing smaller technology nodes is doable technically, but is no longer cost-efficient. The digital electronics market requires a higher density semiconductor memory chip to cater to recently released central processing unit (CPU) components. To answer the growing. Read More |
COP 25: ‘Africa’s future depends on solidarity’ Leaders and development partners rally around climate change goalsDec 13, 2019 2:15 PM ET Dec 13, 2019 - By PRESS RELEASE Credit: AFDB MADRID, Spain, Dec 13 2019 – There was standing room only as ministers, diplomats, activists and journalists gathered at the IFEMA conference centre in Madrid to mark Africa Day at the COP 25 climate meeting. Speakers called for a united front to tackle the challenges of climate change in Africa. In the opening statement for Africa Day on Tuesday, Yasmin Fouad, Egypt’s Minister. Read More |
Taking Bangladesh to Zero-Leprosy, One New Case at a TimeDec 12, 2019 2:25 PM ET Dec 12, 2019 - By Stella Paul Sandhya Mandal – a community health worker working on leprosy in Meherpur district of Bangladesh. Credit: Stella Paul / IPS DHAKA, Bangladesh, Dec 11 2019 (IPS) – Sandhya Mandal has never felt so vindicated. For the past four years, the 36-year-old community health worker from Meherpur – a rural district bordering India – has been traveling 50 km every day along dusty roads on an old. Read More |
Nippon Foundation Announces US$ 2m Support for the Education of Rohingya Children in BangladeshDec 12, 2019 2:20 PM ET Dec 12, 2019 - By Rafiqul Islam Chairman of The Nippon Foundation Yohei Sasakawa and BRAC Executive Director Asif Saleh announcing $2 million partnership. Credit: Rafiqul Islam / IPS DHAKA, Bangladesh, Dec 11 2019 (IPS) – In the light of limited access to education for displaced Rohingya children, the Nippon Foundation has announced US$ 2 million support to BRAC to launch a project to ensure educational facilities to both Rohingya and local community. Read More |
Bangladesh Can Be Leprosy-Free by 2030 Says Leprosy ActivistDec 12, 2019 2:10 PM ET Dec 12, 2019 - By Crystal Orderson DHAKA, Bangladesh, Dec 11 2019 (IPS) – Despite its efforts to eliminate leprosy as a public health threat, Bangladesh’s leprosy burden ranks fourth-highest in the world. Four thousand new cases are detected annually – an average of 11 to 12 cases per day over the last 10 years. Leprosy issues have taken centre stage at the National Conference 2019 on Zero Leprosy Initiatives by 2030. Read More |
2 Ways Artificial Intelligence Can Boost ProfitabilityDec 11, 2019 8:20 PM ET Dec 11, 2019 - If you’ve listened to the tech grapevine anytime recently, you’d be forgiven for thinking we’re on the verge of a chatbot revolution. Science fiction dictates that artificial intelligence is going to advance to the point of the singularity, numbering our days as algorithms more advanced than our own brains, decide that we are an obsolete species and take the planet, and possibly the Universe, in a more productive direction. Until. Read More |
Bangladesh Can Be Leprosy-Free Before 2030 Prime Minister Tells National Zero Leprosy ConferenceDec 11, 2019 2:40 PM ET Dec 11, 2019 - By Rafiqul Islam and Crystal Orderson Mr Yohei Sasakawa, chairman of the Nippon Foundation and Sasakawa Health Foundation and WHO Goodwill ambassador. Credit : Crystal Orderson / IPS DHAKA, Bangladesh, Dec 11 2019 (IPS) – Leprosy is not a curse but should be detected and treated early, Bangladeshi Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, has told delegates at a gathering in her country’s capital to discuss the elimination of the. Read More |
Six ways that using technology can help your businessDec 10, 2019 2:25 PM ET Dec 10, 2019 - Running your own business means being resourceful, and this includes how you use your money and what you decide to spend it on. There will be the usual outgoings such as rent, salaries, insurance and bills, but you’ll also need to know when the best time to invest in other items is. That could include technology that can help your company run better. Investing in technology may mean having to. Read More |
Climate Refugees Refused UN Protection & Denied Rights Under International LawDec 9, 2019 4:30 PM ET Dec 9, 2019 - By Miles Young Miles Young is Director of the Social Development Program, Pacific Community (SPC) Credit: UNHCR MADRID, Spain, Dec 9 2019 (IPS) – The term “environmental refugee” has gained prominence in recent years as climate change and desertification have threatened the livelihoods of millions of people, causing many to re-locate. Despite the growing use of the term, there is no universally accepted definition for “environmental refugee”. The United. Read More |
Building a Leprosy Free BangladeshDec 9, 2019 2:55 PM ET Dec 9, 2019 - By Rafiqul Islam People living with Leprosy receiving care from the Institute of Leprosy Control and Hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Credit: Rafiqul Islam / IPS DHAKA, Bangladesh, Dec 9 2019 (IPS) – Despite having remarkable success in leprosy control in the last decades, the Bangladesh government is now moving forward with a vision to build a leprosy- free country. “In 2017, the Bangladesh government revised the Bangladesh Leprosy. Read More |
The Economic & Humanitarian Catastrophe Threatening Pacific Island CommunitiesDec 9, 2019 2:50 PM ET Dec 9, 2019 - By Thalif Deen Credit: The Pacific Community – Sustainable Pacific Development Through Science, Knowledge & Innovation UNITED NATIONS, Dec 9 2019 (IPS) – When UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addressed the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) last month, he pointed out the dramatic impact of climate change triggering natural disasters around the world— from glaciers that melt, ice caps that disappear and corals that. Read More |
Why PR Management is an Essential Aspect of the Real Estate BusinessDec 6, 2019 2:05 PM ET Dec 6, 2019 - A lot of smaller businesses in real estate make the mistake of not taking the importance of maintaining good PR into account when they begin to go big. Today, we are going to go through some of the very practical, but often forgotten reasons why a PR strategy and management team becomes a necessity for a property developer or a real estate investment firm, as and when they begin to. Read More |
Fostering Jobs, Entrepreneurship, and Capacity Development for African Youth: The Time for Disruption Is Now!Dec 4, 2019 7:25 PM ET Dec 4, 2019 - By Hanan Morsy Dr. Hanan Morsy is Director, Macroeconomic Forecasting and Research at the African Development Bank Group ABIDJAN, Dec 4 2019 (IPS) – “There is no greater asset to Africa than its youth,” a statement that has been repeatedly proclaimed, but the continent still has a long way to go. Despite robust economic growth over the past two decades, a 1 percent increase in growth between 2000–14 was. Read More |
Indigenous Knowledge, a Lesson for a Sustainable Food FutureDec 4, 2019 11:15 AM ET Dec 4, 2019 - By Busani Bafana BCFN Yes winner Geraldin Lengai is researching bio-integrated crop management among tomato farmers in Tanzania. Credit: Busani Bafana / IPS MILAN, Italy, Dec 4 2019 (IPS) – Local knowledge systems rooted in traditional practices and culture passed down generations provide sustainable solutions to food and nutritional insecurity on the back of climate change, a conference heard this week. More than 370 million indigenous people, living. Read More |
Fixing the Business of FoodDec 4, 2019 11:10 AM ET Dec 4, 2019 - By Cecilia Russell Delegates grappled with getting the business of food right. Credit: Busani Bafana / IPS MILAN, Italy, Dec 4 2019 (IPS) – Milan is the city where Leonardo da Vinci painted his iconic Last Supper. Frozen in time is the moment Christ told his disciples there was a traitor among them. Visitors to the painting can examine the expressions on the faces of the disciples and. Read More |
Zimbabwe Food Crisis: Time to Act Is Now, Says UN Special RapporteurDec 4, 2019 11:05 AM ET Dec 4, 2019 - By Busani Bafana MILAN, Italy, Dec 3 2019 (IPS) – Global food systems are ripe for transformation if people are to be nourished and the planet sustainable, says Hilal Elver, Special Rapporteur of the Right to Food of the United Nations Human Rights Council. Hilal Elver, Special Rapporteur of the Right to Food of the United Nations Human Rights Council speaking at the 10th International Forum on Food. Read More |