The FAO office in Somalia, under its “Desert locust crisis – Somalia Action Plan”, implemented a project entitled “Protecting lives and livelihoods impacted by Desert Locusts in rural Somalia”
The desert locust invasion in Somalia has significantly affected the country’s food security, with successive generations of swarms destroying vital crops and pastures. Compounding the situation were floods, cyclones, droughts and the emerging socio-economic impact...
Digital payments has seen tremendous growth in the past couple of years. As of January 2021, 38.9 percent of the population aged 15 years and older had a mobile money account in Ghana. The share of mobile money users has increased over the previous three years as Ghanaians have gradually adopted a robust digital payment infrastructure. However, cash remains...
The course also includes a number of open and free sessions for journalists, or interested persons, to login, with the final assessment taking place on 04 September
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA), in partnership with UNICEF South Africa, launched the ‘Reporting on Children in the Media Course’ at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg today.
The accredited journalism course brings together 20...
Notably, younger female clients are also getting involved in trading
Dany Mawas, Regional Director at INFINOX (www.INFINOX.com), says that while women have been largely underrepresented in the trading industry, female participation in online trading is on the up, signifying a welcome change in the previously male-dominated arena.
While several senior positions within global business and government continue to follow patriarchal lines, online...
Standard Chartered PLC (the Group) today releases its financial results for the half year ending 30 June 2021. Profit before tax grew 37 per cent year on year, helped by improved loan impairments, strong underlying business momentum and good progress across the Bank’s strategic priorities. The Bank further announced an additional share buy-back programme together with the resumption of...
Tuesday, August 3, 2021, Nairobi, Kenya - The United States International University-Africa (USIU-Africa) Council has announced the appointment of former Vice Chancellor Professor Freida Brown to serve as the Interim Vice Chancellor effective August 16, 2021.
Speaking when he confirmed the appointment, the University Council Chairman Mr Kris OleSenanu said her appointment is expected to run for a period of...
Entrepreneurs usually have lots of odds stacked against them. These include limited capital, poor governance structures, or lack of proper book keeping services. Little wonder then, that more than half of start-ups die in the first five years of business.
Hustle Magazine interviews Dr. Moka Lantum, the CEO and Chairman of Micro Clinic Techonologies Limited, a successful medicine distribution start-up....
Weownomy is investing $3 Million in BITCOIN ABC as newly rebranded eCash XEC coins, to be issued, to 30,000 Weownomy co-owners
The world is currently in the midst of a technological revolution. Technology has taken over our lives and it's become difficult to imagine life without the internet, social media, or mobile phones. The digital age has also created some...
This is an initiative launched by Her Excellency, Mrs Rebecca Akuffo Addo, the First Lady of the Republic of Ghana in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF
When women traditional leaders from different parts of the country, adorned in beautiful regalia gather, the most likely reason is to grace a very important occasion, but this time that...
Qatar Airways brings its award-wining Qsuite to Nairobi on board its state-of-the-art Airbus A350-1000 featuring 46 seats in Business Class and 281 seats in Economy Class. The addition of Qsuite to the Nairobi frequency will offer passengers especially those connecting with onwards journies to the US, an unparalleled level of comfort with the industry's first in Business experience.
Patented by Qatar Airways, Qsuite features the industry’s first-ever double bed...
