Category: Sustainable Development

SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLENCY MR. EDGAR CHAGWA LUNGU PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA, AT THE GROUND BREAKING CEREMONY FOR UPGRADING  OF NSELUKA-KAYAMBI ROAD PROJECT IN NSELUKA

SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLENCY MR. EDGAR CHAGWA LUNGU PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA, AT THE GROUND BREAKING CEREMONY FOR UPGRADING OF NSELUKA-KAYAMBI ROAD PROJECT IN NSELUKA

  FRIDAY, 11th AUGUST, 2017 HON. CHITALU CHILUFYA, ACTING MINISTER OF HOUSING AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT; CABINET MINISTERS PRESENT; HON. BRIAN MUNDUBILE, THE PROVINCIAL MINISTER FOR NORTHERN PROVINCE; HON. CHRISTOPHER YALUMA, MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR MALOLE CONSTITUENCY AND OTHER MPs PRESENT; YOUR ROYAL HIGHNESS MWINELUBEMBA KANYANTA MANGA SOSALA II, PARAMOUNT CHIEF CHITIMUKULU; YOUR ROYAL HIGHNESSES CHIEF MAKASA AND CHIEF CHIMBOLA; MEMBERS OF THE PRESS; DISTINGUISHED GUESTS; LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: FROM THE ONSET, I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE WITH SINCERE GRATITUDE, THE WARM RECEPTION THE PEOPLE OF NORTHERN PROVINCE HAVE ACCORDED ME SINCE OUR ARRIVAL YESTERDAY. I AM GRATEFUL TO YOU THE...

Power Africa Partners U.S. African Development Foundation and GE Announce Women in Energy Challenge Winners in Uganda

Power Africa Partners U.S. African Development Foundation and GE Announce Women in Energy Challenge Winners in Uganda

  Joint Energy and Environments Projects (JEEP) and Conservation and Development Uganda Limited (CODE) will each be awarded a grant of $100,000 to expand their renewable energy enterprises to reach women beneficiaries KAMPALA, Uganda, August 23, 2017/ — The U.S. African Development Foundation (USADF), in collaboration with partners Power Africa and GE (www.GE.com), is proud to announce the winners of the 2017 Women in Energy Challenge in Uganda, where only 20% of the population is connected to electricity. Joint Energy and Environments Projects (JEEP) and Conservation and Development Uganda Limited (CODE) will each be awarded a grant of $100,000 to...

UN Assembly President rings Nasdaq bell; sounds alarm on behalf of world’s endangered ocean

UN Assembly President rings Nasdaq bell; sounds alarm on behalf of world’s endangered ocean

By Via UN News Centre The President of the United Nations General Assembly opened the trading day in New York this morning to send the message that the world’s ocean health is in distress. “The ocean is in trouble,” said Peter Thomson prior to ringing the Opening Bell of the Nasdaq Stock Market in its Times Square headquarters. Outlining the perils that lie ahead for the world’s oceans – including warming, acidification, declining fish stocks and a growing hypoxic zone where no life exists – Mr. Thomson noted that as for marine pollution, “there will be more plastic in the...

UN labour agency launches global panel to address rapid transformations in the world of work

UN labour agency launches global panel to address rapid transformations in the world of work

The United Nations labour agency has launched a high-level international body that will chart the course towards a future of decent and sustainable work opportunities for all, and to tackle the challenges of delivering social justice in today’s rapidly transforming world of work. “It is fundamentally important that we confront these challenges from the conviction that the future of work is not decided for us in advance,” said Guy Ryder, Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO) at the launch of the Global Commission on the Future of Work. According to ILO, the global body is expected to undertake an in-depth examination of the...

Youtap launches mobile money QR code solution and apps for growth markets in Africa and Asia

Youtap launches mobile money QR code solution and apps for growth markets in Africa and Asia

Karen Knott Head of Communications Youtap Karen.Knott@Youtap.com +64 9 360 9719 On the web: www.Youtap.com Twitter: @youtap2pay New smartphone apps designed to simplify mobile money payments NAIROBI, Kenya, August 21, 2017/ — Youtap (www.Youtap.com), a global provider of contactless mobile payments and financial services software, has launched a QR code solution and smartphone apps for mobile money services in Africa and Asia. Youtap’s solution enables customer-initiated or merchant-initiated QR code payments for smartphones and smart point-of-sale devices. The solution conforms to the BharatQR industry standard developed by Bharat, Mastercard and Visa. Youtap’s apps can be white-labelled and branded with the logo...

Marking World Humanitarian Day, UN urges protection for civilians in armed conflict

Marking World Humanitarian Day, UN urges protection for civilians in armed conflict

By Via UN News Centre Civilians in conflict are not a target, top United Nations officials today stressed at a special event marking World Humanitarian Day, which honours aid workers and pays homage to those killed in service, while also drawing attention to the millions of people today living in war zones.“For the millions of people caught in conflict, struggling to find food, water, and safe shelter; who have been driven from their homes with little hope of return; whose schools have been bombed; and who await life-saving medical care – we cannot afford to fail,” Secretary-General António Guterres said, urging each person...

Absa Bank Limited refinances and upsizes Harmony Gold Limited’s existing Term Debt Facility

Absa Bank Limited refinances and upsizes Harmony Gold Limited’s existing Term Debt Facility

By Calvin Mashigo  Absa Group Media Relations 011 350 4663, 076 400 9349 Email: Calvin.Mashigo@BarclaysAfrica.com PRmedia@Absa.co.za   The transaction was oversubscribed with the debt syndicated to a total of 8 Lenders, including 3 new Lenders   JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, August 18, 2017/ — Absa Bank (www.Absa.co.za) has successfully refinanced and upsized Harmony Gold Limited’s existing USD 250,000,000 Term Debt to a 3 year USD 350,000,000 facility. Absa Bank acted as Bookrunner, Co-ordinator and Mandated Lead Arranger. The transaction was oversubscribed with the debt syndicated to a total of 8 Lenders, including 3 new Lenders. This allowed Harmony to broaden its...

Protect yourself from Ransomware, prods Standard Bank’s Acting Head of Marketing Sigrid Tjijorokisa

Protect yourself from Ransomware, prods Standard Bank’s Acting Head of Marketing Sigrid Tjijorokisa

By Commerce & Industry Review Magazine An insurmountable number of organizations and individuals around the globe have come under attack in recent months by ransomware, designed to cripple these organizations/individuals in exchange for cash. As the name suggests, malicious software is installed in various digital devices, corrupting the owners’ files, rendering them unreadable and/or inaccessible, unless the owners of the devices pay a ransom. Within organisations where the digital devices share a network, the ransomware can spread. “Cyber criminals have perfected the art of tricking people into unknowingly participating in scams. With ransomware, they typically send an email containing a...

API Summit & Expo 2017 Presenting a New Chapter for African Real Estate

API Summit & Expo 2017 Presenting a New Chapter for African Real Estate

By Africa Property Investment (API) Summit & Expo Multimedia content   ASK your questions LIVE   JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, August 22, 2017/ — A new reality for the African real estate industry, which has faced a number of geo-political and economic challenges over the last few years, is starting to emerge, and investors and developers have already started to look into how they can best redefine this new property landscape.   Key Questions Covered in Press Conference:   Leonard Michau, Head – sub-Saharan African Operations at Broll Property Group   Once the darling of African real estate, the sentiment for...

Africa Oil Week 2017 Announces Dynamic, Forward-Looking Programme

Africa Oil Week 2017 Announces Dynamic, Forward-Looking Programme

Africa Oil Week 2017 Announces Dynamic, Forward-Looking Programme The 24th Africa Oil Week incorporates the 17th Africa Independents Forum (23 Oct), the 24th Africa Upstream (24-27 Oct), the 5th Africa Local Content Forum (23 Oct) and the 5th Young Professionals in Oil, Gas & Energy session (26 Oct) LONDON, United Kingdom, August 18, 2017/ — ITE (www.ITE-Exhibitions.com), organiser of top international oil and gas events, is pleased to announce details of the programme for the 24th Africa Oil Week, the world’s longest running oil and gas conference on the African continent, to be held in Cape Town, South Africa, from...

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