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...

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...

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...

By Lerato Matsaneng  Absa Group Media Relations 064 757 4716 Lerato.Matsaneng@Absa.co.za PRmedia@Absa.co.za   This is the first major transaction between the two lenders and is geared towards providing funding to Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, August 18, 2017/ — Absa Bank Limited (www.Absa.co.za), a subsidiary of the Barclays Africa Group (BAGL) (www.BarclaysAfrica.com), has successfully concluded a five year $100 million Special Facility Agreement with the China Development Bank (CDB). This is the first major transaction between the two lenders and is geared towards providing funding to Small and Medium Enterprises (SME). This will also benefit BAGL’s existing...