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SDG Media Zone: Media Engagement Around the SDGs

SDG Media Zone: Media Engagement Around the SDGs

18 Sep 2017 – Speakers: Mr. Richard Lui, (Broadcaster, NBC News), Ms. Rosiland Jordan, (UN Correspondent, Al Jazeera), Ms. Hiroko Kuniya, (Special SDGs Editor in chief, The Asahi Shimbun) Moderator: Ms. Alison Smale, (UN Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications) The SDG Media Zone aims to engage people all over the world in the important conversations happening during the high-level week of the UN General Assembly in New York from 18-22 September. Bringing together well-known personalities and Member States as well as content creators, influencers and media partners, the SDG Media Zone will provide a dynamic space to strengthen the commitment of...

SDG Media Zone: What’s next for climate action?

SDG Media Zone: What’s next for climate action?

21 Sep 2017 – Speakers: Ms. Patricia Espinosa, (Executive Secretary, UNFCCC) Moderator: Mr. Gideon Lichfield, (Quartz) The SDG Media Zone aims to engage people all over the world in the important conversations happening during the high-level week of the UN General Assembly in New York from 18-22 September. Bringing together well-known personalities and Member States as well as content creators, influencers and media partners, the SDG Media Zone will provide a dynamic space to strengthen the commitment of the international community in support of the 2030 Agenda. Heads of State and Government will be gathering at the UN Headquarters in...

Minister Nkoana-Mashabane  Co-chair the 2nd Joint Commission for Cooperation Lusaka, Zambia

Minister Nkoana-Mashabane Co-chair the 2nd Joint Commission for Cooperation Lusaka, Zambia

By Barbara Lopi The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ms Maite Nkoana-Mashabane has arrived in Lusaka, Zambia to Co-Chair the Second Session of the Joint Commission for Cooperation (JCC) with her Zambian Counterpart, Minister Harry Kalaba of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Zambia. The JCC Ministerial meeting will take place on 11 October 2017.This JCC takes place prior to President Jacob Zuma’s scheduled State Visit to the Republic of Zambia on 12 and 13 October 2017 where he will meet with, His Excellency, President Edgar Lungu. The Agreement to establish a Joint Commission for the operationalisation of the...

U.S. PEPFAR Awards Small Grants to 25 Community Based Organizations

U.S. PEPFAR Awards Small Grants to 25 Community Based Organizations

  NR/1164/09/28/2017 CONTACT:  Janet Deutsch FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                    Public Affairs Officer September 28, 2017                                        Phone: 357000  On September 19, 2017, the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) awarded grants to 25 community-based organizations totaling more than $260,000 and covering nine Zambian provinces through its U.S. PEPFAR small grants program.  The projects work in the areas of HIV and AIDS prevention, care and support of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC), and democracy and governance related to the national HIV response. Speaking at the award ceremony, PEPFAR Coordinator Bethany Baxter highlighted that community-based work is essential for a sustainable HIV...

OYDC PRESS DIARY 7th October, 2017

OYDC PRESS DIARY 7th October, 2017

Home “Inclusive Sport”, Football, Athletics, Handball, Judo Youth, Sport and Child Development Minister expected to officiate   National Olympic Committee of Zambia (NOCZ) 09;00 to 16;00 7th  October, 2017 Taekwondo Tourney Taekwondo Association of Zambia (TAZ) 08;00 to 14;00 7th  October, 2017 Swimming Gala Zambia Amateur Swimming Union (ZASU) 08;00 TO 18;00   8th October, 2017 Swimming Gala Zambia Amateur Swimming Union (ZASU) 08;00 TO 18;00   Noah Silomba Communications Officer Olympic Youth Development Centre Plot No. 33847, Great North Road Lusaka-Zambia Twitter: NsiL7 Mobile: +260-977-130-399 Email: noahsilomba@oydc.org.zm Website: http://www.oydc.org.zm/

Africa: Made in Central Africa: From a Vicious to a Virtuous Circle (Video)

Made in Central Africa : Du Cercle Vicieux au Cercle Virtueux (Vidéo) ADDIS ABEBA, Éthiopie, 5 octobre 2017/APO/ — “Made in Central Africa : Du Cercle Vicieux au Cercle Virtueux” est une vidéo commanditée par la Commission économique pour l’Afrique des Nations Unies (ECA) et produite par APO Group (APO-opa.com). VIDEO  Partager  Copier code (embed) Visionner la vidéo : youtube.com/watch?v=nxXe2wc0BNw Distribué par APO pour United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).

Zambia: Merck Foundation supports the training of Twenty Future Oncologists in Africa through one and two year Oncology Fellowship Program in 2016 & 2017

Zambia: Merck Foundation supports the training of Twenty Future Oncologists in Africa through one and two year Oncology Fellowship Program in 2016 & 2017

By Sandrah Mulluka In partnership with Ministries of Health across Africa, the Merck Africa Oncology Fellowship Program provides one-year and two-year oncology fellowship programs and a three year master degree in medical oncology at Tata Memorial Centre, India, University of Nairobi, Kenya and Alexandria University, Egypt, respectively DARMSTADT, Germany, October 2, 2017/ — Merck gives back to society through Merck Foundation’s programs to build cancer care capacity in Africa. Merck Foundation provides Africa with Twenty New Oncologists through Merck Africa Oncology Fellowship Program established in India, Kenya and Egypt. SDG 3 calls us to sustainably invest on building healthcare capacity to...

Community members call for increased government support to access tree seedlings

Community members call for increased government support to access tree seedlings

  By Lilian Saka Kiefer  Executive Director, Panos Institute Southern Africa (PSAf) Email: general@panos.org.zm, Tel: +260978778148/9 Katete, Friday, 8th  September 2017 COMMUNITY members in Kagoro, Keni and Yambani areas of Katete District in the Eastern Province are calling for increased government support for them to access seedlings of indigenous and exotic tree species that will enable them to arrest rampant deforestation in the areas. In response to the massive deforestation and land degradation that has left most of the area bare and caused soil infertility, Panos Institute Southern Africa (PSAf) mobilised community members in the three areas and other parts of...

Nissan distributor continues its winning streak in Ghana

Nissan distributor continues its winning streak in Ghana

By Nthabiseng Motsepe General Manager, Corporate Communications Nissan South Africa Japan Motors wins Motor Firm of the Year Award for third year in a row  Nissan retains prestigious marketing award Achieves largest market share in Ghana Is voted most worthy and respected auto brand  ACCRA, Ghana (October 2, 2017) – Japan Motors Trading Company (Japan Motors), Nissan’s sole distributor in Ghana,  continued its award-winning run when it was crowned 2016’s Motor Firm of the Year Award for a third consecutive time. The Chartered Institute of Marketing Ghana (CIMG) conferred the award at the Institute’s Marketing Awards ceremony in Accra on September...

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