Download logo The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has approved a $50 million Trade Finance Unfunded Risk Participation Agreement (RPA) facility between the African Development Bank and Standard Chartered Bank. The agreement is expected to boost intra-Africa trade, promote regional integration, and contribute to the reduction of the trade finance […]
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) partners with Invest Africa, the leading trade and investment platform, to support Africa's sustainable recovery
Download logo One of the world’s leading financial groups, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), is partnering with Invest Africa (InvestAfrica.com), the leading trade and investment platform for the Continent, to support the region’s drive towards a sustainable recovery in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. The partnership will focus on Invest Africa’s annual flagship conference, […]
Arabian & African Hospitality Investment Conference (AHIC) 2021 at a glance: a sneak peek at the sessions and speakers set for this year's highly anticipated event
Download logo The Arabian & African Hospitality Investment Conference (AHIC) (https://AHIC.com) returns to Madinat Jumeirah in Dubai live in person from 20-22 September 2021, bringing together four powerful, active investment communities from across the region. For the first time, AHIC 2021, organised by Bench and MEED, will house the four close-knit investment communities of the […]
UNMISS rehabilitation of police station in Wau brings new hope for citizens
Awiel Jedid, a suburb in Wau, Western Bahr El Ghazal, was severely affected when civil war erupted in South Sudan. “When conflict broke out, the area became completely deserted. People fled for fear of their lives, leaving behind their homes and belongings,” reveals Sam Muhumure, the Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan’s […]
Coronavirus: Leaders make urgent call to accelerate vaccination globally and in Africa
Download logo WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and a group of global health leaders today issued an urgent call for vaccine equity globally and in Africa in particular. The leaders stressed that the worst pandemic in the last hundred years will not end unless and until, there is genuine global cooperation on vaccine supply and access. They […]
Vertiv Introduces Industry's Most Expansive Digital IT Management Platform for Enterprise, Distributed, Edge and Hybrid Networks
Download logo Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) (Vertiv.com), a global provider of critical digital infrastructure and continuity solutions, today introduced the Vertiv™ Avocent® ADX Ecosystem (https://bit.ly/3hyvDiQ), a next-generation IT management platform that meets the ever-changing needs of the data center. The Avocent ADX Ecosystem is a building block of devices and software designed for today’s more complex, […]
Clickatell and Visa's Cybersource Deliver "Chat 2 Pay" Contactless Checkout In Store and In Chat to Businesses Worldwide
Download logo Clickatell (https://bit.ly/3AgmvXi), a leader in mobile communications and chat commerce, and Visa’s global payment and fraud management platform, Cybersource (https://bit.ly/3AeQoqX), announced a partnership to make it easier for businesses to deliver chat commerce and contact-free checkouts with Clickatell’s newly announced (https://bit.ly/3hyBtAy) Chat 2 Pay solution. Chat 2 Pay (https://bit.ly/3AdOlDK) is a simple and comprehensive […]
Vertiv to Acquire the E&I Engineering Group
Download logo Meaningfully completes Vertiv’s (www.Vertiv.com) data center offering by adding a leading independent provider of switchgear, busway and modular power solutions; Expands Vertiv’s addressable market by $7 billion, entering an attractive global market growing at mid-single digits; Expected to be accretive to Vertiv’s organic growth, adjusted operating margins, cash flow and adjusted EPS; and […]
Despite Implementation of Peace Agreement, Insecurity Persists in Darfur, Sudan Sanctions Committee Chair Tells Security Council
Download logo Measures ‘No Longer in Line with Reality on the Ground’ Delegate Stresses While Sudan’s post-revolution reforms continue to register progress and peace is largely holding, implementation of the 2020 Juba Peace Agreement remains slow and lingering intercommunal violence continues to plague the Darfur region, the Security Council heard today as the head of […]
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Closes Twenty-Fifth Virtual Session after Adopting its Concluding Recommendations on Djibouti and France
Download logo The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this afternoon closed its twenty-fifth virtual session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the initial reports of Djibouti and France. Odelia Fitoussi, Rapporteur of the Committee, presenting a summary of the draft report of the twenty-fifth session of the Committee, said the […]