Oct 20, 2021 | Commonwealth News
African Development Bank signs a $500,000 grant agreement with Y’ello Digital Financial Services (YDFS), a fintech subsidiary of MTN Nigeria, to research into economic, religious, and social factors that hamper access to finance for women in the region. The insights...
Oct 20, 2021 | Commonwealth News
GBA, a Government of Malawi corporation and Maka Resources from Zimbabwe signs a memorandum of understanding (MoU), to implement large-scale commercial irrigation in Malawi. The two firms will work on scheme preparation, irrigation project implementation and...
Oct 20, 2021 | Commonwealth News
A consortium of major banks in the Eastern Caribbean Monetary Union reaches a definitive agreement to acquire the banking activities of CIBC First Caribbean banks in Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Until further...
Oct 19, 2021 | Commonwealth News
Malaysia’s Penang Hill and its surrounding forest were named as a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO for its ecological diversity. The central forested area with interconnected peaks has now also sparked debate on the balance between conservation and post-covid...
Oct 19, 2021 | Commonwealth News
20 African Regional Intellectual Property Organisation (ARIPO) Member States meet in Uganda to negotiate possible ways to consolidate creative works and innovation across the continent. A protocol on voluntary registration of copyright and related intellectual...