Oct 6, 2021 | Commonwealth News
Bahamas’ new economic affairs minister, Michael Halkitis, wants to boost the financial services industry at the highest priority and “progressively harness profitable niches”. Halkitis intends to diversify investments in technology, renewable energy,...
Oct 6, 2021 | Commonwealth News
Crypto asset platform CoinSwitch Kuber raises more than $260 million in Series C funding round from existing and new investors including Coinbase Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz, valuing it at $1.9 billion. The company plans to design ways of simplifying investments...
Oct 6, 2021 | Commonwealth News
Ghana to host the first-ever African Paralympic Games in 2023, the President of National Paralympic Committee of Ghana (NPC-Ghana) Samson Deen revealed this week. About 50 African countries are expected to participate in the continental showcase. NPC clarified that...
Oct 6, 2021 | Commonwealth News
The Nairobi-based, Pan-African housing financier Shelter Afrique enters a deal with Cameroon to set up a prefab factory to provide low-cost construction materials. The lender has approved establishing the $15 million Industrial Housing Corporation (IHC) close to the...
Oct 5, 2021 | Commonwealth News
Malta’s first space research experiment lands back on earth and is expected to be back in the hands of scientists soon. The project team sent samples to the International Space Station (ISS) of micro-organisms that cause diabetic ulcers in a bid to analyse how the...
Oct 5, 2021 | Commonwealth News
Singapore scientists at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) finds an effective way to use food waste instead of just throwing it away. Scientists are managing food waste by using discarded durian covering and turning it into antibacterial organo-hydrogel bandages....
