Dec 12, 2022 | Commonwealth News
“Jamhuri” in Swahili means republic. This day is celebrated with feasts, political speeches, parades, and dancing. On the 59th Jamhuri Day, celebrations will be held at the Nyayo stadium in the nation’s capital of Nairobi. This year, a special theme has been...
Dec 9, 2022 | Commonwealth News
Tanzania’s President, Samia Suluhu Hassan, has cancelled the 61st Independence Day festivities and has decided instead to spend the budget on upgrading primary schools for children. Instead of parades and other celebrations about $445,000 (£364,000) of the budget will...
Dec 8, 2022 | Commonwealth News
Sanctuary Cognitive Systems, a Canadian AI and robotics company receives about $30 million of investment funds from the federal government. The startup is on a mission to create the world’s first operational robot with human-like intelligence and could hire more than...
Dec 7, 2022 | Commonwealth News
Top Hat, a Toronto-based online education platform agrees to acquire Aktiv Learning, a next-gen STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education startup. During the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly in Canada, the number of graduates with technical...
Dec 7, 2022 | Commonwealth News
Commonwealth Secretary-General, the Rt Hon Patricia Scotland KC announces the release of more than 2,000 e-learning courses for free to the youth in the Caribbean. The launch was in partnership with Simplilearn, a leading online courses skill provider around the...
Dec 6, 2022 | Commonwealth News
Due to rising sea levels, Vanuatu plans to relocate about 300,000 inhabitants from the coastal areas within the next two years. The impact of climate change has already displaced nearly half of Vanuatu’s population in the past few years. Read the original article...