Commonwealth News
Barbados to establish world’s first metaverse embassy
Barbados prepares to become the first sovereign country with an embassy in the metaverse. The launch of the embassy is tentatively due for January next year. The tiny Caribbean Island has also led the charge on the development of an e-currency called DCash, which is...
New funding for improving access to blue climate finance
The Commonwealth Secretariat announces the appointment of a consortium of experts in a joint venture of the Commonwealth Climate Finance Access Hub and the Commonwealth Blue Charter to advise on ocean-climate finance. The consortium will help Commonwealth governments...
In rural Nigeria, the magic of cinema builds support for ape conservation
Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has been working with local groups to screen films about apes and support conservation in rural communities of Nigeria to connect better. Afi Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary, Mbe Mountains Community Sanctuary, Okwangwo division of Cross...
Malaysian Nadiah Wan, Thomson Hospital CEO, among Forbes Asia’s 20 most powerful businesswomen
Thomson Hospital's CEO Wan Nadiah Wan Abdullah Yaakob is the only Malaysian to be listed in Forbes Asia’s 2021 top 20 female business leaders. Wan was recognised for her efforts in establishing a Covid-19 task force at the hospital. The hospital also introduced a...
Rwanda has moved quite far along the electric vehicle route
Rwanda expects all bikes to be electric by 2024. At the Infra-Africa Trade Fair representatives from Rwanda, Ghana and Nigeria agreed with South Africa CEO Robert Cisek Volkswagen on transitioning from internal combustion engines to fully electric vehicles. The...
Tanzania’s Zanzibar reportedly exploring ways to adopt crypto
Tanzania's semi-autonomous territory Zanzibar plans to regulate and adopt cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin (BTC). Soon the government will conduct meetings and discuss policies with stakeholders and ministries for the industry. More and more African countries are in a...