Commonwealth News
Commonwealth Secretary-General invites 20 young Bajans to join youth climate action initiative
Commonwealth Secretary-General, the Rt Hon Patricia Scotland QC joins the rapid talk event alongside Barbados’ Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley. Addressing 20 young Bajans and FutureBarbados candidates in the session, Secretary-General Scotland emphasised the need to...
Rishi Sunak launches UK’s new artificial intelligence strategy
UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak unveils a £34 million National Artificial Intelligence Fund to support the creation of 2,000 elite AI scholarships to create a high-tech economy of the future. Sunak said the fund will help the UK build the skills needed for the jobs of the...
TADB and IFAD strengthen ties to impact Tanzania smallholders
Tanzania Agricultural Development Bank (TADB) and International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Tanzania to enhance access to capital among smallholder farmers with the Smallholder Farmers Credit Guarantee Scheme funds (SCGS) facility. The total funding...
Namibia is poised to become the renewable energy hub of Africa
According to Namibia’s President, Hage G. Geingob, the country is poised to tackle climate change by establishing a green and blue economy. The country crafted its own green economic recovery plan and is on the course to become the renewable energy hub of Africa under...
Commonwealth Secretary-General to attend UNCTAD15 Conference in Barbados to urge for rapid action against multiple global crises
Commonwealth Secretary-General, the Rt Hon Patricia Scotland QC to attend the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development’s UNCTAD15 in Barbados. The conference will have international policy discussions and decisions to support small and vulnerable states work...
Seychelles rupee is ‘among best performing currencies’ against the dollar in Africa
Seychelles rupee is among the top performing currencies against the dollar in Africa, according to a financial news outlet. With the robust return of tourism activity, Seychelles' floating exchange rate regime will reduce the price of imports, and imported goods,...