Commonwealth News
AgriFORCE signs MoU with Barbados-based Humboldt Bliss
Sep 10, 2021
AgriFORCE Growing Systems Ltd, an innovative AgTech company signs a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Humboldt Bliss Ltd, an agriculture and aquaculture business based in Barbados, West Indies. The parties plan to deploy AgriFORCE's foundational intellectual...
Kiribati to reopen borders in Jan-2022
Sep 10, 2021
The Tourism Authority of Kiribati welcomes the announcement of Kiribati government’s decision to reopen borders from January 2022. Read the original information here: https://centreforaviation.com/news/kiribati-to-reopen-borders-in-jan-2022-1090222
Nigeria’s Prospa gets $3.8M pre-seed to offer small businesses banking and software services
Sep 8, 2021
Prospa, a fintech startup offering software and financial services to entrepreneurs and micro-businesses raises $3.8m pre-seed investment. This investment is the largest round of its kind in Nigeria. With the raised capital, Prospa will be expanding with acquisition...
Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games
Sep 8, 2021
Winning is fun... Moving beyond boundaries is the motivation. Congratulations to all the Commonwealth athletes who competed - together beating the world - again!
ADB, Vanuatu sign $5 million grant to boost transport projects
Sep 8, 2021
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Vanuatu signs a $5 million grant to help fund the preparation of ADB-supported land, maritime, and aviation projects in Vanuatu. Building and maintaining a transport network and infrastructure is difficult in...
In Kenya, push-pull method tries to debug organic farming’s pest problem
Sep 8, 2021
Kenyan farmers are experimenting with the “push-pull” method to deal with the costly and polluting pesticides problem. Agrochemicals are some of the leading polluters of water bodies in rural Kenya, according to the studies. With this organic method, the labour costs...