Commonwealth News
The Bahamas: The World’s First Digital Currency
The Bahamas territory is spread out over 700 islands which makes it unprofitable for commercial banks to have ATMs or physical branches everywhere. To serve the unbanked and underbanked, the central bank introduced world’s first digital currency—the sand dollar. Watch...
AgriFORCE signs MoU with Barbados-based Humboldt Bliss
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
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
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
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
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...