Commonwealth News
Tanzania Independence Day
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...
Sanctuary secures 30 million from Canadas SIF to build robots with human-like intelligence
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...
Top Hat acquires STEM edtech startup Aktiv Learning
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...
Simplilearn in partnership with the Commonwealth launches over 2,000 e-learning courses for young people across the Caribbean
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...
Vanuatu to relocate villages due to rising sea
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...
Fiji Airways announces new flights to Tonga and Samoa
In response to growing travel demand from Australia, Fiji Airways announces a new addition to weekly flights to Samoa and Tonga. The airline has also introduced new benefits for its club members after winning APEX Passenger Choice Award recently for the best food and...