Jan 21, 2022 | Commonwealth News
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Mauritius’ PM Pravind Kumar Jugnauth to virtually inaugurate and lay the foundations of the India-assisted Social Housing Units project in Mauritius. The two nations have jointly agreed to extend a US$ 190 mn Line...
Jan 21, 2022 | Commonwealth News
Nigeria is set to launch a second satellite (Sat 2) to boost the nation’s satellite communications capacity. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Pantami aims to include this in the 2022 Budget. He made the announcement during his visit...
Jan 20, 2022 | Commonwealth News
The UK to host the second Africa Investment Conference on 20 January 2022. It will be a one-day virtual event that aims to unlock economic cooperation with millions of pounds of new investment, especially in clean energy industries in both the UK and across Africa....
Jan 20, 2022 | Commonwealth News
Prithvirajsing Roopun, President of the Republic of Mauritius, launches a law textbook entitled ‘Arbitration of Industrial Disputes in Mauritius’ during an official ceremony held at Hennessy Park Hotel in Ebène. Several personalities were present at the...
Jan 20, 2022 | Commonwealth News
Uganda and Kenya agree to remove non-tariff barriers between the two countries and ease trade. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed during the meeting between Uganda and the Republic of Tanzania in Kampala. The Foreign Affairs Minister also commended the efforts...
Jan 19, 2022 | Commonwealth News
Meet Tei Mukunya Oundo, CEO of NatureLock, a Nairobi-based instant meal company. She founded the company in 2020 that manufactures about 3,000 packets of ndengu stew a day. The company aspires to expand into Uganda and Tanzania by the end of 2022, which have broad...
Jan 19, 2022 | Commonwealth News
Australia’s Lynas Rare Earths Ltd posts record second-quarter revenue on demand for metals used in electric vehicles (EVs). Neodymium and praseodymium are widely used to make magnets that power EV motors. The demand for these accelerated due to the global push...
Jan 19, 2022 | Commonwealth News
At the 2022 Sydney Festival, a massive 2.7-tonne iceberg was seen over Sydney Harbour, as a part of a climate change performance piece called “Thaw”. The thawing ice here represents the dangers of melting glaciers around the world and global warming....
Jan 18, 2022 | Commonwealth News
Malaysia is looking for ways to adopt digital currency, the nation’s central bank said. Last year, Australia, Singapore and South Africa joined forces to test the use of central bank digital currencies (CBDC) for cross border settlements. Several countries are...
Jan 18, 2022 | Commonwealth News
Thaipusam is a temple festival celebrated by Hindus of Tamil descent. It is one of the single most important public holidays observed by the community every year between January 14 and February 14.
