Oct 9, 2021 | Commonwealth News
Joel Sikam, founder and CEO of Fisco, an FMCG manufacturing company that produces home and personal care products in Cameroon, shared some of the key lessons he has learnt from his business since 2012. Fisco manufactures around 20 products under two brands: the SIMAD...
Oct 9, 2021 | Commonwealth News
According to “climate action tracker,” a new study, by Climate Analytics, a global, non-profit climate science and policy institute, Gambia is the only country to have climate policies compatible with achieving the Paris accord goals while countries like Canada are...
Oct 8, 2021 | Commonwealth News
Happy Ugandan Independence Day to all celebrating! On Uganda Independence Day, there are festivals, parades, and cultural celebrations – all designed to enhance the nation. In October 1963, Uganda became a republic and remained a member of the Commonwealth of Nations....
Oct 8, 2021 | Commonwealth News
According to the study conducted by a cybersecurity firm, Surfshark, Ghana ranks 89th among 110 countries in the Digital Quality of Life Index (DQL). The third annual edition of DQL covered 90% of the global population and evaluated countries based on a set of five...
Oct 8, 2021 | Commonwealth News
African Development Bank (AfDB) to support trade valued at $7 billion over the next five years in a bid to spur the growth of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) that went into effect on Jan. 1. AfDB will be targeting small and medium-sized companies,...
Oct 7, 2021 | Commonwealth News
Moderna plans to spend about $500 million to build a state-of-the-art mRNA facility in Africa. At present, only about 4.5% of Africans had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to the continent’s top public health official. The proposed site is...
Oct 7, 2021 | Commonwealth News
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Edward mark the 2022 Commonwealth Games baton relay, a sporting event held every four years with athletes from across the Commonwealth. The baton will travel for about 294 days with the Queen’s message to the Commonwealth. The event...
Oct 6, 2021 | Commonwealth News
The South Pacific Business Development (SPBD Tonga) Microfinance empowers its members to start, grow and maintain micro-businesses with its loan program – White Goods Financing (WGF) in partnership with Durga Lakshmi Manufacturing Ltd (DLM), one of the largest...
Oct 6, 2021 | Commonwealth News
At a virtual Service Excellence Conference, Nigeria’s High Commissioner, Dr Maureen Tamuno says that Nigeria is exploring opportunities for trade and business with Jamaica. The High Commissioner further added that formalising a new air-service agreement would be...
