Experts Urge Strong Treaty to End Plastic Pollution
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Industry leaders want an agreement that prevents plastic pollution by redesigning plastics to be reused, recycled, and remade into new products. They...
COP29 Delegates from Developing Countries Term USD 300 Billion Climate Fund Pittance
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COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev ordered the deal to be accepted before any nation’s representative could speak. The delegates blasted the chair for...
Poorer Countries Not Happy with Proposed Climate Deal at Baku
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Delegations from numerous countries, analysts and advocates were kept in the dark about the draft deal until it dropped more than half...
Vodacom Digital Skills Hub: Empowering Africa to Bridge the Digital Divide
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Vodacom Group has embarked on an ambitious project aimed at closing Africa's digital skills gap by collaborating with tech companies like AWS,...
COP29 May Decide on USD 250 Billion Funding for Poor Countries to Combat Climate...
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The proposal represents a more than doubling of an existing USD 100 billion annual commitment that expires next year, but it would...
Oil Prices Firm Up as Tension Escalates Between Ukraine and Russia
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The US, meanwhile, sanctioned Russia’s Gazprombank, closing a loophole that Washington kept open for the war because the lender is key for...
USD 400m Eurobond Issuance Celebrated by Ecobank at LSE Market Opening
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Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), parent of the leading pan-African Ecobank Group opened the market at the London Stock Exchange (LSE) to celebrate...
Digital Divide: 800 mn Africans Excluded from Global Economy, UNECA Chief Says
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Although mobile broadband reaches 82% of the population, barriers like affordability and digital illiteracy prevent many from reaping its benefits said Claver...
Spain to Grant Work Permits to Over 300,000 Migrants
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Spain needs around 250,000 registered foreign workers a year to maintain its welfare state, Migration Minister Elma Saiz said recently. She contended...
Consensus on Climate Funding Still Eludes in Baku
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Negotiators at the talks in Azerbaijan are trying to close the gap between the USD 1.3 trillion that the developing world...