Toronto, Canada, November 1, 2018//- The Mastercard Foundation today announced a new fund that will enable young changemakers to seed and kick-start promising social ventures and community projects, creating economic opportunities for themselves and others.
November 1, 2018//-First came the cotton gin in 1794. Now comes the edible cottonseed in 2018. The first one revolutionized textiles. Will the second change nutrition?
Washington, USA, November 1, 2018// – The World Bank has approved a $60 million International Development Association (IDA) credit for the Ghana Productive Safety Net project to strengthen and improve social safety nets and productive inclusion of the poor and vulnerable.
November 1, 2018//-Humanity has wiped out 60% of mammals, birds, fish and reptiles since 1970, leading the world’s foremost experts to warn that the annihilation of wildlife is now an emergency that threatens civilisation.
Accra, Ghana, November 1, 2018//-The Media Coalition on Right To Information Bill (RTI) observed with great joy the resumption of work on the RTI Bill this afternoon in accordance with the pledge by Parliament yesterday to “start in earnest with the Consideration Stage of the Right to Information Bill, 2018, with the aim of completing […]
Accra, Ghana, October 31, 2018//- Ghana has made progress to improve the ease of doing business, according to the World Bank Group 2019 Doing Business Report – Training for Reform, released today.
Paris, France, October 31, 2018/ — Africa has sustained gains in domestic resource mobilisation made since 2000, as tax revenues remained stable in 2016, according to Revenue Statistics in Africa 2018.
Cape Town, South Africa, October 31, 2018/ — Africa’s early stage investor community will convene on November 11th and 12th, 2018 for the 5th Africa Early Stage Investor Summit (#AESIS2018), hosted by Venture Capital for Africa (VC4A) and African Business Angel Network (ABAN).
October 31, 2018//-Conservation efforts to protect Africa’s diminishing rhino population are taking a hit.
Messaging services like WhatsApp open many doors for Nigerian women. i_am_zews/Shutterstock Salihu Ibrahim Dasuki, Sheffield Hallam University and Naima Hafiz Abubakar, Bayero University, Kano October 31, 2018//-Mobile phones have become widespread all over the world, including in rural and low-income communities.
