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Africa's Top 100 Business Opportunities to Watch in 2024: Financial Services, Recycling, Afrobeats and Others Featured
The selection includes waste-to-energy plants, diaspora investment funds, solar-powered cold storage, and digital skills training, among other business ideas. LAGOS, NIGERIA, December 18, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Despite rising food and fuel...
Ambassador Hugues Sanon honors Sen George Borrello with Global Leadership Award, Medal of Honor/key to sustainability
Sanon presents Global Distinguished Leadership Award in recognition of Sen Borrello’s commitment to his constituents and improving the region’s quality of life JAMESTOWN, NY, UNITED STATES, December 1, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Representing the...
Co2Bitcoin (Co2B) - Innovators Announce the Launch of New Crypto Coin to Combat Global Warming
New York City,, Jan. 30, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- - The new currency which will be available to the public from January 28th, 2021 is focused on helping countries finance local projects to combat global warming's negative effects on our...
Launch of the 60th session of the UN Human Rights Council
SLOVENIA, September 8 - Running from 8 September to 8 October 2025, the session will address a wide range of substantive issues as well as the human rights situation in individual countries. Thematic areas under consideration include the human...
Owner: Slovenian Government
Co2Bitcoin (Co2B) Combatting Global Warming at Coinsbit Exchange
NEW YORK, Jan. 27, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A decentralized group of innovators and visionaries, focused on mitigating the causes and potentially cataclysmic effects of climate change, has introduced a new financial instrument. A cryptocurrency,...
San Diego-based MaximillianGroup helps Gambian poet Muhammed Dibbasey's film "They Say" get accepted to Film Festival
San Diego-based MaximillianGroup provided artist direction and video editing for Muhammed Dibbasey's short film "They Say", its second film festival this year SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES, May 9, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ -- San...
One Planet Group Raises over $170,000 for Girls’ Education and Empowerment in Haiti and The Gambia
WALNUT CREEK, CA, UNITED STATES, February 23, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ -- One Planet Group has raised over $172,000, via its annual fundraiser, Holidays with a Purpose. The money will be split between Lidé Haiti and Starfish International, two...
Call for Application for Phase 4 of the UNESCO World Heritage Mentorship Programme for African World Heritage Professionals
Application Deadline: 10 September 2025 (Midnight Paris Time). Application materials: CV and Motivation letter to be sent to: WH-Africa@unesco.org with copy to Jessica Roland Williams j.roland-williams@unesco.org The UNESCO Mentorship Programme...
Owner: United Nations
The Gambia Launches Ambitious Renewable Energy Projects (By Miguel Artacho)
By Miguel Artacho, Field Editor Although The Gambia is actively exploring offshore areas to tap into hydrocarbons potential and aims to position itself as one of the new oil producing countries in the MSGBC Basin; by no means is fossil fuel...
Unprecedented hunger to follow in wake of the climate crisis, WFP calls for urgent action on World Food Day
The world faces an exponential increase in hunger fuelled by the climate crisis if urgent global action to help communities adapt to climatic shocks and stresses is ignored, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warns ahead of World Food...
New review finds slow progress in restoring Africa's degraded lands, urges greater efforts for climate action
Download logo The first ever stocktake of restoring Africa’s forests and landscapes, launched today during Africa Climate Week, shows that more needs to be done to fully tap the enormous opportunity for the continent to return land to sustainable...
Launch of Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) Strengthens Migration Data in The Gambia
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched its Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) in The Gambia, in collaboration with the Gambia Bureau of Statistics (GBoS), to facilitate evidence-based decision making on migration governance...
The World’s Best: 526 UPG Sustainability Leaders commit to training 10,000 citizens across the world
Young leaders (18 to 35 years) from over 100 countries, completed a 9-week training and they commit to train 10,000 citizens across all world regions. GENEVA, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, June 16, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ -- United People Global...
The Gambia eliminates trachoma as a public health problem
Download logo The Gambia has successfully eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, becoming the third African country to be validated by the World Health Organization (WHO) as having eliminated the disease as a public health threat....
Coronavirus: The Gambia to Strengthen Health Care Delivery in the Face of COVID-19
Download logo The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved a $30 million grant from the International Development Association (IDA)* to improve the quality and utilization of essential health services in The Gambia. The Essential Health...
Coronavirus - Gambia: Voluntary Returns from Niger to The Gambia Resume After Six-Month Hiatus
Download logo After a six-month hiatus due to COVID-19 border closures, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) resumed its Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration (AVRR) programme from Niger to The Gambia, with the support of the...
Africa's CIFAL Centres Host Successful Regional Meeting in Abuja
7 August 2025, Abuja, Nigeria - In the framework of the Fleet Safety Global Training Programme regional workshop held on 30-31 July 2025 in Abuja, Nigeria, the first regional meeting of CIFAL Centres based in Africa took place. The meeting brought...
Owner: United Nations
The 2026 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation wants applications from Engineers and Innovators in Senegal
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, August 14, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Royal Academy of Engineering has launched its 2026 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation with a special call out to engineers and innovators in Senegal. The Africa Prize for...
Coronavirus - Gambia: Livelihood, Psychosocial Support as Shipwreck Survivors Contribute to COVID-19 Response in the Gambia
Seven months after a fatal shipwreck off Mauritania claimed the lives of at least 62 Gambians, survivors and their families continue their fight to recover, now against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic. “After the shipwreck, we returned home...
Digital finance, a lifeline during COVID-19 crisis, can deliver long-term financing of the Sustainable Development Goals
Download logo The unprecedented social and economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has put a spotlight on the role of digital finance in providing relief for millions around the world, supporting businesses and protecting jobs and...