(Unguja, Zanzibar, 8 March 2012) As the globe gears up to commemorate International Women’s Day – the .scourge of violence against women still remains. Despite numerous international and national laws, violence against women and girls is one of the most widespread abuses of human rights worldwide. One in five women globally will face rape or attempted rape in her…
New York, USA, 7 March 2012 – The energy sector has a major role to play in global economic growth and recovery, with its indirect contributions outweighing the already considerable direct effects, according to a new World Economic Forum report launched today at the CERAWeek energy conference in Houston, Texas. The report, Energy for Economic Growth – Energy Vision…
Geneva, Switzerland, 6 March 2012 – The World Economic Forum has announced its Young Global Leaders (YGLs) for 2012. The honour, bestowed each year by the Forum, recognizes up to 200 outstanding young leaders from around the world for their professional accomplishments, commitment to society and potential to contribute to shaping the future of the world. Past YGLs include…
Recent new oil and gas discoveries all over Africa are attracting investors and developers from around the world. Russia is the latest country to show an active interest in the continent’s oil and gas industry. The country will be sending a trade delegation to attend Oil & Gas Africa 2012, which takes place from 13 to 15 March at…
New York, March 6, 2012: Media Development Loan Fund (MDLF), the leading impact investment fund for independent news businesses in the developing world, today launched an early-stage fund for digital news and information businesses, Digital News Ventures. Digital News Ventures will provide early-stage equity finance from $30,000 to $300,000 to entrepreneurs whose ideas can be used to provide news…
*First International Conference to Comprehensively Examine the Gender Gap in Agriculture 13-15 March, 2012, NASC Complex, New Delhi, India. *India President H.E. Pratibha Devisingh Patil Expected to Attend ********************************************************************** Next month, hundreds of participants, including ministers, World Food Prize Laureates, farmers, gender experts, leading scientists, community development organizations and innovators will gather in New Delhi, India for the first…
Dar es Salaam – Africa could become a powerhouse in coffee production – including ‘gourmet’ or specialty coffee – with potentially huge benefits to smallholder farmers, according to a taskforce of agricultural scientists meeting in Ethiopia last week. Diverse environments and coffee types mean some African countries already have the potential to produce world-class coffee beans. But poor soil…
(Paris) – UNESCO’s governing executive board should abolish a prize named after and funded by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea at its upcoming meeting, seven civil society groups said today. The board is set to make a final decision on the fate of the prize at its session scheduled for February 27 to March 10, 2012,…
Byase Luteke (Business Times): What is supposed to be Tanzania Mainland’s fourth international airport is yet to materialize more than ten years since it started! The Songwe International Airport project construction was initially started in 2001 in line with the government initiative to improve efficiency and safety of air transport in the country. Tanzania Mainland already boasts of three…
Livingstone, 26 February 2012 : Secretary-General: Ladies and gentlemen, it is a great pleasure to see you as I complete my visit, this very historic, very successful visit to Zambia. This has been very historic visit not because this was a first visit by a Secretary-General of the United Nations to Zambia but because I have seen and experienced…