Nairobi, September 22, 2011 — Legatum, a private international investment group, and Omidyar Network, a philanthropic investment firm, today announced the launch of Convergence Africa, a high-profile one-day conference, headlined by globally-renowned champions of entrepreneurs Sir Richard Branson, Founder of the Virgin Group; and Tony O. Elumelu MFR, former Group CEO of United Bank for Africa, Chairman of Heirs…

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Geneva, Switzerland, 21 September 2011 – The World Economic Forum’s Global Confidence Index shows very little confidence worldwide in the state of the global economy and in global governance over the next 12 months. Over 1,000 global experts from the public and private sectors were surveyed; one-half of the respondents are pessimistic about the global economic outlook and one-quarter…

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** Etisalat, Zantel, Qualcomm and D-Tree International will use mobile technology to support healthcare providers in offering quality counseling, preventive care and treatment to women and children in Tanzania. Essa Al Haddad, Etisalat group chief marketing officer and chairman of Zantel, announced the joint programme between the four companies to bring mobile health services to Tanzania. The companies are…

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Geneva, Switzerland, 18 September 2011 – The global economic impact of the five leading non-communicable diseases (NCDs) – cardiovascular disease (CVD), chronic respiratory disease, cancer, diabetes and mental ill-health – could total US$ 47 trillion over the next 20 years, according to a study released today by the World Economic Forum. The Global Economic Burden of Non-communicable Diseases analyses…

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BY DR. NAMANGA NGONGI, AGRA PRESIDENT AGRA CSO PLANNING MEETING ACCRA, GHANA 1. I am delighted to make some remarks at the opening of this planning meeting towards developing a CSO Strategy for AGRA. I am very delighted because this meeting brings together a very important constituency in the work we are doing as AGRA. At AGRA we believe…

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– Tanzanian scientist wins Royal Society Pfizer Award for Sickle Cell Disease research 15 September 2011An African scientist who is working to save the lives of people with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) in Tanzania has been awarded the Royal Society Pfizer Award. Dr Julie Makani, who is conducting research on anaemia in SCD, will receive £60,000 towards a 12-month…

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Dalian, People’s Republic of China, 16 September 2011 – Despite worries about the unfolding debt crisis in Europe and concerns about the US fiscal deficit, business and finance leaders at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2011 are cautious but optimistic about the outlook for the global economy. “All the discussions about deleveraging are putting…

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Dalian, People’s Republic of China, 15 September 2011 – More than 20 mining and metal industry leaders and cross-industry partners unanimously predicted an inevitable future increase in government nationalization of critical resources over the next two decades as a burgeoning middle class in emerging economies begins to demand higher living standards. “The resounding answer was that nationalizations will take…

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·         Tatu City concept will be a flagship model for future urbanization in the country ·         The partnership will promote private-public exchange, debate and cooperation for similar projects Nairobi, September 15, 2011 – Kenya’s Vision 2030 Delivery Board has today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Tatu City, endorsing the unique housing and infrastructure development concept as a model for…

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Fifty per cent of the world’s population is under the age of 27, but the youth voice has been largely absent from global decision-making platforms and processes World Economic Forum will bring its 41-year experience of building multistakeholder communities to a global platform for this dynamic generation Global Shapers are 20-30 years of age, with great potential for future…

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