Humza Yousaf, First Minister, Government of Scotland, during a panel discussion noted the COP 28 agreement to operationalize the loss and damage fund, saying that though many in the Global South have expressed concern about it, “let’s not allow perfection…
BY MARISHA SINGH NOVEMBER 30, 2023 Representatives of 197 countries who are ‘parties’ to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will participate at COP28 The United Nations’ Conference of Parties ’28’ (COP28) has begun in Dubai, UAE. The…
BY GULF BUSINESS NOVEMBER 30, 2023 Leaders must deliver in Dubai – the message is clear, said UN Climate Change executive secretary Simon Stiell on the eve of COP28 The United Nations Climate Change Conference COP28 opens today, with a strong…
30th November 2023, Abu Dhabi, UAE | The General Council for Islamic Banks and Financial Institutions (CIBAFI), the global body of Islamic finance, is delighted to announce the adoption of a comprehensive roadmap for Islamic Sustainability. This roadmap was developed in collaboration with the Islamic…
SANDTON, South Africa, November 29, 2023/ — By NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman, African Energy Chamber (www.EnergyChamber.org). It would be an understatement to say Tanzania’s Songo Songo gas field has been good for the country and its citizens. Since 2004, the project’s…
ACCRA, Ghana, November 29, 2023/- As the day for the largest international Summit for the building, construction and real estate industry maiden event in Ghana, the African Continental Sustainable Built Environment Industry Summit (ACEACFMS 2023), draws closer, confirmations are coming…
Uganda is preparing to borrow $150 million (Ksh.23 billion) from China’s Export-Import Bank (Exim) to help expand its internet infrastructure, the finance ministry said on Monday.The move underscores the East African country’s increasing reliance for credit on Chinese lenders after…
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, November 28, 2023/ — The U.S. Commercial Service and the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) have announced a new strategic collaboration in a move to drive digital transformation across Africa. Unveiled on the sidelines of the Africa Tech Festival…
Mohammed A. Abu The Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of South Africa based Sustainable Seas Trust(SST), Janine Osborne has declared that, her organization’s work will focus on strengthening existing multi-lateral partnerships (specifically with the Abidjan and Nairobi conventions, and WIOMSA) to promote…
LAGOS, Nigeria, November 28, 2023/ — The Islamic Development Bank Institute (IsDB Institute) () joined forces with the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) to deliver an influential Islamic capital markets capacity-building workshop in Lagos, Nigeria. Organized under the theme “Economic Growth…
