Consortium Led by Axelspace Selected for Japan’s Space Strategy Fund Project “Technology to Enhance Capability of Next Generation Earth Observation Satellites”

Consortium Led by Axelspace Selected for Japan’s Space Strategy Fund Project “Technology to Enhance Capability of Next Generation Earth Observation Satellites”

Conceptual Diagram of the project. Under this Space Strategy Fund initiative, spectrometers will be newly developed and demonstrated in orbit. In the future, the project envisions the establishment of a satellite constellation capable of observations at different times of the day. Axelspace Corporation, Meisei Electric Co., Ltd., ANA HOLDINGS INC., and JIJ Inc. are pleased…

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House passes bill to fully fund DHS

House passes bill to fully fund DHS

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Now Playing House passes bill to fully fund DHS 00:39 UP NEXT Body of missing flight attendant believed to be found 00:20 Two students killed in Tennessee school bus crash 00:22 What’s next in the DHS funding fight? 01:42 Jane…

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Africa: It Is Time for Africa to Fund Its Health Security

Africa: Why Africa Needs a Green Bank to Fund Climate Action and Build Its Own Renewable Technology

Climate change is a profound challenge to the livelihoods of many people in African countries who have contributed so little to its cause. More frequent extreme weather events (floods, heatwaves and droughts) are making hunger, insecurity and displacement much worse. The continent holds an estimated 30% of the minerals that are essential for the future…

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Africa: It Is Time for Africa to Fund Its Health Security

Africa: Global Fund Board Welcomes Final Eighth Replenishment Outcome of U.S.$12.64 Billion, Backs Strategic Shifts to Advance Countries’ Path to Self-Reliance

Geneva — The Board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund) welcomed the final outcome of the partnership’s Eighth Replenishment – US$12.64 billion – at its 54th meeting on 12-13 February. “This remarkable result, achieved in a challenging global context, reflects the strong support for the Global Fund’s lifesaving…

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Africa: Are Foreigners ‘Bleeding’ South Africa’s Road Accident Fund ‘Dry’? Numbers Don’t Back the Claim

Africa: Are Foreigners ‘Bleeding’ South Africa’s Road Accident Fund ‘Dry’? Numbers Don’t Back the Claim

Are foreigners ‘bleeding’ South Africa’s Road Accident Fund ‘dry’? Numbers don’t back the claim Collins Letsoalo, then RAF chief executive, made the claim initially and it was repeated by fund spokesperson McIntosh Polela before spreading widely, but the fund itself told Africa Check it had “no information” about the origin of the figure. The amount…

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