Africa: Unido, Kenya Climate Ventures Move to Unlock Private Capital for Africa’s Climate Adaptation

Africa: Unido, Kenya Climate Ventures Move to Unlock Private Capital for Africa’s Climate Adaptation

Nairobi — The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and Kenya Climate Ventures (KCV) have launched a partnership aimed at unlocking more domestic and international capital for climate adaptation and resilience businesses across Sub-Saharan Africa. The two institutions signed a Joint Declaration at the Adaptation Investment Summit for Africa 2026 in Nairobi, creating a framework…

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Beijing said to move to clarify ambiguity in offshore trust tax rules

Beijing said to move to clarify ambiguity in offshore trust tax rules

A growing appreciation of family-oriented leisure pastimes and rapidly increasing prosperity are driving demand for vessels from dinghies to yachts. Nelson Ching | Bloomberg | Getty Images Beijing is moving to clarify new tax rules on offshore trusts that have sowed confusion among wealthy Chinese citizens and their advisers.  China’s State Taxation Administration is conducting…

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Africa: Unido, Kenya Climate Ventures Move to Unlock Private Capital for Africa’s Climate Adaptation

Africa: First mRNA Flu Shot Approved By FDA Bodes Well for Improving Drugs of the Future – Though a Few Hurdles Remain Before mNRA Can Move Beyond Vaccines

Vaccines have been reliably and affordably protecting people from diseases worldwide for centuries. Until the COVID-19 pandemic, however, vaccine development was still a long and idiosyncratic process. Traditionally, researchers had to tailor manufacturing processes and facilities for each vaccine candidate, and the scientific knowledge gained from one vaccine was often not directly transferable to another….

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Ukrainians protest over Zelenskyy’s move to oust defense chief Mykhailo Fedorov amid progress vs. Russia

Ukrainians protest over Zelenskyy’s move to oust defense chief Mykhailo Fedorov amid progress vs. Russia

Kyiv, Ukraine — Hundreds of protesters gathered in downtown Kyiv Thursday after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy moved to dismiss Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov as part of a Cabinet shakeup that had already raised eyebrows for its timing. The reshuffle comes right as Ukraine is seen by many analysts as turning the tide slowly against Russia’s…

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Africa: Unido, Kenya Climate Ventures Move to Unlock Private Capital for Africa’s Climate Adaptation

Africa: Tinubu to Afreximbank – Speed Up Move to Mobilise Resources for Africa’s Industrialisation

· Bank commits $20bn into Nigerian economy in the last five years President Bola Tinubu has charged the leadership of African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) to intensify efforts to mobilise and deploy the continent’s vast human, financial, and natural resources for the collective economic advancement of Africans. Tinubu said Africa’s drive for industrialisation could not remain…

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Africa: Unido, Kenya Climate Ventures Move to Unlock Private Capital for Africa’s Climate Adaptation

Africa: Women Move Gender Equality Fight to the Lake

The fishing sector has for generations been dominated by men with women being pushed to household chores. Overall, women in the fishing sector make up over half of the workforce but their roles are limited to processing, small-scale fishing and net-mending and marketing of fisheries. The UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) estimates that globally…

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Absa’s silence and the banking MVNO move no one has tried

Absa’s silence and the banking MVNO move no one has tried

South Africa has four banking MVNOs (Capitec Connect, FNB Connect, Standard Bank Connect and Nedbank Connect), and they’re all essentially running the exact same playbook. The logic is simple enough: use a mobile product to deepen the banking relationship, gather behavioural data between transactions and create sticky switching costs as a customer’s financial life grows….

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SA universities move beyond AI detection tools

SA universities move beyond AI detection tools

For many South African universities, AI detection tools are only one component of a broader approach to safeguarding academic integrity. (Image source: 123RF) South African universities are adopting increasingly cautious positions on artificial intelligence detection tools. Some have discontinued their use, one has never adopted them, and many emphasise that AI-generated content detectors cannot be…

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