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OPEC plans First Ministerial Roundtable on Energy, Climate and Sustainable Development for oil-producing countries

CLIMATE CHANGE: We support the vision of the world the UN wants to see

By Mohammad Barkindo I want to welcome you to the 20th Coordination Meeting on Climate Change. It has not been long since our last meeting, which was held on July 8. However, there are substantive preparations and high expectations regarding the critical UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), taking place from October 31 to November 12. […]

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Nigeria: African Development Bank Group, MTN sign $500,000 grant agreement to study women’s access to financial services

The research, which includes a feasibility study, women-focused design and testing, will focus on both agents and customers to provide insights into women’s use of mobile money services African Development Bank has signed a grant agreement for $500,000 with Y’ello Digital Financial Services (YDFS), a fintech subsidiary of MTN Nigeria, to be used for a

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African Development Bank holds second virtual Business Opportunities Seminar for 2021, with a country special on Angola

The event took place over three days to accommodate participants in different time zones, and included a special session on business opportunities in Angola at the request of the Bank’s Angola country office The African Development Bank held its second virtual business opportunities (BOS) for 2021 from 12-14 October, to provide an overview of its

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Paradigm Initiative releases short film ‘FOCUS’ urging citizen vigilance to protect digital rights

The short film creatively explores in a cinematic form PIN’s 2020 annual digital rights and inclusion report Paradigm Initiative (PIN), a pan-African social enterprise working to advance digital rights and inclusion in Africa, will on Wednesday, October 20, release its second and latest short film entitled ‘FOCUS’ to the public on the YouTube platform where

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Ecobank Group takes action on Mental Health as part of its commitment towards Better Health

Ecobank Day 2021’s focusing on Mental Health, and helping reduce stigma and discrimination The leading pan-African banking group, the Ecobank Group, is celebrating its ninth Ecobank Day, which is the Group’s flagship annual corporate and social responsibility event that ‘gives back’ to the local communities across its pan-African footprint. This year Ecobank Day will be

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‘Merck More than a Mother’ from Africa to Asia for the first time – in partnership with Asia Pacific Initiative on Reproduction (ASPIRE)

After the success of the collaboration between ‘Merck More than a Mother’ and Indian and Indonesian fertility experts to provide practical embryology training, Merck will connect Africa with Asia to provide more opportunities for building capacity and interventions to empower infertile women and couples ‘Merck More than a Mother’ engages policy makers and fertility experts

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Middle East: Oil demand remains low despite the ease in COVID-19 lockdown

Maersk gets contract to drill well offshore Angola

The French energy giant TotalEnergies has awarded a contract to MAERSK VOYAGER, a 7th generation drillship owned by Maersk Drilling to drill Ondjaba-1 exploration well at a world record depth offshore Angola. According to FleeMon, “The work on the ultra-deepwater exploration well being built in Block 48 of Angola, commenced this month after the Angolan

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Port of Shanghai moves to tackle container shortages

DRUG TRAFFICKING: Australia’s records largest heroin bust worth $104m

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has seized 450 kilograms of heroin from a container of ceramic tiles at Melbourne port, according to FleetMon. It stated: “The Australian Federal Police (AFP) on Saturday, October 16th announced the seizure of a record 450 kilograms of heroin from a container of ceramic tiles at Melbourne port, in a

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Lekki Port hits 50% of breakwaters construction

Gulf of Antalya: How FleetMon’s data enhance study on bilge water waste risk

There are indications that Bilge water waste poses an environmental risk for humans and marine creatures by causing cancer and developmental disorders due to the toxic substances, according to FleetMon. It stated: “This study aims to create a calculation method to calculate the amount of bilge that a ship can produce. The number of ships

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UPDATE: MSC mega container ship troubled in the Pacific

US Coast Guard investigates MSC Danit in Huntington oil spill case

The US Coast Guard investigation team has boarded cargo vessel MSC DANIT in Long Beach to look for evidence in the Orange County oil spill case, according to FleetMon. It stated: “On Saturday 16th Oct, the US Coast Guard investigation team boarded cargo vessel MSC DANIT in Long Beach to look for evidence in the

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