Microfinancier targets SMEs sector

January 12, 2017 – Microfinancier Microcred Zimbabwe is targeting the unbanked and those in the small to medium enterprises (SMEs) offering loans ranging between $150 and $50 000. Currently, 70% of the adult population is unbanked while there are 5,...

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Mediterra 2016. Zero Waste in the Mediterranean

Natural Resources, Food and Knowledge ROME, December 5th, 2016 – Presented in Rome the 5th of December during the FAO Council 155th Session, the 2016 UNFAO-CIHEAM Joint edition of Mediterra offers an innovative and prospective approach on the issues...

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African ministers to debate opportunities in tourism

January 6, 2017 – More than 20 ministers of tourism from Africa will debate the opportunities that the sector can bring to the continent at the Tourism Investment and Business Forum for Africa (INVESTOUR) which will be held during the International ...

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Young African Invents Touch Screen Medical Tablet

Here’s an example of African innovation at its finest. Arthur Zang, a 24 year-old Cameroonian engineer, has invented the Cardiopad, a touch screen medical tablet that enables heart examinations such as the electrocardiogram (ECG) to be performed at remo...

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Support grows for year of tourism

December 11th, 2016 – Only few weeks ahead of the official launch of the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development 2017, set to take place on the 18 of January 2017 in Madrid, Spain, representatives from various tourism industries an...

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Exchanges should focus on smaller businesses

November 26 th 2016 – The African growth story is no longer a fairy tale. Over the past decade multinational companies, private equity funds and infrastructure development programmes have channeled capital to the continent as they began to realise t...

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