Kenya: Private Sector Activity Falls at a Slower Rate in June

King, Betty Eileen (1957– )

Betty Eileen King is a public servant, philanthropist, and diplomat who has spent her career working to improve the lives of people around the world. Born in 1957 on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent, King attended Grenadine Girls High School in Kingstown, the island nation’s capital, before

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TCI's Opposition PNP wants economy reopened

The Opposition Progressive National Party (PNP) in the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) has urged the Government there to hastily convene a high-level conference of stakeholders to craft a plan for speedy reopening of the economy, hopefully by the beginning of

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Racial Divide of Coronavirus is Real, So are Innovations that Can Help

While coronavirus does not know boundaries of race, income, or ethnicity, its disproportionate impact on minority communities is unmistakable and points to a deeper crisis of racial disparities in health care that have persisted long before the onset of this

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US Jamaicans remember Oliver Clarke as a nation-builder

NEW YORK, United States — Jamaicans across the United States (US) have reacted with sadness to the death of iconic business leader Oliver F Clarke, as they pay tribute to one of the country's best known private sector leaders for his sterling contributions to

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Key state agencies are prisoners of political crowding

By making public the fact that it has now moved the country’s agriculture sector to the top of its agenda (ahead of tourism) in terms of targeting foreign investment for the country, the Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), the country’s national investment and export promotion agency, has

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Rwanda: Govt Unveils U.S.$11 Billion Climate Action Plan

Rwanda has become the first African country to submit a new national climate plan, whose implementation requires $11 billion (10.2 trillion), as an essential tool to implement the Paris

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Uganda: Growth in Customer Deposits Boosts Banks' Income

Some bank deposits at commercial banks (demand deposits) are part of the M1 money supply (a country's physical currency plus demand deposits and other liquid assets held by the central bank and calculated by

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Rwanda: South African Healthcare Firm RH Bophelo to Invest More in Rwanda

Following the cross-listing of RH Bophelo on the Rwanda Stock Exchange (RSE), the South Africa based investment company plans to raise financial resources, majority of which they say will be invested in

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Covid-19: Western Cape govt to pay private hospitals R16 000 per bed if it runs out of space

It will cost the Western Cape government R16 000 per bed for state patients to be treated at a private hospital if government hospitals no longer have space for Covid-19

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Africa: Why Africa Can't Afford Further Delay On AfCFTA - Afreximbank

The devastating impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Africa's economy has shown that the continent can ill-afford a further delay in the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), panelists in a web conference on Africa's economic recovery, post-COVID-19, said on

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U.S. Census Bureau to deliver 2020 Census questionnaires in Wisconsin

The U.S. Census Bureau, in coordination with federal, state and local health officials, will begin to drop off 2020 Census questionnaire packets at front doors of households in Wisconsin starting the week of May

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Johnson, Eddie Bernice (1935- )

An early career in health care led to political aspirations for Eddie Bernice Johnson, culminating in her current position representing Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives. She is an advocate for women, children, and human

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Donna A. James

Donna A. James is Managing Director for Lardon & Associates. In this role, James is a trusted resource and advisor for business leaders in the public and private sector, ranging from entrepreneurs to C-suite executives of Fortune 500 companies. Prior to her current role, James was President of

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South Africa: COVID-19 - the State Cannot Save Us

South Africa's biomedical response has been exemplary, but it has failed to mobilise social movements essential for tackling public health

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Uganda: Key Issues Ugandans Expect in Museveni Nation Address

Mr Julius Mukunda, the executive director of the Civil Society Budget Advocacy Group (CSBAG), yesterday said the first thing the President should tell Ugandans is how to revamp the private sector by clearing all domestic arrears worth

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Blake, J. Paul

J. Paul Blake, a native of Belmar, New Jersey, has enjoyed a distinguished public relations career in the private sector, higher education and municipal government. The former director of media and external relations at the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Policy & Governance, University of

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Madonsela and co: Govt should have considered social impact of Covid-19 regulations

Professor Thuli Madonsela, as part of the Social Justice and Covid-19 Policy and Relief Monitoring Alliance (SCOPRA), has highlighted shortfalls in the implementation of the Disaster Management Act (DMA) during the Covid-19

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Uganda's Reputation has Grown - Museveni

He said the ‘Real Economy’ is the economy that deals with the nine basic human needs of food, clothing, shelter, medicine, security, physical infrastructure (the railways, the roads, the electricity, the telephones), health infrastructure (hospitals etc.), the education infrastructure

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KISERO: Rescue private sector from Corona impact

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Kenya: Nyeri Governor Mutahi Kahiga Rejects COVID-19 Bill

Nyeri Governor Mutahi Kahiga has declined to assent the County Covid-19 and Highly Infectious Diseases Response

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Earth Today | COVID-19: An opportunity to ‘build back better’ in the Caribbean

“I am concerned that efforts to rebuild economies and societies will be prioritised, without an understanding that the lack of concern for man’s interaction with nature caused this pandemic and some other outbreaks in recent years,” said Dr Lorna Inniss, coordinator for the Cartagena Convention

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A defining moment: SpaceX will this week launch humans into space

You’ve turned over the keys to the private sector for low-earth orbit, which frees up Nasa to do other things

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South Africa: British Citizens Who Entered Nation During Lockdown Get Suspended Fine

Two British citizens, who allegedly sped over the border between Eswatini and South Africa, have been fined R40 000 or 12 months in jail for contravening lockdown

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KABAARA: How to save lives as we sustain livelihoods

How to save lives as we sustain livelihoods

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Oil Trade: Claude Wilfrid Etoka, CEO of SARPD OIL, Wins the Prize of « Builder of the African Economy

The CEO of Société Africaine de Recherche Pétrolière et de Distribution (SARPD OIL), Claude Wilfrid Etoka, received last Thursday the award of « Africa Economy Builder » during a ceremony held in Abidjan (Côte

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Uganda: 'Agriculture Will Revive Our Economy After COVID-19'

Our plan is to distribute between 2 million and 3 million kilograms of additional maize seed targeting districts in Eastern, Northern and parts of central regions whose rainy season goes up to

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Mozambique: Number of COVID-19 Cases in Mozambique Reaches 553

Maputo — Mozambique has recorded a further 44 cases of the Covid-19 respiratory disease, bringing to 553 the number of cases detected since the start of the

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Boos for back-to-work order - PM urged not to prejudice task force plan

The high-ranking official has also suggested that the decision might prejudice the proposals of the Economic Recovery Task Force, which is mandated to roll out the road map to firing up

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Mexico’s Leftist Leader Rejects Big Spending to Ease Virus’s Sting

In Mexico, no such rescue effort has

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Covid-19: Gauteng, Eastern Cape each edge closer to 10 000 mark, as cases hit 65 736

As of 13 June, Gauteng has 9 897 confirmed cases of Covid-19, while the Eastern Cape has 9 250

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