German Development Minister Svenja Schulze on Tuesday outlined Germany’s overarching development policy vision for the African continent. Berlin aims to work with national governments and organizations to address challenges that could lead to mass migration, new conflicts and pandemics, and higher global carbon emissions. Schulze said the 36-page document had emerged from six months of joint consultations with European and African representatives from politics, business, civil society, academia, and youth. Sustainable jobs with fair pay The development minister said that, with the continent’s young, rapidly growing population, the core of Germany’s new strategy should be job creation. Schulze praised Africa…
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JOHANNESBURG, Jan 24 (Reuters) – South Africa’s rand weakened against the dollar on Tuesday as investors awaited the central bank’s decision on monetary policy later this week.At 1520 GMT, the rand traded at 17.2525 against the dollar, 0.28% weaker than its previous close. The dollar was0.27% firmer against a basket of major currencies .The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) will announce its rate decision on Thursday, with 11 of the 20 economists polled by Reuters predicting a hike of 50 basis point (bps) to 7.50% (ZAREPO=ECI). Eight projected an increase of 25 bps and one no change.Most economists polled by…
Ahmed Sayed, also known as “Zizo”, is one of the biggest players to watch in Egypt right now. He’s one of the leading scorers in the Egyptian Premier League and has 13 combined goals and assists in just over 1,200 minutes this season. Those are some top-tier numbers, though there are some penalties mixed in there. Now, the quality of the Egyptian league isn’t incredibly high, so those numbers have to be taken with a grain of salt. Still, when you watch Zizo play, you see a confident attacker with a fantastic right foot and playmaking ability. He’s not going…
In 2022, STLPR launched a new season of its We Live Here podcast, a series exploring stories about race and class in our region, by partnering with Auténtico!, a podcast created by Latinx professionals.Over 13 episodes, We Live Here, Auténtico! offers story-based reflections from bilingual Latinos from St. Louis and the Metro East — small business owners and everyday people working toward racial equity and opportunity in the metro region — with hosts Gabriela Ramirez-Arellano and Alejandro Santiago Ortega.From 2000 to 2010, census results show the percentage of Latinos in the 14-county St. Louis region roughly doubled. Most of the…
The game, manufactured in Nazi Germany by an obscure company called Guenther, is likely to have been on sale at the end of 1938A new exhibition at the Wiener Library for the Study of the Nazi Era and the Holocaust at Israel’s Tel Aviv University is featuring the appalling children’s board game “Jews out!”The game, manufactured in Nazi Germany by an obscure company called Guenther and Co., is likely to have been on sale at the end of 1938, following the events of Kristallnacht. In the board game, players are tasked with collecting six “Jew hats” from Jewish residential and commercial…
United Nations — The United States’ Ambassador to the United Nations is heading to Africa this week. She’ll be the second member of the Biden cabinet to visit this month as the administration seeks to demonstrate its commitment to addressing the myriad challenges facing the continent, from conflict to climate change. While neither Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield nor Treasury Secretary Janet Yellin, who arrived several days ago, have spoken directly about countering any other nation’s influence, their visits are also a clear bid by Washington to answer both China and Russia’s significant and expanding economic, political, and military influence across Africa.…
LAS VEGAS — In response to buyer requests, Sherwin-Williams is partnering with International Market Centers to present the first Spanish-only color trends presentation during this month’s Las Vegas Market, and the new program underscores the opportunities represented by an increasingly diverse home furnishings marketplace. “We wanted to find a way to support Spanish-speaking designers and painting professionals in the United States with tools that will inspire and educate,” said Sue Wadden, director of color marketing, The Americas Group. “Since 2010, we have created a Spanish version of Colormix in partnership with our Latin American team, so it just made sense…
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JOHANNESBURG, Jan 24 (Reuters) – South African pharmacy chain Clicks Group (CLSJ.J) said on Tuesday its turnover in the 20 week period ended Jan. 15 rose by 7.8% to 15.6 billion rand ($902.41 million), thanks to good volume growth following strong Black Friday and Christmas trading.Including COVID-19 vaccinations, turnover rose by 2.9%, it said.($1 = 17.2870 rand)Reporting by Nqobile Dludla; Editing by Kirsten DonovanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. Source link
The East African country has been keen on fast tracking its oil programmes since last year, and has signed a couple of deals to this effect. Last year, Uganda and its collaborators, TotalEnergies and Tanzania got into an altercation with the European Union on a pipeline project, which the EU declared environmentally harmful. Despite this, the country insisted on going ahead with its oil exploration. Read the story here. As recently as this month, the country signed production-sharing agreements (PSA) for two oil exploration blocks between two oil firms, including a unit of Australia’s DGR Global (DGR.AX). Once again reiterating…