The 6th edition of the Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) conference and awards held on December 2 and 3 hosted more than 60 African and global thought leaders across business and politics who shared insight and thought leadership. The virtual conference theme this year was, Reimagining business and rebuilding better. The two-day event aimed to explore […]

The Swedish Government today proposed extending the government credit guarantee program ‘Företagsakuten’ into 2021 so as to cover lending after 31 December. The program is intended to facilitate lending to small and medium-sized companies affected by the pandemic. The Företagsakuten program was launched in spring 2020 as part of the government’s measures to support the […]

A pledge to end all forms of violence and set in motion a grassroots civil society campaign to promote peace was launched today by a coalition of community activists, artists, victims of war, academics, business leaders and African youth. Emmanuel Jal, a spokesperson for the coalition and a prominent peace campaigner, said: “We are losing […]

The Emancipation Movement of Liberia (EMOL) has urged eligible Liberian voters to vote for legacy-driven candidates who put country first and have the interests of the Liberian people at heart. Liberians are slated to vote in special senatorial elections and a referendum on Tuesday. In a press release issued by its executive director Jarwinken Wiah […]

Artificial Intelligence (AI) company, Webb Fontaine has announced crucial investments into Africa with plans to open an Artificial Intelligence Research and Development (R&D) Center on the continent. The move aims to answer to an important demand by Governments globally, to implement AI-powered solution for Trade. The R&D Center was announced by Webb Fontaine founder and […]

FIFA’s Secretary General Fatma Samoura took part in the closing session of the World Football Summit Live today in a wide ranging discussion that covered disruption, wokeness and the impact of the FIFA Covid-19 Relief Plan on global football. In an interview led by South African broadcaster Carol Tshabalala, Fatma Samoura spoke about the effect the Covid-19 […]

This article is about the work of Sweden’s Ministry of Health and Social Affairs in response to the COVID-19 virus. It discusses the current measures in health and social care and health and social care staff. Maximum of eight participants should be normative for all of society The coming weeks are crucial to stop the […]

“I am very concerned about the grave humanitarian consequences of the conflict in the Tigray region in Ethiopia. The civilian population has been severely affected, and thousands of people are being forced to flee every day,” says Norway’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Ine Eriksen Søreide. She adds, “Norway will provide approximately NOK 27 million (about […]

Switzerland’s Federal Criminal Court has announced that the trial of Liberian war crimes suspect Alieu Kosiah will be partially postponed until the beginning of next year – tentatively in February. The court has decided to only proceed with the preliminary questions and the hearing of the defendant from December 3 to December 11, 2020. The rest of the trial […]

Coordinated crisis responses and deployment of vaccines were two of the issues that Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven discussed when he met other European Union (EU) leaders via a video conference of the European Council on Thursday afternoon. The heads of state and government also considered the negotiations on the EU’s long-term budget. The EU […]