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Share The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and financial sector experts have called for collaborative efforts among microfinance banks (MFBs) to promote the expansion of microinsurance as a tool for deepening financial inclusion. Making this call in Lagos at the 6th annual symposium of the Nigerian Microfinance Platform (NMP) organised by the Microfinance Learning and Development Center (MLDC), with the theme, ‘Expanding The Frontiers of Financial Inclusion: The Microinsurance Option’,  the e...

May 3, 2021 By Waterways Journal George Washington University and the Arthur S. Flemming Commission have named Igor Linkov, senior science and technology manager at the Environmental Laboratory of the U.S. Army Engineer Research & Development Center (ERDC), as one of 12 exceptional public servants for 2020. The award recipients, chosen from across a range of federal agencies, are recognized for their outstanding service in the fiel...

Tikog Presser has become the most recent home-grown technology licensed by Cebu-based machine fabricator, Ralds Trading & Electro-Mechanical Services Corporation, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has disclosed. Tikog Presser machine (Photo from DOST) DOST Secretary Fortunat

Worker flies all the buzz in Japan agricultural pollination amid honeybee shortage May 2, 2021 (Mainichi Japan) A Bee Fly, or a common green bottle fly, is seen on mango flowers in Ibusuki, Kagoshima Prefecture, in March 2021. (Mainichi) KAGOSHIMA -- An increasing number of agricultural farms in Japan are using flies instead of honeybees to pollinate vegetables and fruits, because the supply of bees is in decline and flies have proven to be good pollinators despite their negative image. ...

Courtesy Tom and Rita ONeill split their time between Fort Wayne and Connecticut, where their son Josh, who has Down syndrome, lives. The ONeills have spent more than 40 years volunteering and doing philanthropic work in the Down syndrome community. Previous Next Sunday, May 02, 2021 1:00 am City couple devoted to helping son, others BLAKE SEBRING | For The Journal Gazette When Tom and Rita ONeills son Josh was born 42 years ago with Down syndrome, he was immediately dia...

Posted on April 30th, 2021 By P.K.Balachandran Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, April 30 (South Asian Monitor): Sri Lanka and China vowed on Wednesday to enhance pragmatic cooperation in all sectors between the two countries, including the military, China’s official agency Xinhua reported. The pledge came after Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa met with visiting Chinese State Councilor and Minister of National Defense, Wei Fengh...

10 This isn’t your father’s rapid runway repair. Eight Airmen from the 169th Civil Engineer Squadron (169CES) joined Pacific Air Forces and U.S. Navy engineers to participate in an Expedient and Expeditionary Airfield Damage Repair (E-ADR) Joint Capability Technology Demonstration at McEntire Joint National Guard Base (JNGB), South Carolina April 21-28, 2021. The demonstration simulated the rapid repair of a battle damaged runway. Swamp Fox engineers were joined by engineers...

Ohio Civil War Show The 2021 Ohio Civil War Show will take place 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and again 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $7. Children 11 and younger are admitted for free. Visitors are asked to wear face masks. Hand sanitizing stations will be available throughout the grounds. Those who arrive at the fairgrounds will be greeted by an eight-cannon battery. Alongside them will be other artillery pieces, such as mortars, limbers and caissons. The show includes a 1776 Revolutionary War...

27 April 2021, Abidjan: The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), in partnership with the UN Development Programme (UNDP), concluded a 3-part capacity building programme for women-led and owned businesses and trade associations on utilizing the preferences African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The third and final workshop, held from 20 to 22 April in Abidjan, Côte d Ivoire, targeted traders, producers and trade officials from French and Portuguese-speaking member states...

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