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Considering that Climate change is  a threat to economic growth, long term prosperity, as well as the livelihoods of an already vulnerable population in the country, government through the Ministry of Forestry and Natural resources is intensifying the need to join hands in planting more trees in the communities. Rotary club of Lilongwe president William Matambo-Complimenting government efforts in reforestation Lilongwe Rotary Club in a tree planting drive Minister Nancy Tembo during the exerci...

Aircraft and other transportation equipment exports were up 72.3 per cent in January, after a Canadian airline retired a large number of planes from its fleet and sold them to buyers in the U.S.

Canada's exports to the United States, its largest trading partner, rose sharply in January, leading to a surprise trade surplus, Statistics Canada said on Friday.

DiDomenico Re-Appointed as Senate Assistant Majority Leader Senator Sal DiDomenico has once again been appointed to the position of Assistant Majority Leader of the Massachusetts Senate, serving as a select member of Senate President Karen Spilka’s leadership team. The Senator has also been tasked with chairing the Senate Committee on Bills in Third Reading and serving as Vice Chair of the Joint Committee on Education. This legislative session, the Senator will also serve as a member of the ...

NEXIM bank said its target for 2022 is to achieve a balance sheet size of at least N1.2 trillion.

By Katie Trojano, Reporter Staff February 17, 2021 Katie Trojano, Reporter Staff Speaker of the Massachusetts House Ronald Mariano unveiled the first committee slate of his speakership last week, and Senate President Karen Spilka released assignments for her branch as well. Sen. Nick Collins, who represents large parts of Dorchester and Mattapan in the 1st Suffolk District, will chair the Senate committee on Community Development and Small business. He was also named vice chair of the committe...

Montreal fabless semiconductor startup SPARK Microsystems has raised a $17.5 million equity financing round to bring its wireless transceiver tech to market.

Published: 11 Feb 2021, 12:11 By: Andy Colthorpe sPowers parent company AES recently completed the Alamitos battery storage project (pictured), also in California, also 100MW / 400MWh. Image: AES Corporation. A debt financing deal closed by independent power producer (IPP) sPower for a 100MW / 400MWh battery storage project in California demonstrates that significant project finance investment can be achieved for large-scale battery facilities. That’s according to Frank Beckers,...

Philip Ojwang Kamau: Curtains fall on man who fought for Africas economies Monday February 08 2021 Dr Philip Ojwang Kamau died on January 20, 2021 in Cairo, Egypt at the age of 61. PHOTO | AFREXIMBANK By BRIAN NGUGI Fallen career banker Dr Philip Ojwang Kamau played an instrumental role in fronting Kenya to host the African Export Import Bank (Afreximbank) Sh3 billion regional headquarters but Nairobi’s foot-dragging saw it lose out to Kampala. Dr Kamau was, until his demise on January 20 in...

BY LAKSHMAN WICKRAMASINGHE Kalakeerthi Edwin Ariyadasa, the gentleman journalist, is no more. He has left us with a legacy that is as noble as the life he led. He was a Buddhist who knew by realization that the greatest man who ever lived was the Supreme Buddha . Ariyadasa edited a book with that title. But also being a good Buddhist, he believed and acted in ways that displayed the thinking that every other religionist had the right to practice his or her own religion and also should be respec...