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Advertisement Developing-market SMEs, which have long competed for funding against bigger corporates, are counting on help from governments and multilateral lenders to keep afloat.  February 04, 2021 The long shadow cast by the coronavirus pandemic has extended perhaps most dramatically to small and midsize enterprises (SMEs), highlighting the outsized role they play in the economies of three developing regions—Southeast Asia, Africa and the Middle East—and the challenges they face going f...

TV drag queen Ginny Lemon made allegations against the University of Worcester this week after they shared a photograph of her in support of LGBT+ Month. The Ru Paul’s Drag Race UK contestant and non-binary activist made several claims about the university relating to alleged discrimination in a series of Twitter posts and asked them to remove the picture they had used. A University of Worcester spokesman said: “The photograph about which a request was made to be taken down is a publi...

45 Innovators to Share UGX7.39 Billion NIISP Grant 45 winning innovators in the third cohort of the National ICT Initiatives Support Programme (NIISP) will be sharing the grant of UGX7.39 billion from the Government of Uganda. Courtesy Photo The National ICT Initiatives Support Programme (NIISP) through the Ministry of ICT and National Guidance has announced 45 Innovators who shall receive a collective total of UGX7.39 billion grant. The announcement of the winning innovators in the third phase...

RuPauls Drag Race UK star Ginny Lemon. (BBC) RuPaul’s Drag Race UK star and non-binary icon Ginny Lemon has alleged that the University of Worcester “hounded” them out of a job “for being gay“. Ginny is a former student and staff member at the University of Worcester, but when the university posted a photo of them at the beginning of LGBT+ History Month, they responded: “Please remove my photo. “As I was hounded out of a job for being gay while working at the uni I certainly DO NO...

A monitoring system developed through a European Space Agency (ESA)-backed project detects interference with satellite navigation signals in use at strategic or safety-critical sites. The GNSS Interference Detection and Analysis System (GIDAS) enables continuous 24/7 monitoring of the GNSS frequency bands within a defined region to automatically detect, classify and localize intentional interference by means of jamming and spoofing. Installation site at Brno Airport, Czech Republic. All images ...

The ICRA/ISA Under 25 Keelboat Support Programme is open for 2021 applications. The scheme was created as a support programme to help sailing clubs de...

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Published: 19 January 2021 OCBC Bank yesterday announced the rollout of a COVID-19 Vaccination Support Programme for about 10,000 of its employees in Singapore, including its subsidiaries Bank of Singapore, OCBC Securities, and OCBC Property Services. According to a media release, the programme comprises two components - education and support.  Educating employees about the COVID-19 vaccine OCBC Bank has engaged medical experts to educate its employees about the COVID-19 vaccine, its...

An ESA-supported effort put an intelligent road up in Finnish Lapland through its paces, assessing its suitability for testing autonomous vehicles in some of Europe’s most challenging driving conditions.

How COVID-19 restrictions prevent Nairobis sex workers from accessing vital healthcare By Teela Sanders & Rahma Hassan - The Conversation LISTEN JAN 19, 2021 A person living with HIV shows her clinic appointment and anti-retroviral drugs regimen card. - Source: TONY KARUMBA/AFP/GettyImages Sex workers are one of the most vulnerable social groups in the world. They experience widespread stigma, discrimination, state and non-state violence and harassment. This results in decreased access to se...