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Sustainable Investment Opportunity for Future-fit African Startups

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– – While 2020 was a record year for investment into the African tech startup ecosystem, with more startups raising more money from more investors than ever before– critics and commentators alike have often claimed that Silicon Valley-style investment frameworks are ill-suited to the continent’s diversity and nuanced need for funding. With investment into African startups considered key to the… Read More
Europe 

‘The adolescence of humanity is coming to an end’, declares UK Prime Minister

Village Reporter
The human species, said Mr. Johnson, is nearing the end of the adolescent phase of its evolutionary lifespan. He referred to November’s COP26 UN climate conference, which he is hosting in the Scottish city of Glasgow, as the moment to show that mankind is capable of learning and maturing. “Daily, weekly, we are doing such irreversible damage that, long before… Read More
Europe 

‘Through the tears, solutions for a better society have sprung up’: Estonian President

Village Reporter
Ms. Kaljulaid said that, although many conversations on digital development have been curtailed, online events have continued to provide solutions and fresh ideas to confront the crisis.  “Through the tears we have shed for our lost ones, from the despair and devastation, solutions have sprung which will enable us to become better, more egalitarian societies” she declared.  The Estonian President… Read More
Pacific 

Myanmar: UN expert says current international efforts failing, urges ‘change of course’

Village Reporter
According to Special Rapporteur Tom Andrews, since its power grab and overthrow of the democratically-elected Government, the junta and its forces have murdered more than 1,100 people, arbitrarily detained more than 8,000, and forcibly displaced more than 230,000 civilians, bringing the total number of internally placed persons in Myanmar to well over half a million. Mr. Andrews described how junta-controlled… Read More
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Ghana: Renewed tension over latest closure of Nigerian-owned shops

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– – Some Nigerian traders in Ghana are agitating over the closure of their shops by their Ghanaian counterparts. Several shops in Abbosey Okai and Tip Toe land in Accra and Koforidua in the Eastern Region have been locked up by the Ghanaian traders. The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) sanctioned what it calls a distress action following the… Read More
Africa Sports World 

A look at why Cristiano Ronaldo will win the Golden Boot this season

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– – Cristiano Ronaldo has only been in the Premier League for two games since making his sensational return to Manchester United, however, he’s already only one goal behind the leading goalscorers. Indeed, Ronaldo’s tally of three is only bettered by teammate Bruno Fernandes, Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah, and West Ham’s Michail Antonio. Crucially, Fernandes and Salah have played in five games while Antonio has… Read More
Pacific 

UN warns of ‘urgent imperative’ to avoid acute Afghan food insecurity

Village Reporter
The unfolding situation has caused significant disruption and threatens Afghanistan’s critical winter wheat season, which is about to begin, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned, ahead of a major fundraising conference which is slated to take place in Geneva on 13 September.  Farmers cultivate potatoes in Bamyan, Afghanistan. Without urgent support, farmers and pastoralists could lose their livelihoods and be forced to… Read More
Europe 

UN agencies shocked by deaths near Belarus-Poland border 

Village Reporter
In a joint statement, the agencies expressed their condolences to the families of the deceased, all of whose nationalities have yet to be confirmed, although two of the victims were identified as Iraqi nationals who reportedly died of hypothermia.  EU-Belarus border crisis  In recent months, groups of asylum-seekers and migrants have been transiting through Belarus, to seek asylum in neighbouring EU Member States – Lithuania, Latvia and Poland.  ‼️IOM and UNHCR are… Read More
Pacific 

Afghanistan: ‘Palpable’ fear of ‘brutal and systemic repression’ of women grows

Village Reporter
Michelle Bachelet informed a high-level event on safeguarding 20 years of international engagement in Afghanistan, that women have been “progressively excluded from the public sphere”, prohibited from appearing without a male guardian and face increasing restrictions on their right to work. “The Ministry that once promoted women’s rights has been disbanded, and its premises taken over by a Ministry for… Read More
Pacific 

Philippines President urges world to ‘reverse course’ on inequality 

Village Reporter
“From what I have seen that future will likely be one of inequality, where the poor plays catch-up with the rich, with no hope nor chance of ever succeeding in closing the gap. We cannot, in all conscience, allow this to happen. An unjust order is inherently volatile,” he said.  The Head of State was speaking at UN Headquarters at the opening of the high-level week… Read More
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