1. Home
  2. Author Blogs

Author: Capital Media

Capital Media

Scientists should welcome charges against agency over Whakaari/White Island — if it helps improve early warning systems

Scientists should welcome charges against agency over Whakaari/White Island — if it helps improve early warning systems

The decision by WorkSafe, a government agency focused on workplace safety, to bring criminal charges against 13 parties in relation to last December’s eruption of Whakaari/White Island heralds a new chapter for volcano scientists in…

Read More
IMF / Euro Area 2020 Article IV Consultation

IMF / Euro Area 2020 Article IV Consultation

The IMF announced that the COVID-19 pandemic is leading to severe socio-economic dislocations and hardship despite an unprecedented policy response in the Euro Area on Monday Nov. 30. The announcement came as part of the…

Read More
Épisode 4 « Financer l’industrie de la mode »

Épisode 4 « Financer l’industrie de la mode »

(BANQUE AFRICAINE DE DEVELOPPEMENT) – Le département Genre, Femmes et Société civile du Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement, en collaboration avec HEVA Fund, organise, jeudi 10 décembre prochain, le quatrième et dernier épisode…

Read More
l’Etat de Lagos va accélérer sa couverture par fibre optique au cours de 2021

l’Etat de Lagos va accélérer sa couverture par fibre optique au cours de 2021

(Agence Ecofin) – En 2021, une grande partie du projet de déploiement de 6 000 km de fibre optique à travers l’Etat de Lagos devra être réalisée. C’est le défi que s’est fixé le gouvernement du…

Read More
‘Challenging’ months until vaccine clears production, distribution hurdles By Reuters

‘Challenging’ months until vaccine clears production, distribution hurdles By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Senate’s Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs hearing By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A slowing recovery and a surging pandemic mean the United States is entering a “challenging” few…

Read More
Oil up 27% in Best Month Since May By Investing.com

Oil up 27% in Best Month Since May By Investing.com

© Reuters. By Barani Krishnan Investing.com – Oil prices jumped 27% or more for November, their biggest leap since the disaster of spring 2020 when crude prices tumbled into negative territory for the first time…

Read More
Nonprofits are struggling to do more with less money, but donors and volunteers can help: 5 questions answered

Nonprofits are struggling to do more with less money, but donors and volunteers can help: 5 questions answered

Historically, nonprofits have gotten nearly a third of their charitable donations just during the month of December. In recent years, this flurry of giving has begun on #GivingTuesday, an online campaign that takes place on…

Read More
‘War in space’ would be a catastrophe. A return to rules-based cooperation is the only way to keep space peaceful

‘War in space’ would be a catastrophe. A return to rules-based cooperation is the only way to keep space peaceful

In 2019, US President Donald Trump declared “space is the new war-fighting domain”. This followed the creation of the US Space Force and a commitment to “American dominance” in outer space. Other space-faring nations, and…

Read More
Le britannique Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund engage 31 millions $ dans un projet d’énergie au Ghana

Le britannique Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund engage 31 millions $ dans un projet d’énergie au Ghana

(Agence Ecofin) – Au Ghana, un projet de construction d’une installation de regazéification de gaz naturel liquéfié bénéficiera d’un prêt de 31 millions $ du fonds des infrastructures d’une Afrique émergente (EAIF). La ligne de crédit…

Read More
Huawei, partenaire du Sénégal au Forum du Numérique

Huawei, partenaire du Sénégal au Forum du Numérique

(Agence Ecofin) – Huawei a eu l’honneur de participer à la deuxième édition du Forum du Numérique organisé par le Ministère de l’Économie Numérique et des Télécommunications du Sénégal en présence de son Excellence Macky…

Read More