The name Tel Aviv originally comes from the Book of Ezekiel, where it refers to a Babylonian settlement in Mesopotamia. In Hebrew, the word ‘Tel’ means an artificial hill formed by a heap of ruins, while the word ‘Aviv’ means ‘spring’.
This name w…
The Nairobi County Government has launched the County Health Promoters Program which aims at improving healthcare accessibility and community well-being.The pioneering move promises to revolutionize healthcare delivery in Nairobi County and empower…
The Tanzanian National Microfinance Bank (NMB Bank) has just launched a multi-currency green bond issuance program totaling 1,000 billion Tanzanian shillings ($400 million). The program aims to raise 75 billion shillings under the first tranche of …
Cash is the only payment mechanism that doesn’t require authorization from anyone to spend it. And it’s the only form of money that doesn’t leave a trail. Most of the time, these things don’t matter to law-abiding citizens. But sometimes they do. A…
The white rhinoceros has clawed its way back from near extinction over the last century but a major rewilding project will see 2,000 white rhinos bred at a rhino farm released in national parks across Africa over the next decade – a major boost to …
The devastating impacts of climate change to the planet, people, and economies are increasingly well understood. The key question is what we do to catalyse immediate action and accelerate mitigation efforts. The voluntary carbon market (VCM) is one…
What do we call the spectrum of results in real estate that provide broad-reaching benefits to all stakeholders, users, communities and the planet? Is this social value? Is it the same as social impact, social sustainability and social well-being? …
The Director General of the Burkinabè National Tourism Office (ONTB), Marguerite Doannio, on Tuesday invited her fellow citizens to practice domestic tourism to save a sector affected by the security crisis.
‘We strongly encourage Burkinabè people…
The drive to revive cotton farming in the country has received a major boost after the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Organization (KALRO) rolled out a cotton seed production drive.The initiative targets to avail 40,000 metric tonnes of cotton se…
The newspaper Jeune Afrique wants the Burkinabè authorities to lift the suspension weighing on it, after a series of articles reporting alleged tensions within military barracks in Ouagadougou.
In a press release published Tuesday, the management …