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  • Published on May 2, 2025

    Mboa Paris Trains 30 Young Cameroonians to Boost Tech and Entrepreneurship

    (Business in Cameroon) - Between 2023 and 2025, the Mboa Paris fair, in partnership with the JFN Center, trained thirty young Cameroonians in entrepreneurship, applied innovation, and digital transformation. The announcement was made on April 26, 2025, in …

    Source: Business in Cameroon - Neutral
  • Published on May 2, 2025

    Australia: stuck in the middle

    Around 18m Australians are eligible to vote and voting is compulsory (although the fine for not doing so is only A$20). In the last 2022 election, 11% of voters did not do so, reducing the turnout to its lowest level since compulsory voting was introduced. …

    Source: CADTM - Left-wing
  • Published on May 2, 2025

    How Digital Demagoguery Undermines Political Process And Social Cohesion

    According to Isaac Asimov, "When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent." Digital mob mentality is on the rise in Pakistan. It can be described as digital demagogues who start dehumanising, demonising, making edited …

    Source: Friday Times - Pending
  • Published on May 2, 2025

    The real cost of Africa’s debt crisis – and how to fix it

    In February 2025, African leaders gathered to launch the Debt Relief Initiative, calling for help for heavily indebted countries and pushing for fairer borrowing costs for developing nations. It led to the Cape Town Declaration. This wasn’t happening in …

    Source: Africa Report - Neutral
  • Published on May 2, 2025

    Over 24,000 Students To Benefits From Free NECO Exam Fee In Nasarawa

    LAFIA — Nasarawa State Governor Abdullahi Sule on Friday said over 24,000 candidates in public schools across the state will benefit from the free NECO registration fee for the 2025 /2026 examination exercise in the state. The governor, who disclosed …

    Source: Daily Independent - Pending
  • Published on May 2, 2025

    Why Norwegian Investors Should Look to Indonesia

    Indonesia holds a prominent position as Southeast Asia’s largest economy, underpinned by a large domestic market, political stability, and consistent economic growth. In 2024, Indonesia’s GDP grew by 5.03 percent, slightly lower than the 5.05 percent …

    Source: ASEAN Briefing - Neutral
  • Published on May 2, 2025

    Who’s rich? Who’s poor? Who’s middle-class?

    The villas here are astronomically priced, relative to the rest of this city. Prices start at ₹30 crore. Because this isn’t merely real-estate. It is entry into a parallel India: one that flies private, to the Maldives, for the weekend, and sends children …

    Source: Hindustan Times - Indeterminate
  • Published on May 2, 2025

    RBI portfolio rejig: Poonam Gupta becomes new Deputy Governor, to oversee MPC; T Rabi Sankar gets 12 depts

    The Reserve Bank of India on Friday rejigged portfolios of its deputy governors, with newly-appointed Poonam Gupta being given the charge of key monetary policy department. The RBI has four deputy governors. The central bank shuffled the portfolios …

    Source: Mint - Neutral
  • Published on May 2, 2025

    Rural IPC members trained on RISE Project community structures

    The training program, which began on Monday 28th April is currently undergoing with the involvement of 802 communities who are grouped into 160 training sites across the all the regions. The RISE project is jointly funded by the World Bank and The Gambia …

    Source: The Point - Indeterminate
  • Published on May 2, 2025

    High Value for Whom? The Hidden Inequity in Botswana’s Tourism Model 

    With the case for mass tourism ably demonstrated by several example countries, we turn to Botswana’s profound iniquity – and economic short-sightedness – of boasting about attracting wealthy visitors while paying the frontline workers who deliver the …

    Source: Botswana Gazette - Neutral
  • Published on May 2, 2025

    RBI reshuffles deputy governor portfolios following Poonam Gupta’s appointment

    New Delhi [India], May 2 (ANI): The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced a redistribution of portfolios among its Deputy Governors on Friday with immediate effect, following the appointment of Dr Poonam Gupta as Deputy Governor on April 2. M Rajeshwar Rao …

    Source: The Print - Neutral
  • Published on May 2, 2025

    Four million green workers projected by 2025: Bappenas

    Jakarta (ANTARA) - The National Development Planning Ministry (Bappenas) estimated that Indonesia will have four million green workers by 2025. “By 2025, the number of green workers in Indonesia is projected to reach four million people, or 2.7 percent of …

    Source: Antara - Pro-Government
  • Published on May 2, 2025

    Peter Obi: Is Sanwo-Olu Desperate To Mend Fences With The Godfather?

    In the events leading to the January 13 impeachment of the Lagos State House of Assembly Speaker, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu was not spared of criticisms from the presidency. However, several media outlets reported that Sanwo-Olu …

    Source: Daily Independent - Pending
  • Published on May 2, 2025

    Dual model could be path for international financial centre

    Dual model could be path for international financial centre The National Assembly Standing Committee in April reviewed a draft resolution proposing a unified international financial centre in Vietnam, split between Ho Chi Minh City and Danang. VIR’s Bich …

    Source: Vietstock - Pending
  • Published on May 2, 2025

    Does Zim need additional wealth taxes?

    A significant portion of agricultural land does not have title deeds. Zimbabwe has notable levels of income and wealth inequalities. As measured by the World Bank, inequality is at an all time high, registering a Gini Coefficient as high as 0.503 in 2019, …

    Source: Southern Eye - Indeterminate
  • Published on May 2, 2025

    Youth in despair, no jobs to share: Iraq’s workforce hanging in the air

    Shafaq News/ Iraq’s labor force currently numbers around 15 million, based on the 2024 data from the Ministry of Planning. Approximately 42% of these individuals work in the public sector, an outcome rooted in decades of state-centered economic policy, …

    Source: Shafaq News - Indeterminate
  • Published on May 2, 2025

    Two kids and an SUV: Why Kenyan families are shrinking

     Two kids and an SUV: Why Kenyan families are shrinking (Photo: iStock) What informed the Kenyan dream of one spouse, two children, a three-bedroom house, a four-wheel SUV, and the recent addition of a fluffy white dog? I wondered how two children became …

    Source: The Standard - Indeterminate
  • Published on May 2, 2025

    New app brings Tongan stories to kids’ fingertips

    A free bilingual reading app is helping Tongan children embrace local stories and boost literacy. Tau Laukonga, launched this week, offers over 100 culturally rich books in Tongan and English, many with native-speaker audio narration. Available on Android …

    Source: Talanoa 'O Tonga - Neutral
  • Published on May 2, 2025

    TMS 2025: Enhance pension investment strategy to safeguard retirement incomes  

    By Ebenezer Chike Adjei NJOKU The domestic pension system requires refinements grounded in diversification, governance reform and professional management if it is to remain sustainable and deliver adequate retirement income for the country’s aging …

    Source: Business and Financial Times - Pending

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