Sisi: Despite dwindling global growth rate, emerging & developing states’ rate expected to go up by 5% by end of 2019
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi although the international growth rate is receding amid expectations ...
Sustainable Development
UNDP official: 4IR, AI to affect employment rates in Arab states by 40% to 50%
United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Resident Representative Randa Aboul Hosn said the Fourth Industrial Revolution ...
UN official urges Egypt to establish sustainable cities, adopt sustainable agricultural mechanim
United Nations Regional Coordinator Richard Dictus said Egypt needs to have carbon-free smart cities and ...
EU amb., FAO official: Regional conflicts major challenge for sustainable development in Arab world
EU Ambassador in Cairo Ivan Surkos and UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Assistant Director-General ...
18 million people living in abject poverty in MENA – World Bank official
World Bank Group (WBG) senior vice president for 2030 Development Agenda Mahmoud Mohie El-Din said ...
Sisi-sponsored Arab Sustainable Development Week opens with CSR Arabia taking part
The third edition of the Arab Sustainable Development Week – under the auspices of President ...
EIB, Banco Santander to extend EUR 1.9bn to Spanish SMEs
The European Investment Bank Group, composed of the European Investment Bank (EIB) and European Investment ...
FAO, IFAD, WFP urge support of 45 million Africans due to face food insecurity in 6 months
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the ...
Egypt moves ahead to manufacture electric mini-cars, charging stations
Egypt is moving ahead to produce electric mini-cars and charging stations to reduce fuel consumption ...
UNICEF urges investing in education to help S.Asia youth get decent jobs
UNICEF, the Global Business Coalition for Education, pumping more investments into education and skilling youth ...
Al Baraka Banking Group 1st Islamic, West Asia bank to ink UN’s new Principles for Responsible Banking
Al Baraka Banking Group becomes the first bank in the West Asia region to officially ...
EBRD’s €100 m loan to help Serbia buy electrified trains, cut CO2 emissions
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will extend a €100 million to Serbia ...
World Bank extends $100 m to ensure access to clean water, better sanitation in Bangladesh
The World Bank will extend to Bangladesh $100 million to improve water supply, sanitation, and ...
Walmart Foundation offers $250,000 in cash grants to support California wildfire relief efforts
The Walmart Foundation has committed $250,000 in cash grants to support nonprofits providing relief efforts ...
EBRD new office in Uzbekistan to support SMEs
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has set up a new office in ...
“Greener” inhaler to cut greenhouse gas emissions, save money
Switching from current inhalers – which contain propellants that are potent greenhouse gases – to ...
Opinion: Five reasons climate change is the worst environmental problem the world has ever faced
Even now that most of the world has acknowledged that climate change is real and ...
EU-funded 3.7 m-euro program to support small farmers in Kenya
The European Union-funded program – at 3.7 million euros – is meant to improve the ...
UNESCO to address sustainability, climate action, innovation on World Cities Day
UNESCO will address sustainability and climate action, urban regeneration and social inclusion, as well as ...
UK earmarks £10 m for three White Rose universities to hone bioscience, AI skills of PhD students
The UK’s Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC, a part of the UK Research ...
Unilever, Mars,Incorporated, PepsiCo to cut virgin plastic use by 20% to 50% by 2025
Unilever, Mars, Incorporated, and PepsiCo announced their plans to significantly reduce virgin plastic use by ...