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Chinese firm sells millions of mobile phones in Africa

Posted by marco on May 12, 2017

Chinese mobile phone manufacturer Tecno Mobile sales reached 25 million devices, including 9 million smartphones in 2015, helping it to sustain the most "popular" brand status in Africa. Globally, it...

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ADB and Kina Bank Sign First Trade Finance Deal in Papua New Guinea

Posted by marco on May 10, 2017

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Kina Bank Limited (Kina) have signed a trade finance agreement enabling ADB’s Trade Finance Program (TFP) to provide a credit guarantee facility that...

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Chinese bike-sharing start-up and UNDP cooperate to support innovative solutions to climate change challenges

Posted by iaco on April 28, 2017

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and ofo, a Beijing-based start-up company that has become the world’s first and largest bike sharing platform, are joining forces to raise public...

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Development aid rises again in 2016

Posted by marco on April 12, 2017

Development aid reached a new peak of USD 142.6 billion in 2016, an increase of 8.9% from 2015 after adjusting for exchange rates and inflation. A rise in aid...

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New Way of Viewing the Sustainable Development Goals

Posted by marco on April 10, 2017

A new way of viewing the economic, social and ecological aspects of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has been developed from the Stockholm Resilience Centre and it is based...

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2016 a Record Year for Renewables

Posted by marco on April 1, 2017

Global renewable energy generation capacity increased by 161 gigawatts (GW) in 2016, making the strongest year ever for new capacity additions, according to data released today by the...

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China’s New “Weather-Controlling Tech”

Posted by marco on March 20, 2017

China’s top economic planning agency has approved a 1.15 billion yuan (HK$1.3 billion) rainmaking project for the country’s dry northwestern provinces in one of the biggest government programmes to...

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China to build largest cement factory in East Africa

Posted by marco on March 10, 2017

China is expected to construct the largest cement factory in East Africa to meet cement demand in the region. The cement factory will be constructed in the northeastern coastal...

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Solar Power Energizes Women Entrepreneurs in Mali

Posted by marco on March 10, 2017

In rural Mali, women entrepreneurs run small businesses powered by mini-grids. Electrified villages show more economic activity, which enables households and entrepreneurs to pay for the power they consume. Initially,...

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Green Climate Fund approves readiness grant for Nauru

Posted by marco on March 9, 2017

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved a readiness grant of US$339,250 for the Republic of Nauru to build the capacity of the National Designated Authority and strengthen Nauru’s...

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