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HIGHER EDUCATION SHOULD GET 'LION'S SHARE' IN POST-2015 EDUCATIONAL GOALS
WITH the deadline for the UNESCO Education for All goals now just two years away, a consensus is emerging that post-2015 global efforts to expand education should focus on the tertiary sector. That was the outcome of an Education in the Post-2015 Development Agenda seminar staged on Wednesday (January 5) in Brussels that brought together educational experts and policy makers, hosted by the Norwegian government.…
BOTSWANA’S FIRST PRIVATE UNIVERSITY EYES INTERNATIONAL STUDENT EXPANSION
Botswana’s first private university, the Malaysian-owned Limkokwing University of Creative Technology (Limkokwing Botswana), has continued to flex its muscles in this diamond-rich Southern Africa nation, taking advantage of a fast growing tertiary education sector. Botswana’s college and university student (aged 18-24) enrollment has grown from 11.4% in 2007/08 to 16.4% in 2012, or 46,613 students.…
EU-BACKED PROJECT WANTS THE EU TO ALLOW INSECTS IN ANIMAL FEED
A EUROPEAN Union (EU) funded project aims to change Europeans’ reserve about using flies as a source of protein feed for pigs and poultry, but also for human consumption, which is not currently allowed in Europe.
With almost EUR3 million from the European Commission’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) for research, PROteINSECT wants to provide research that proves the efficacy and safety of insect protein to be used in animal feed.…
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN PERSONAL CARE MARKET GROWS AS WEALTH SPREADS
SUB-SAHARAN African makers of cosmetics and personal care products are profiting from a growing and increasingly stable regional market, where economic growth is increasing demand for personal luxuries.
A report, ‘Business in Africa – Corporate Insights’ by Dianna Games, Standard Bank South Africa estimates that more than half of Africa’s population would be living in urban areas by 2030 and 60% by 2050, when the population would be about 2.4 billion, compared to 1 billion now.…
LEBANON STRUGGLES TO PRESERVE ITS AML REPUTATION AMIDST US REGULATIONS AND THE SYRIA CONFLICT
Given its location, political actors and recent history, Lebanon has long been under the international regulatory spotlight. The US Treasury’s fingering of the Lebanese Canadian Bank in 2011 for money laundering concerns rocked its financial sector. Beirut has since been scrambling to address any short-comings, while at the same time dealing with sanctions on neighbouring Syria.…
DESPITE AGOA, AFRICAN APPAREL AND TEXTILE MANUFACTURERS LOSING OUT TO FOREIGN COMPANIES
BARACK Obama seems ready to accept an extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) for another 15 years before it expires in 2015, but sub-Saharan African textile manufacturers might have mixed feelings.
African ambassadors in Washington DC have been under strict instructions from their governments to lobby the United States Congress to renew the law, forming an ambassadors’ AGOA working group led by Ethiopian ambassador Girma Birru.…
EUROPEAN LEADERS SPEED UP LEGISLATIVE MEASURES TO FIGHT TAX EVASION
EUROPEAN Union (EU) heads of states and governments have urged their ministers to agree important pieces of draft EU legislation that could potentially curb tax evasion in the bloc.
Meeting during a European Council meeting in Brussels last week (May 22), leaders were under pressure to act from media reports revealing how much untaxed incomes politicians, companies and rich business owners have stashed in tax havens.…
EX-CANADIAN PM PAUL MARTIN SAYS FINANCIAL REPORTING IS GOOD FOR BUSINESS – ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD
AT a time when the world seems increasingly led by lifelong politicians, it is perhaps refreshing to hear from a political leader who has a solid background in business, and such is former Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin.
Speaking to Accountancy Futures, he showed how more than half-a-century of business and public life can be brought to bear in financial and commercial mentorship.…
AFRICA CONGRESS OF ACCOUNTANTS SEEKS TO IMPROVE CONTINENT'S TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY
EXPERTS representing accounting bodies from around the world urged accountants in Africa to help reduce corruption and mismanagement in their governments through effective bookkeeping and auditing, as the continent moves towards sustainable growth. The 2nd Africa Congress of Accountants (ACOA) gathered in Accra, the capital of Ghana, from May 14-16.…
INDONESIA CONFERENCE DISCUSSES STRUGGLE TO KEEP COCOA SUPPLY MATCHING GLOBAL DEMAND
WITH global cocoa prices continuing to rise and concerns growing that climate change will hinder efforts to boost production, the confectionery sector’s key Asia Choco Congress 2013 this year explored solutions to assure sustainable cocoa supplies.
Experts from industry giants such as Cargill, Mars and CAMOI joined with international cocoa specialists to assess ways of solving ongoing and potentially worsening market disfunction.…