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THE HIGHER education system in the Francophone west African country of Benin is getting back to work, after the government said a ban on classes being held to fight the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic would end on May 11.

However, while the public higher education segment has quickly returned to teaching, partly leveraging a new remote learning system, the country’s private universities have struggled to return to normal, with one major obstacle being cross-border movement controls imposed on overseas students from Nigeria, who have been a key component of their classes.…

THE HIGHER education system in the Francophone west African country of Benin is getting back to work, after the government said a ban on classes being held to fight the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic would end on May 11.

However, while the public higher education segment has quickly returned to teaching, partly leveraging a new remote learning system, the country’s private universities have struggled to return to normal, with one major obstacle being cross-border movement controls imposed on overseas students from Nigeria, who have been a key component of their classes.…

CANADA’S automotive industry associations are pressing the Canadian federal government to launch a scrappage scheme to help the country’s automotive market out of its Covid-19 related slump. The Canadian Automobile Dealers Association (CADA), the Global Automakers of Canada (GAC) and the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers’ Association (CVMA) have made a formal proposal that the government subsidises automotive consumers by between CAD1,500 and CAD3,000 when they trade in an old vehicle and replace it with a new model.…

New aspiring entrants to the AML/CFT and other compliance sectors will be hard hit regarding available jobs and related pay and conditions by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, according to international recruitment agency Randstad. Its Hong Kong director banking and financial services Rick Chung warned: “Similar to what we have witnessed during the global financial crisis, it will be challenging for fresh graduates to secure jobs during these extraordinary times.”…

WHEN a crisis such as the Covid-19 pandemic hits a supply chain as complex as the clothing sector, financing problems can gum up commercial relationships, so in the short term, governments, along with regional and international organisations, need to step in.…

USE of the so-called ‘wonder material’ graphene in the energy sector is growing fast, with its thin sheets of carbon atoms in a honeycomb shape, stronger than diamond yet flexible, offering excellent thermal and electronic conductive properties. Given it also offers an extremely high surface to material ratio, graphene energy storage and capture uses are being developed to make batteries, supercapacitors, and solar panels.…

The Covid-19 pandemic has given email fraudsters an opening to increase the effectiveness of their duplicitous communications and sharpen the harm that they cause to companies and individuals receiving these malicious messages.

“All forms of cyber fraud are way up,” said Mason Wilder, senior research specialist at the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE).…

AUSTRALIAN wool producers are stockpiling wool and avoiding auction sales with Covid-19 hitting their key market, China. The Australian wool industry is important. It delivered exports worth Australian dollars AUD4.15 billion (USD2.6 billion) in 2018-19, according to Australian government figures – https://www.agriculture.gov.au/abares/research-topics/agricultural-commodities/agricultural-commodities-trade-data#2019.…

While it is too early to assess the full impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the UK personal care product sector, industry experts expect strategic changes to its supply chain, a growth towards innovative digital strategies and changes in consumer behaviour that will shape the industry in the long run.…

The fact that auditors are struggling to conduct due diligence at companies during the Covid-19 crisis, given a lack of access to documents, offices and staff, is highlighting a key debate that was launched before the pandemic hit – just what standard auditors should target when seeking to prove accounts do not hide wrong-doing or crime.…