Mozambican startup appload is representing the country for the first time at an annual event that brings together startups, investors and investment funds from across the African continent. VC4A and the African Business Angels Network (ABAN), entities responsible for the event, announced the 16 startups participating in the event, the Africa Early Stage Investor Summit....
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Restoring public debt: "There is no reason to anticipate this scenario," argues Adriano Maleiane
Adriano Maleiane, who was speaking today in statements to the Bloomberg financial information agency said that "the macroeconomic assumptions that have underpinned the renegotiations of debt securities with the committee of creditors remain unchanged, there is no reason to anticipate this scenario. Mozambique is counting on gas revenues to support the increase in...
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EIB and AllianzGI launch EUR 500M fund for climate action in emerging countries
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the asset manager Allianz Global Investors (AllianzGI) have just launched on Monday the Emerging Market Climate Action Fund (EMCAF), a "fund of funds" that aims to mobilize private capital for projects that help emerging and developing countries in Africa, Asia or Latin America adapt to the impacts of climate change
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November 8, 2021November 8, 2021Latest, World, Technology & Innovation
New WhatsApp option lets you use the app on four different devices
Whatsapp has launched a new feature that allows you to simultaneously use the same account on the app on four different devices, even if some of them are disconnected from the internet or not charging. The new feature entered the testing phase in July this year, and its Beta version was made available to the most interested users...
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"Accelerating vaccination is the best way to stop the pandemic," says WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) consider that the greatest weapon against the Covid-19 pandemic is to accelerate vaccination, since most hospitalizations and deaths occur in people who are not immunized
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"Mozambique is making significant strides in protecting marine ecosystems"
Rodrigues Fernandes, representative of the director of the Global Environment Facility in Mozambique (WWF Mozambique), praised the steps taken by the country regarding the protection, conservation and restoration of marine ecosystems
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Covid-19: UK trials new antiviral drug
The UK Health Security Agency's Chief Medical Adviser, Susan Hopkins, said Sunday that they will begin trials of an antiviral pill against Merck's molnupiravir Covid-19 through drug testing later this month. Britain was the first country in the world to approve, last week,...
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Mota-Engil wants to triple the value of invoicing per market within five years
Monta-Engil, a Portuguese company that operates in the construction industry, aims to triple its business volume to more than 3.5 billion euros per year by 2026, according to the company's strategic plan. To reach this goal, the company counts on a strong "balanced contribution" from Europe, Africa, America, and beyond. The document...
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Botswana ignores COP26 appeals and moves towards coal mining
Maatla Resources CEO Jacques Badenhorst assures that the exploration of Botswana's second coal mine will start within the first quarter of 2022, despite worldwide calls to abandon the use of fossils for energy production. Meanwhile, at a conference at COP26 in Glasgow, the country signed a declaration in...
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ENI considers growing fruit to produce biofuels in Mozambique
Eni's CEO, Claúdio Descalzi, said that the oil company has put on the table the possibility of moving towards fruit cultivation in order to produce biofuels in Mozambique. Descalzi revealed that the subject follows the same line of dialogue that he has had with other countries. The proposal is to use the marginal lands not...