LUSAKA, Zambia, July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — UnionPay International (UPI) today proudly announces a new partnership with National Association of Savings and Credit Unions (NASCU), the apex organisation for all financial cooperatives in Zambia, to issue UnionPay debit Card. This new partnership empowers rural and urban savings groups, village banking, and other forms of cooperative society […]
Day: July 1, 2022
No Fruit Should be Forbidden: Dole Sunshine Company Urges His Holiness to Redeem the Apple
The lighthearted letter looks to update the apple from Original Sin to Original Snack, and shine the global spotlight on the importance of good nutrition for all SINGAPORE, July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The calamity of original sin – and the apple’s role in it – is undeniably the most catastrophic PR disaster fruit has […]
Drinking Water for More Than Three Million Residents of Rural Benin
WASHINGTON, June 30, 2022 – The World Bank today approved an International Development Association (IDA)* additional financing of $250 million to enable Benin to continue its large-scale program to provide water access to rural communities.This additio…
Blind People in Cameroon Allege Police Abuse During Protests
Blind people in Cameroon were protesting this week against job discrimination when according to witnesses, police bundled them up and dumped them outside the city. Despite the alleged abuse, the protests continue.Scores of blind Cameroonians continued …
Drought, Famine-Like Conditions Mar Somalia’s 62nd Birthday
Somalis across the world marked 62 years of independence Friday with little jubilation and much concern about a future blackened by drought, food shortages, and inflation.The July 1 holiday commemorates the day Somalia declared independence from Britis…
Monkeypox Cases Triple in Europe, WHO Says; Africa Concerned
The World Health Organization’s Europe chief warned Friday that monkeypox cases in the region have tripled in the past two weeks and urged countries to do more to ensure the previously rare disease does not become entrenched on the continent.And Africa…