Safaricom through the M-PESA Foundation has partnered with the Kenya Wildlife Service, the Northern Rangelands Trust and Back to Africa to protect the remaining roan antelopes in Kenya. The KES17 million support, which will be given in cash grants will go along a way in securing the future of Kenya’s 15 remaining roan antelopes, only…
10 pivotal moments in 2020 when Emirates SkyCargo showcased its global leadership of the air cargo industry
2020 was a year unlike any other for the aviation and the air cargo industry. Faced with the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on global industries and on people’s wellbeing, Emirates SkyCargo redoubled its commitment to being a reliable, global partner to businesses and communities across international markets. Throughout the year, Emirates SkyCargo continued…
Emirates expands its global network with restart of flights to Istanbul
Emirates has announced it will resume daily flights to Istanbul from 21 December*. In tandem with the gradual return of travel confidence and demand, Emirates continues to rebuild its network while offering customers a safe and enjoyable travel experience. Strict health and hygiene measures have been implemented across all of Emirates’ touchpoints, even as the…
LG honored with 2021 CES innovation awards
The Consumer Technology Association (CTA®) is recognizing LG Electronics (LG) for groundbreaking innovations in technology and design with a number of 2021 CES® Innovation Awards. Led by two Best of Innovation Awards for its LG OLED TV technology and LG InstaView® Door-in-Door® Refrigerator technology, LG will be receive dozens of CES Innovation Awards, the most awards ever for…
Safaricom kicks off 5th edition of BYOB
Safaricom has kicked off the fifth edition of its BLAZE Be Your Own Boss youth engagement with a digital summit targeting youth aged between 18 to 26 years. Featuring 12 summits, this edition will be BYOB’s first purely digital engagement since its inception in 2016. The first summit will see participants engage and learn from…
Emirates Flight Training Academy celebrates first ever cadet graduation ceremony
The Emirates Flight Training Academy (EFTA) today held its first ever graduation ceremony for 25 pilot cadets who have completed its rigorous training programme. The Emirates Flight Training Academy graduation ceremony was attended by His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman and Chief Executive Emirates Airline and Group, Emirates senior management, as well…
How to co-exist peacefully at home with your co-workers
Co-workers! A term that before March 2020 meant something different as we were all in the office. Post 25 March, our coworkers are aged as young as 1 year. With a home office set up and an active online work relation ecosystem, people around the world have been coming up with tactics to maintain sanity…
Hyperlink InfoSystem gains popularity in South Africa
IMPROVATE‘s Israel-Africa International Agri-Tech Conference focused on the challenges faced by African nations in developing their agricultural sectors, and the solutions Israeli technology and innovation companies have to offer. Ministers, diplomats and senior business representatives from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Gabon and Kenya met with leading Israeli agri-tech companies at the conference held in Tel Aviv and online. Participants discussed the…
Pfizer and BioNTech get first authorization in the U.S. of vaccine to prevent COVID-19
Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) and BioNTech SE (Nasdaq: BNTX) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized the emergency use of the mRNA vaccine, BNT162b2, against COVID-19 in individuals 16 years of age or older. The vaccine is now authorized under an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) while Pfizer and BioNTech gather additional data and…
Ace your online learning with LG Gram 2-In-1
Working from home and e-learning is still the new norm since the COVID-19 outbreak. Students across the globe are getting the hang of it, thanks to a plethora of innovations that have made it possible. With the current phase of virtual learning becoming better as days go by, it has become handy for students to…
Nile Rodgers’ We Are Family Foundation Announces the Inaugural Youth To The Front Fund “Frontliners”
Nile Rodgers‘ We Are Family Foundation (WAFF) created the Youth To The Front Fund (YTTFF) to support and fund under 30-year-old BIPOC-centered youth activists, youth-led organizations, projects, innovations and creative solutions that are at the forefront of fighting systemic racism, inequality and injustice in the United States and around the world. Initially funded by the WAFF Board of Directors, Walton Family Foundation and SAP joined the effort,…
Nine golden tips to get the best holiday photograph this year in the UAE
The beauty of the holiday season never goes unnoticed. A time to celebrate with friends and family, it also features the perfect occasions and events to capture photographs for the albums, wall frames, greeting cards and of course social media. In the UAE, busy festive markets, heavily laden tables, tall Christmas trees, New Year’s Eve…
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