After a year of climate change being a top media story and public policy concern in many countries, attention is and will be rightfully focused on COVID-19 for some time. This puts climate leaders in a tough situation. Given the unprecedented disruptions to health, economic and...
As a marketer, I appreciate when creativity meets great insights and data to deliver an approach that achieves its objectives. As a woman, I also love seeing these kinds of successful activities share commentary on the way our world interacts with women, or shed essential...
Businesses have been making huge losses by failing to capture the value of industrial waste, but applying circular economy strategies, enabled by new technologies, could create cost-saving opportunities as well as profitable new revenue streams. The waste generated by residential buildings may seem enormous, but the...
In light of the ongoing global pandemic, Nigeria’s leading retail financial services institution, Access bank plc has introduced a Dual Transaction Service (DTS) to better serve its customers during this period. Dual Transaction Service (DTS) is an enhanced Naira debit card service that provides access to...
The Lagos State COVID-19 Taskforce mandated by the state government to enforce compliance with the lockdown order, sealed-off several establishments on Wednesday, April 1, 2020. With the Lagos State Environment Protection Agency (LASEPA) and Lagos State Safety Commission implementing the mandate, companies like Jumia, SPN Packaging,...
In light of the coronavirus outbreak, Nigeria’s leading integrated food business and agro-allied Group, Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc (referred to as “Flour Mills “or “FMN”), has announced its commitment to lend a helping hand to several states across the country. FMN which is also the owner...
COVID-19 has affected several industries in a variety of ways, and the media is not exempt. As members of the fourth estate do their best to keep the world informed amidst the pandemic, their hard work is debased by the proliferation of fake news and...
In 2019, a United Nations report laid out a bitter truth: The current food system is fueling the destruction of Earth’s forests — and humanity must overhaul how we grow and ship food to stop climate breakdown. But countries are struggling to keep farming sustainable while meeting the...
A free-flowing global maritime trade is critical in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, which has put a strain on global commerce and negatively affected economies around the world, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development has said. This agency’s stance backs a recent call by...
The coronavirus outbreak is rapidly spreading across the African continent. Africa CDC reported that as of March 31, 2020, there were over five thousand cases of people infected with COVID-19 in 46 African countries. As the pandemic expands across the African region, Opera is doing its part in...
