CPLP reaffirms commitment to sustainable development

 Luanda- Developing cooperation mechanisms, with a view to promote economic, social and cultural initiatives for poverty eradication and sustainable development is one of the bets of the ministers and responsible for Gender Equality of the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries (CPLP), meeting this Friday in Luanda.

That challenge is expressed in the draft resolution on the Promotion of Female Entrepreneurship in CPLP that came out of the VII Ordinary Meeting, taking into account the promotion of economic dynamism and macroeconomic balance.

According to the document, it constitutes concern the inequalities on the basis of gender in the sharing of economic power, which limit the economic empowerment of women and exacerbate the feminization of poverty hampering the sustainable development of countries.

The ministers reaffirmed the need for the established objectives in Axis 10 of the Strategic Plan for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women in CPLP (PECIGEM), on the economic empowerment of women.

The officials also highlighted the vital role that women play as development agents in the CPLP space, despite the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic effect on their physical, economic and social well-being.

Dr. Bawumia Hold Talks With Tony Blair Over Ghana’s Role In Digitalization In Africa

 The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has met with the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (UK), Tony Blair, to discuss opportunities for leveraging Ghana’s leadership role in digitalization on the African continent to maximize benefits for citizens, local technology firms and businesses.

During the discussions, Dr. Bawumia said Ghana is now set to move on to the next phase of digitalization with the commitment to build on the current digital platforms.

Additionally, he observed that as part of plans of the government, data analytics and artificial intelligence will be used to provide life-impacting solutions for the ordinary Ghanaian.

“We are determined that Ghana will not miss out on the fourth industrial revolution,” he stated.

The former Prime Minister of UK, attended the meeting at the Jubilee House with a team from the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI) and Oracle Technologies.

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Queen Elizabeth Eulogises Kenya Ex-President Kibak

 Queen Elizabeth has eulogized Kenya’s former President Mwai Kibaki as a “great statesman” who had “a lifelong record of service to the Kenyan people”.

Mr Kibaki died last Thursday aged 90 and his funeral service is ongoing at a stadium in the capital, Nairobi.

He was Kenya’s third president after independence from British colonial rule in 1963. He served two terms from near the end of 2002 to 2013.

In her condolence message, the Queen says she “was sorry to receive the news of the death of Mwai Kibaki”.

“Kenya can take pride in the legacy of his leadership,” she said in a statement conveyed by the British High Commission.

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