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AgDevCo Successfully Exits Saise Farming Enterprises, Strengthening Zambia’s Potato Industry
LUSAKA, Zambia, March 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AgDevCo is pleased to announce its successful exit from Saise Farming Enterprises Limited, through an equity sale to Buya Bamba Limited, a leading Zambian potato company. Saise was established in...

Barrick Focuses on Future Growth and Sustainable Value Creation
All amounts expressed in US dollars TORONTO, March 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE:GOLD)(TSX:ABX) reinforced its commitment to growth, reporting significant progress of its key growth projects while achieving its...

Lake Tanganyika Basin countries launch initiative to protect biodiversity, halt land degradation
Dar es Salaam, 26 February 2025 – The governments of Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania and Zambia have launched a five-year project to assess and address transboundary threats to the biodiversity of the Lake Tanganyika Basin. The...

CMMB, with P&G Support, Responds to Deadly Cholera and Hunger Crisis in South Sudan
Juba, South Sudan, Aug. 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Catholic Medical Mission Board (CMMB) is launching an emergency response in South Sudan as compounding crises threaten thousands of lives in Upper Nile region and Central Equatoria State. The...

Barrick’s Lumwana Mine Fuels Zambia’s Economic Growth With Major Expansion on the Horizon
All amounts expressed in US dollars LUMWANA, Zambia, Jan. 26, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE:GOLD)(TSX:ABX) has reaffirmed its commitment to Zambia’s economic growth, contributing over $3.7 billion since 2019. In 2024...

Terra Metals Inc. Advances Copper and Cobalt Operations in Zambia Amid President Trump’s Pro-Mining Policies
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Jan. 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Terra Metals Inc. (TMI), a Delaware-registered company in the United States, is proud to announce significant progress in its mining and renewable energy initiatives in Zambia, bolstered by...

Sarah Clayton Reaches Amazon Best-Seller Status with 'Flip the Script' Book Co-Authored with Chris Voss
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA, August 13, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- SuccessBooks® proudly celebrates the outstanding achievement of "Flip the Script”, co-authored by Sarah Clayton alongside Chris Voss and distinguished professionals worldwide....

Integrating social narratives of flood events into a text network analysis-based decision support framework to reduce vulnerability to climate change in Africa
Viable actions that can help address the impacts of climate change are often impeded by a lack of accessible and usable information needed to underpin evidence-based decision-making. Compounding this, disaster risk management systems often fail to...

Lusail Energy Leads Qatari Innovation and Sustainability in Global Energy and Metals Trading
Discover how Lusail Energy is setting new benchmarks in ethical trading, innovation, and sustainability, leading the way for Qatari companies globally. LUSAIL, QATAR, January 22, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Lusail Energy and Metal Trading (Lusail...

Deputy Minister Narend Singh calls on Southern African countries to collaborate to strengthen environmental action
The Deputy Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Mr. Narend Singh has today – 20 January 2025 - opened the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Expanded Constituency Workshop in Johannesburg, Gauteng, highlighting the critical need for...

Resourcefulness Initiatives Enhance Health and Social Care Sustainability; Olumuyiwa Bamgbade, Salem Pain Clinic Canada
Rational resourcefulness initiatives improve health and social care systems' sustainability, equity, and efficacy, including the UN’s SDGs. Olumuyiwa Bamgbade SURREY, BC, CANADA, January 14, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Rational resourcefulness in...

Mobility as a Service Market to reach USD 2613.7 Billion by 2032 Owing to Rising Demand for Sustainable Transportation
Mobility as a Service Market is growing, driven by rapid urbanization, advancements in technology, & need for environmentally friendly transportation systems AUSTIN, TX, UNITED STATES, November 27, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Mobility as a...

New climate finance goal adopted at COP29
SWEDEN, December 3 - The 29th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, COP29, took place in Baku, Azerbaijan, on 11-24 November and was attended by almost 67 000 participants. The meeting was due to conclude on...

Here’s how protecting freshwater ecosystems can help countries meet their biodiversity targets
“Rivers are some of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet,” said Sinikinesh Beyene Jimma, interim Head of UNEP’s Marine and Freshwater Branch. “Given the importance of rivers and other freshwater ecosystems for food security, resilience...

Green Gains: How Gender-Smart Funds Drive Climate Action and Returns
A powerful investment paradigm on the African continent addresses global issues and presents a compelling business case for investors seeking returns and impact CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA, November 28, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- In the face of...

Minister Dion George: Ministerial Roundtable on Global Climate Transparency
Honourable President of the 29th Conference of the Parties, His Excellency Mukhtar Babayev, Honourable Mr Secretary-General Excellencies, Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and its Paris Agreement, Ladies and...

I2LEC Crackdown on Environmental Crime in Congo Basin Recovers $11.2 Million in Illicit Goods
ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, November 14, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- A multinational law enforcement operation codenamed 'Operation Jungle Shield', coordinated by the International Initiative of Law Enforcement for Climate (I2LEC), has...

Innovation Africa Pledges Clean Water to Additional 200,000 People Across Zambia and Malawi by End of 2024
International NGO Scales Efforts in Response to Crisis Due to El Niño-Induced Drought NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, October 29, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Innovation Africa, a leading international charity dedicated to transforming lives through...

A sustainable, environmentally sound digital transformation
Excellencies, dear colleagues. The digital revolution is accelerating. If we use, and use well, the tools this revolution is bringing, they can slow the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and...

African unity and coordinated action could turn environmental crises into opportunities for growth
Climate change, the loss of nature, pollution and waste: the impacts of a triple planetary crisis are scarring Africa’s landscapes, depleting the continent’s oceans and freshwater sources, and raising urban air pollution to hazardous levels. Some...