Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) research indicates 300 cheetah cubs were poached from the landscape in the Horn of Africa each year between 2010 and 2020. In response, CCF has joined with International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and Legal Atlas to disrupt the poaching and trafficking of cheetahs between the Horn of Africa and Middle…
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Science-based Net Zero targets by WSP receive approval
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Datacentrix still only SA managed services provider to achieve PCI DSS compliance
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IITA boss receives prestigious award for championing youth in agriculture programs
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Science-based Net Zero targets by WSP receive approval
The science-based greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction targets of the WSP Global Inc. for net zero emissions have today received approval by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) – a partnership between CDP, the United Nations Global Compact, World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). The WWF drives ambitious…
Datacentrix still only SA managed services provider to achieve PCI DSS compliance
Hybrid IT systems integrator and managed services provider Datacentrix has, for the second year, achieved Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) certification for its Managed Services division, which includes the organisation’s industry-leading Security Operations Centre (SOC). Datacentrix remains the only local managed services provider and SOC in South Africa to have attained compliance.…
Agriculture
IITA boss receives prestigious award for championing youth in agriculture programs
The Association of Deans of Agriculture in Nigeria Universities (ADAN) has honored the Director-General of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Dr Nteranya Sanginga, with an Award of Excellence for successfully pioneering the IITA Youth in Agribusiness program. The award was presented to the IITA boss during the 64th annual general meeting of ADAN…
Health
Gavi Funding Boosts Yellow Fever Diagnostics Capacity across Africa
An initiative to boost yellow fever diagnostic capacity across Africa has ‘revolutionised’ diagnostics on the continent, one of the programme’s coordinating agencies, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, said today. The initiative is part of the implementation of the Eliminate Yellow Fever Epidemics (EYE) strategy and brings together different partners including WHO, UNICEF, CDC, the Institut Pasteur…
Agriculture
IITA boss receives prestigious award for championing youth in agriculture programs
The Association of Deans of Agriculture in Nigeria Universities (ADAN) has honored the Director-General of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Dr Nteranya Sanginga, with an Award of Excellence for successfully pioneering the IITA Youth in Agribusiness program. The award was presented to the IITA boss during the 64th annual general meeting of ADAN…
Environment
Science-based Net Zero targets by WSP receive approval
The science-based greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction targets of the WSP Global Inc. for net zero emissions have today received approval by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) – a partnership between CDP, the United Nations Global Compact, World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). The WWF drives ambitious…