We are passionate about empowering women within Cocoa Life’s communities. This is because we care about these women and because it makes good business sense for us. If we want to ensure a sustainable supply of cocoa for our chocolate brands, it is in everyone’s interests to grow opportunities for women. Women play an essential…
We are expanding the Cocoa Life program to empower at least 500 cocoa farmers and 1000 families in the north region of Brazil, while promoting cocoa agroforestry as a productive way to restore land. As part of this expansion we have launched a new collaboration with The Nature Conservancy (TNC). The north region of Brazil…
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has studied Nigeria’s Social Investment Programme in order to implement same to alleviate poverty in their country. A delegation from Congo, led by the Chief of Staff, Ministry of Social Inclusion DRC, Prof John Mugabushaka, said they requested for a study tour in Nigeria going by the success it achieved…
WorldStage Newsonline– The Federal Government has confirmed that its Social Investment Programme (SIP) which leverages on Information Communication Technology has benefited about nine million Nigerians. President Muhammadu Buhari said at the opening ceremony of the 2018 e-Nigeria international conference and exhibition, organized by the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), on Monday in Abuja that,…
The annual charity walk put together by Stanbic IBTC was held at the weekend in three major cities of Nigeria. It was gathered that on Saturday October 27, 2018, a full contingent of Stanbic IBTC staff as well as other well-meaning Nigerians thronged the streets of Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt to raise awareness on…
Alhaji Aliko Dangote, chairman, Dangote Industries Limited, and Dangote Foundation, is a good advertisement – a poster boy – for wealth and riches; and his recent ranking as the sixth Most kind-hearted Man in the world is clear proof of this. He is evidence that it is good to have wealth, and being wealthy is…
![[South Africa] Township schools win in JSE Investment Challenge](https://i0.wp.com/www.majorwavesenergyreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/JSE.jpg?fit=540%2C372&ssl=1 "[South Africa] Township schools win in JSE Investment Challenge 6")
More than 22,000 high school learners and university students have gained a solid understanding of how to invest in the stock market this year through the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) Investment Challenge. This competition, now in its 45 th year, is an ongoing annual competition that enables learners and students to become aware of the fundamentals of…
Nominees for the 2nd edition of the Sustainability & Social Investment Awards, scheduled for November 30, 2018 at the Accra Marriott hotel have been announced. The Sustainability & Social Investment Awards identify and publicly recognize the impact made by companies, CSI/CSR foundations, NGO’s, individuals and other implementing agencies through exemplary success in voluntarily improving the…
As a way of re-enforcing its commitment to sustainability principles and in commemoration of its 10th year of encouraging sustainable environment with community investment, Mary Nnah writes that Access Bank Plc Nigeria, dedicated November 5 to 9 as it’s Sustainability Awareness Week For a whole week, Access Bank performed a series of activities to mark…
JOHANNESBURG, Nov 6 (Reuters) – South African engineering firm Group Five said on Tuesday that construction on its Ghanaian Kpone power plant had been delayed once again due to fuel contamination. The power plant, whose construction begun in 2015 and was due to be completed in 2017, had previously been delayed due to the late…
