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African cooperatives promote women’s empowerment
In Africa, the tradition of hand-beaded jewelry has lived on for generations and in certain tribes such as the Masai in Kenya, women create beautiful handcrafted bracelets, earrings and breast plates that convey their social and marital status. Though the Masai have been creating these ...
A watershed moment for business development in Zambia
The privatization of ZamtelLast month, Zambians heard great news that will change the face of the telecom industry in the country forever: Zambia’s state-owned telecoms provider Zamtel announced a successful privatisation. Zamtel has been a key supplier of telecom products to the Zambian consumer for more than 15 years ...
The G-20 Summit: Recovery and New Beginnings
by Tina Kremmidas - The Canadian Chamber of CommerceThe Group of Twenty (G-20) countries delivered unprecedented, swift and coordinated measures to pull the global economy from the brink of collapse and stabilize the world’s financial system. The G-20’s success and spirit of cooperation have made it the premier international economic forum. Now it ...
Bullfrog Power hosts companies dedicated to environmentalism
GM OnsiteOn March 4, Bullfrog Power invited top executives from leading Canadian companies including KPMG, the TDL Group (Tim Hortons) and WWFCanada to hold a panel discussion on how companies can address communicating their sustainability plans with stakeholders. The panellists were Tonya Lagrasta, Manager, Community Leadership, ...
Tracking the trends in 2010: An interview with Deloitte's mining expert Glenn Ives
In late December, Deloitte was kind enough to lend George Media the voice of Glenn Ives, North American Mining Leader (and respected advisor to public companies), who shared his insider perspective into Deloitte’s latest report on issues facing the mining industry in 2010 and beyond. ...
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