Bern (ots) - For the first time in its history, SIFEM's active investment commitments surpassed USD 1 billion at the end of 2023. In 2023, SIFEM added a total of USD 143.8 million to 10 new investments and closed the year with a positive operating result of CHF 13.1 million. Thanks to growing commitments, SIFEM is effectively pursuing the development goals set by the ...
Geneva (ots) - In 2022, the Swiss Investment Fund for Emerging Markets (SIFEM) created important economic, social, and environmental impacts in developing countries. Over 600 companies in SIFEM's investment portfolio supported more than 483,000 jobs, increased their financing for microentrepreneurs by 7% and for ...
Bern (ots) - In 2021, the Swiss Investment Fund for Emerging Markets (SIFEM) committed a total of USD 84 million to seven new investments and concluded the year with a positive operating result of CHF 40.3 million. Also, 2021 marked the beginning of a new type of cooperation between SIFEM and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). The two partners have ...
CSI Christian Solidarity International
Bern (ots) - In 2020, the Swiss Investment Fund for Emerging Markets (SIFEM) committed a total of USD 85.6 million to ten new investments and concluded the year with a negative operating result of CHF -28.6 million, amid the global COVID-19 crisis. More than ever, SIFEM has been able to play its counter-cyclical ...
Biovision Stiftung für ökologische Entwicklung
CSI Christian Solidarity International
Binz (ots) - CSI to intensify efforts towards genocide prevention and religious pluralism The International Council of Christian Solidarity International (CSI), a Switzerland-based NGO campaigning for religious freedom, on 27 July 2020 elected Dr John Eibner as its new president. Eibner, a human rights activist who has gained international recognition for his work in conflict zones including Sudan and Syria, replaces ...
Bern (ots) - In 2019, the Swiss Investment Fund for Emerging Markets (SIFEM) committed a total of USD 104.5 million across nine different projects and concluded the year with a positive operating result of CHF 5.1 million. However, the outlook for SIFEM's portfolio in 2020 has taken a sudden negative turn in the ...
European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO)
Frankfurt am Main (ots) - - EUR 10 million for ARC Replica, the new approach by African Risk Capacity drought insurance - Insurance agreements concluded with the World Food Programme and START Network - More emergency aid measures and faster effective aid possible On behalf of the German Federal Ministry for ...
Frankfurt am Main (ots) - - EUR 33 million for irrigation of 22,600 hectares of land in the Niger catchment basin - Around 90,000 smallholder farm families to benefit - Security of food supply for 260,000 people On behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Develop-ment (BMZ), KfW signed a ...
Frankfurt am Main (ots) - - KfW Development Bank: almost 40% of all new commitments go to Africa and the Middle East - More than EUR 3.0 billion committed for projects relating to refugees - EUR 4.7 billion for global urban development - EUR 1.6 billion for business investments by DEG - 1.5 million employees in ...
Frankfurt am Main (ots) - - Focus on the development of ecotourism - Greater benefits for the local population - More efficient park management in three wildlife corridors - Transboundary measures to combat poachers, defuse conflict between humans and animals On behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic ...
Frankfurt/Main (ots) - - EUR 35 million for small farmers in North and South Kivu - Securing the food supply for 180,000 people - Reintegrating returning internally displaced persons (IDPs) - Generating sources of income for the population On behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), KfW is providing EUR 35 million in the ...
Frankfurt am Main (ots) - - First loan agreement for EUR 45 million signed in Baghdad - Major contribution to stabilising the region Today KfW Development Bank signed a first EUR 45 million loan agreement on behalf of the German Federal Foreign Office. The funds will finance substations, power lines and pylons to restore electricity supply to the greater Mosul area. ...
Geneva (ots) - To celebrate the milestone of Land Rover building its 1,000,000th Discovery, three Land Rover Discovery vehicles have embarked on a 'Journey of Discovery' expedition from its birthplace in Birmingham to Beijing. The 1,000,000th Discovery arrived in Geneva this morning at the end of the first leg of ...
GAIN - Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition
Geneva (ots) - Three days before the EU-Africa Summit, Jay Naidoo, Chairman of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) and former Chairperson of the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), will hold a virtual press conference on how to achieve food security targets of the Millennium Development ...
Geneva (ots) - The Steering Committee of the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) today elected Professor Anna Tibaijuka, Former Executive Director of UN-HABITAT, as its new Chair. WSSCC ( www.wsscc.org ) is an alliance of members from a range of sectors who are committed to improving the ...
Humboldt Forum for Food and Agriculture
Zurich (ots) - Currently, about one billion humans are undernourished. The prospects for achieving world food security in the next decades are bleak. Global food demand is likely to double in the first half of the century. As a consequence, prices of key agricultural commodities may be expected to be 50 to 100 percent higher towards the end of this decade than ...
Rotkreuz (ots) - On 29th July 268 small producers in Central India have received shares to a value of 1000 rupees each. Consequently they become owners of the company that purchases their cotton and provides the much in demand education and consulting in organic farming. These farmers are part of the sustainable development project "Maikaal bioRe®". Maikaal is the name of the Indian region where the project takes ...
ST. LOUIS, MO (ots) - The World Agricultural Forum (WAF), a non-profit organization serving as the only neutral forum for global dialogue on critical issues involving food, fuel, water, health and fiber, will convene several hundred world leaders from developing and developed countries at the 2003 World Congress ...