Month: November 2022

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Amid Creeping Annexation, Shrinking Civil Society Space for Palestinians, Israel Must Be Held Accountable, Speakers Stress at Meeting Marking International Solidarity Day

State of Palestine’s Permanent Observer Requests International Conference for Resolving All Final Status Issues, as Speakers Urge End to Deadly Violence Against a background of increasing violence, shrinking civil society space and creeping annexation, speakers at a special meeting of the Palestinian Rights Committee to observe the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People stressed the need to mobilize

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Driver’s licence testing suspended at NaTIS Outjo

The Roads Authority (RA) on Tuesday announced the immediate suspension of driver’s licence testing services at its Namibian Traffic Information System (NaTIS) centre at Outjo in the Kunene Region. The RA in a media statement said the service is temporarily suspended because of ongoing renovations at the testing facility situated at Outjo’s NaTIS complex. The suspension is effective from 29

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Team Namibia arrives in Malawi

Team Namibia has arrived in Lilongwe, Malawi for the 2022 Region 5 Youth Games, which start on Friday. Namibia has sent 102 personnel, comprising 70 athletes and 32 officials, to the games. First to arrive was the football team led by Namibia Sports Commission chief administrator Freddy Mwiya, coach Marcelo Wakudumo, and his assistant Gerald Gunter who arrived on Sunday

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Otjiwarongo municipality councillors re-elect themselves to positions

Local authority councillors of the Otjiwarongo Municipality on Wednesday re-elected themselves back to their political positions in the municipality. The seven local authority councillors on Wednesday held their internal annual election exercise at the Otjiwarongo Municipality Chambers, where they were sworn into their positions by Magistrate Karel Muyeghu. Mayor Gottlieb Shivute was nominated by his fellow councillor, Godhardt Hoko and

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Repo rate up again by 50 basis points

The Bank of Namibia (BoN) on Wednesday announced an immediate increase to the repo rate by 50 basis points. The increased repo rate now translates into lending rates of money by the central bank of Namibia to the local commercial banks from 6.25 per cent to 6.75 per cent. In a media statement on Wednesday, BoN said the decision to

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Noa assumes SACC chairmanship

The Director General of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) of Namibia, Paulus Noa assumed the chairmanship for the SADC Anti-Corruption Sub-Committee (SACC) last week during the Meeting of Heads of SADC Anti-Corruption Agencies (ACA) held in Johannesburg, South Africa. This was revealed in a statement issued by the ACC public relations department here on Wednesday. Noa takes over the SACC chairmanship

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Kapenda returns as Arandis mayor

Former Arandis mayor, Swapo’s Risto Kapenda has been re-elected as the town’s mayor, replacing Independent Patriots for Change (IPC)’s Erastus Kandenge who served two terms. Kapenda was replaced by Kandenge in 2020 after he served as the town’s mayor since 2014. In his acceptance speech, Kapenda said that although the councillors are from different political parties with different ideologies, they

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‫يقدم مرفق الطاقة العالمي Universal Energy Facility منحًا لدعم كهربة الشبكات الصغيرة في جمهورية الكونغو الديمقراطية

فيينا، 30 نونبر/تشرين الثاني 2022 /PRNewswire/ — ستساعد مبادرة جديدة أُطلقت في جمهورية الكونغو الديمقراطية على تحسين الوصول إلى الكهرباء وتمكين آلاف الأشخاص والشركات. فتح مرفق الطاقة العالمي Universal Energy Facility نافذة تمويل جديدة في جمهورية الكونغو الديمقراطية تقدم منحًا للشركات التي تربط الناس بشبكات صغيرة. يوفر المرفق “تمويلًا قائمًا على النتائج” لهذه الشركات من […]

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Tech.AD USA décerne le premier prix de la catégorie « Détection et perception » à LeddarTech pour son logiciel ADAS et AD LeddarVision

LeddarTech gagne le premier prix lors de l’événement Tech.AD USA QUÉBEC, 30 nov. 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LeddarTech®, chef de file de calibre mondial dans les technologies logicielles pour systèmes avancés d’aide à la conduite (systèmes ADAS) et de conduite autonome (systèmes AD), est heureuse d’annoncer que sa solution de fusion de bas niveau de […]

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Tech.AD USA Awards First Place in the Sensor and Perception Category to LeddarTech for Its LeddarVision ADAS and AD Software

LeddarTech wins 1st prize at Tech.AD QUEBEC CITY, Nov. 30, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LeddarTech®, a global leader in providing the most flexible, robust and accurate ADAS and AD software technology, is pleased to announce that its LeddarVision™ low-level sensor fusion and perception solution received the highly coveted Sensor Perception award at Tech.AD USA on […]

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LeddarTech Conquista Primeiro Lugar da Tech.AD USA na Categoria Sensor e Percepção com Seu Software LeddarVision ADAS e AD

QUEBEC CITY, Nov. 30, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A LeddarTech®, líder global no fornecimento da tecnologia de software ADAS e AD mais flexível, robusta e precisa, tem o prazer de anunciar que sua solução de fusão e percepção de sensores de baixo nível LeddarVision™ recebeu o altamente cobiçado prêmio Sensor Perception da Tech.AD USA em […]

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Le U.S. Institute of Peace annonce que María Eugenia Mosquera Riascos est la lauréate du Women Building Peace Award 2022

WASHINGTON, 30 novembre 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Le U.S Institute of Peace (USIP) est fier d’annoncer que María Eugenia Mosquera Riascos, originaire de Colombie, a reçu le prix Women Building Peace Award 2022. « Le prix Women Building Peace Award rend hommage aux femmes qui font preuve d’un engagement, d’un leadership et d’un impact extraordinaires en faveur de la paix et de la résolution des […]

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U.S. Institute of Peace Announces María Eugenia Mosquera Riascos as the 2022 Women Building Peace Award Recipient

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) is honored to announce María Eugenia Mosquera Riascos of Colombia as the recipient of the Institute’s 2022 Women Building Peace Award. “The Women Building Peace Award honors women of extraordinary commitment, leadership and impact who are working to build peace and resolve violent conflict […]

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Conagen develops high-purity non-GMO sulforaphane by bioconversion

Commercial production is underway for 2023. Bedford, Mass., Nov. 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Expanding on its portfolio of innovative nutritional products through biotechnology, Conagen, announced the development of its 99% high-purity sulforaphane. Made by a proprietary bioconversion technology, the company plans to begin the commercialization path in 2023. Conagen’s bioconversion methods enable the production […]

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World Health Organization Updates Emergency Use Listing for Novavax Nuvaxovid COVID-19 Vaccine as a Primary Series in Adolescents and as a Booster in Adults

GAITHERSBURG, Md., Nov. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX), a biotechnology company dedicated to developing and commercializing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases, today announced that the World Health Organization (WHO) has issued an updated Emergency Use Listing (EUL) for Nuvaxovid™ (NVX-CoV2373) COVID-19 vaccine for active immunization to prevent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) […]

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