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Coursera rises to Africa's joblessness challenge

Posted 11 Sep 12:30 UTC

Up to one third of Africans may become jobless in 2020 while there is already 70-80% vulnerable employment in the informal sector. To reskill and mitigate the negative impact of the COVID-19 crisis, members of the Africa Growth Platform have come together with Coursera’s Workforce Recovery Initiative.

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The programme offers free access to a catalogue of courses aimed at those impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Government organizations can sign up to provide unemployed workers with access to more than 3,800+ courses and 400 specializations from Coursera’s university and industry partners.

Find out more and sign up here.

Deadline for Governments to sign up: end September 2020
Deadline for Citizens to sign up: end October 2020
Programme end date: 31 December 2020

Citi brings first female chief exec to Wall Street

Posted 11 Sep 08:40 UTC

Citi is the first major Wall Street bank to appoint a female chief executive. Jane Fraser will succeed Mike Corbat in February 2021.

The way our team has come together during this pandemic shows what Citi is made of. Our balance sheet is strong and our commitment to serving our clients and communities is even stronger. I will do everything I can to make all of our stakeholders proud of our firm as we continue to build a better bank and improve our returns. We will invest in our infrastructure, risk management and controls to ensure that we operate in a safe and sound manner and serve our clients and customers with excellence.
— Jane Fraser, Citi

Quote of the day

Posted 9 Sep 16:06 UTC

The radical can be much easier to achieve than we ever thought it could be.
—Anne Richards Chief Executive Officer at Fidelity International

Amazon joins UPS and Google in a race for the skies

Posted 9 Sep 15:59 UTC

Amazon has become the third company, after Google and UPS, to gain Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification, enabling expanded use of their autonomous air delivery system to connect rural populations for improved delivery times. The race is on for drone delivery domination. Read more here.

Credit Suisse oceans fund

Posted 8 Sep 18:46 UTC

Credit Suisse is launching a new sustainability fund aimed at improving the health of the planet's oceans. Part of a new partnership with Rockefeller Asset Management, the fund forms part of Credit Suisse's strategy to mobilize capital and finance projects that drive progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This latest initiative, the Credit Suisse Rockefeller Ocean Engagement Fund, aims to support SDG14, which covers 'Life Under Water'.

#CleanAirforAll

Posted 7 Sep 08:19 UTC

It's the International Day for Clean Air for blue skies today. See what the Forum's partners are doing to clean up the air here.

Nokia's Fourth Industrial Revolution

Posted 7 Sep 08:01 UTC

Pekka Lundmark, Nokia’s President and CEO since August 2020, says, "The Fourth Industrial Revolution is upon us. As are a multitude of pivotal challenges and opportunities. How we respond to them will define our communities, our economies, even our very planet."

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