From 2003 to 2009, Amb. Awori served as the Ambassador of the Republic of Kenya to Japan and Korea. During his tenure, he opened a new Embassy in South Korea and built strong relations between Kenya and the two countries, especially by promoting trade and industry through the respective private sectors institutions, in keeping with Kenya’s new focus on economic diplomacy.
Rita Kavashe's mandate includes overseeing BAT’s delivery of its A Better Tomorrow ambition by addressing the health impact of the business, whilst also meeting demand from East African consumers for potentially reduced risk alternatives to cigarettes.
John Ngumi's first stint as a public sector board chairman was in 2012, when then President Mwai Kibaki appointed him inaugural chairman at the Konza Technopolis Development Authority, the spearhead of Kenya’s bid to build an African Silicon Savannah.
We were interested in selecting chairs of boards who are not only role models for good corporate governance and act as champions for the cause, right up to advocating such good practices through advocacy and communications in public forums.
Following on the heels of Bouteflika’s resignation amid massive protests and the nomination of a caretaker president, the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations came in the right time.
Split into six phases, DART has triggered a major overhaul of the city’s road infrastructure—by its completion, 137km of new roads will have been built.
Anxiety in Johannesburg is nothing new. Despite its intermittent glamour, the city has always felt unstable for those who live in it. South Africa’s largest and wealthiest urban centre, it is also deeply unequal and striated by the spatial markers of apartheid.
Recently, big businesses like Amazon, Apple, Coca-Cola, Facebook, Nike and Uber have all pledged contributions to advocacy organizations focused on racial equality and criminal justice reform. This is another example of corporate activism.
Research shows that advertising agencies and clients act opportunistically both before and after the signing of a contract.
Solar geoengineering is highly controversial and is often framed as a stop-gap measure to decrease climate change impacts and buy more time to reduce emissions.
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