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COMMONWEALTH BLOG - Issues, Insights, & Innovation
#HubandSpokes
Trade ministers and senior officials from the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group of nations have praised the #Commonwealth for...
@commonwealthsec
Oct 26, 2018


#RoyalWedding
Sophie Cabot will make a red velvet and chocolate wedding cake for The Couple inspired by the colours of autumn! Miss Cabot was...
@TheDukeOfYork
Oct 12, 2018


The Commonwealth can encourage, empower and connect emerging businessmen and women
This morning, The Duke of Cambridge will meet young entrepreneurs from across the Commonwealth to discuss how the Commonwealth can...
@RoyalFamily
Apr 23, 2018


The Duchess of Cambridge and The Countess of Wessex host Commonwealth Fashion exchange reception
Tonight The Duchess of Cambridge and The Countess of Wessex are hosting a reception at Buckingham Palace on behalf of The Queen to...

RCS Ottawa
Feb 19, 2018


A new pan-African fund will give a boost to Francophone Africa’s fledgling startups
Partech Ventures, a Silicon Valley-based venture capital (VC) firm, has launched an Africa-focused fund which will look to provide...

RCS Ottawa
Jan 28, 2018
UPDATE 2-Sterling climbs as traders eye Bank of England meeting
LONDON, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Sterling edged higher on Wednesday ahead of the next day’s Bank of England policy meeting, which will be...

RCS Ottawa
Dec 13, 2017


When it comes to trade, Africa really should be a country
African countries are forging ahead to complete negotiations for a continental free trade area between 55 countries by early next year....

RCS Ottawa
Nov 20, 2017


Africa will take China’s place as the next factory of the world
I’m only thirty, but I personally witnessed a time when China’s now car-clogged streets were full of bicycles instead. Such has been the...

RCS Ottawa
Nov 13, 2017
Canadian Veteran Business Directory
A program of Prince’s Charities Canada (PCC), Prince's Operation Entrepreneur (POE) delivers education, training, tools and resources to...

RCS Ottawa
Nov 8, 2017


Africa’s two largest economies are making a comeback
Africa’s two largest economies are making a comeback: Nigeria’s economy is finally lifting its head after five consecutive quarters of...

RCS Ottawa
Nov 5, 2017


U.K. Growth Surprise Clears Path for Bank of England Rate Rise
The U.K. economy’s surprise acceleration has paved the way for the Bank of England to raise interest rates for the first time in a decade...

RCS Ottawa
Oct 25, 2017


Commonwealth finance ministers urged to change rules to make it easier to access funds
In a powerful intervention at the Commonwealth Finance Ministers Meeting (CFMM) in Washington DC, the prime minister of Saint Lucia...

RCS Ottawa
Oct 18, 2017


Lord Howell on the unique suitability of the modern Commonwealth to trade in the network age
Brexit, March’s Commonwealth Trade Ministers Meeting and the upcoming Commonwealth Business Forum and Summit in 2018 have led to a...

RCS Ottawa
Oct 10, 2017
Now Robots Are Coming After India’s Low-Cost Labour
Butler, a stubby, orange robot, crawls along the aisles to fetch everything from smartphones to shampoos from warehouse shelves. It takes...

RCS Ottawa
Oct 4, 2017
Superpower India to Replace China as Growth Engine
India is poised to emerge as an economic superpower, driven in part by its young population, while China and the Asian Tigers age...

RCS Ottawa
Sep 18, 2017


Hipster Demand for Fancy Coffee Is Really Helping Africa’s Farmers
People who sell high-end coffee often promote their ties to the people who actually grow it. You’d be forgiven for thinking that it’s...

RCS Ottawa
Sep 14, 2017


As other African countries ban donkey slaughter, Kenya doubles down to meet Chinese demand
Twice a month, Julius Yebei, 45, embarks on a three-day journey by foot with a herd of donkeys from a livestock market in Bomet County to...

RCS Ottawa
Sep 3, 2017


Post-apartheid South Africa is failing the very people it liberated
Any progress made to liberate South Africa’s black majority since apartheid ended two decades ago looks to have been undone in just five...

RCS Ottawa
Aug 27, 2017
If you want to see how delivery drones should work, look at Africa
Zipline, a Californian drone-delivery startup that has been delivering blood to Rwandan clinics since October, announced today that it’s...

RCS Ottawa
Aug 27, 2017
Africa is now the world’s testing ground for commercial drones
Muhanga, Rwanda The world’s first commercial drone delivery service operates from a hill almost smack dab in the middle of Rwanda. A...

RCS Ottawa
Aug 27, 2017
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