In this week’s newsletter we discuss how megatrends such as an ageing population, cost of living crises and digitalization across APAC are profoundly changing its risk landscape with the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of ESCAP Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana.
If the Australian public would like to know what their future would have looked like if former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd succeeded in his mission to create a healthy sovereign wealth fund from the Resources Super Profits Tax proposal in 2010, look no further than the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2024 – where all its citizens share in the spoils.
For this week’s newsletter, we are pleased to share an interview from the recent China-Africa Cooperation Summit with the Institute for Strategic and Policy Studies South Sudan Executive Director Melha Rout Biel and the Global Times. Biel unpacks how China and Africa can move forward together to create a shared future, with mutual prosperity.
This week’s newsletter celebrates a remarkable feat of endurance and determination as UAE-based sister Sofya Shamuzova plants her national flag at the summit of Kilimanjaro!
In this week’s Letter from the Editor, we were blessed to speak with Author Ramsey Hanhan, who shares his experiences growing up under the tyranny of occupation, and why the ordinary voices on the street will ultimately free Palestine.
We were blessed to speak with bestselling author Ontario-based Dr Saqib Qureshi on why the release of his new book In Being Muslim Today is needed now, more than ever.
The Paris 2024 Olympics unfolded like a Persian rug, full of colourful triumphs, fails and poignant moments that dominated the headlines. However, there were many fine silk threads that wove a bigger story, the remarkable performances of Muslim athletes who defied odds, shattered records, and left an indelible mark on the world stage, Alhamdulillah!
In this week’s newsletter we discuss how megatrends such as an ageing population, cost of living crises and digitalization across APAC are profoundly changing its risk landscape with the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of ESCAP Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana.
The Aga Khan Museum announces a monumental year of programs and digital experiences carefully curated to reference the Museum’s architecture, its founding vision of light, and a history that spans a decade in Toronto Canada.
Saudi-based Taiba Investments announces a strategic partnership with Hilton to bring the Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts brand to the holy city of Madinah.
Morocco has opened a pre-qualification round in a tender for the construction and operation of a 400-MW wind farm complex in the northern part of the North African Kingdom today.
According to the Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar, Türkiye’s solar power capacity surpassed the 12,000-megawatt mark for the first time, reaching 12,425 MW as of February 2024.
According to Taqa CEO Omar Al Hashmi, the global demand for renewable energy is increasing. However, the windiest and sunniest parts of the world are not where the need for energy is highest. This is where transmission plays a big role, linking energy generation to energy use as a product of global interconnection, and diversifying production from renewable sources to create a steadier supply of clean power.
Ethiopian History Scholar Messay Kebede discusses the influence of Marxism and Western European education on the Ethiopian student movement during the 1974 revolution.