Emirates Marks Key Milestones in 2015, its 30th Year of Operations
Wednesday, December 30, 2015 — Dubai, UAE - 30 December 2015: Emirates, the world’s largest international airline, will conclude another year of growth underscored by standout milestones across its fleet, network, and customer experience initiatives. Its growing business footprint also delivered increasing positive impact on the economies and communities it serves.
NOIDA, India, December 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --
More than 20 nations participated during the Global Cultural Summit, held at Noida Film City on December 20, 2015, with great pomp and show under the chairmanship of renowned international media personality Sandeep Marwah, the president of Marwah Studio.
At the core of the Centenary City stands it's most magnificent center
piece, Africa Tower. Set to be the highest of its kind in Africa, the
Tower will house 30 floors of Abuja's most luxurious apartments and 46
floors of premium offices.
Infrastructure work progresses in Abuja Centenary City... Home of soon to be the tallest building in Africa
Construction
of vital infrastructure is progressing steadily in the Abuja Centenary
City, Nigeria's City of the future, that is also expected to generate
over 350,000 jobs on completion.
The
e-commerce leader in Africa formalizes the appointment of Mrs Juliet
Anammah at the head of Jumia Nigeria, Africa Internet Group’s (AIG)
LAGOS,
Nigeria, December 28, 2015/ -- The e-commerce leader in Africa
formalizes the appointment of Mrs Juliet Anammah at the head of Jumia
Nigeria, Africa Internet Group’s (AIG) (www.jumia.com.ng)
biggest company on the continent. Juliet is taking over from former
Co-CEOs Jeremy Doutte and Nicolas Martin, who are taking the reins of
Jumia Global across the 11 African countries in which the group
operates.
Special K® Celebrates The Women Who Rocked It In 2015, Asks #WHATSNEXT For 2016?
99-year-old woman Doreetha Daniels became the oldest college graduate on June 5, 2015. She graduated from College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita, Calif, USA.
Becky Hammon, the first woman to become head-coach in NBA history.
BATTLE CREEK, Mich., Dec. 28, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Women are forces to be reckoned with – their inner strength is not something that can be defined, but it certainly can't be denied. 2015 was another powerful year for women, and Special K® is celebrating those who rocked it this year, via a video compilation of top moments from women in sports, the arts and in everyday life. By highlighting and elevating the stories of real women, Special K will make the world take notice of everything they are and everything they aspire to be.
Join in the conversation by telling Special K #whatsnext for 2016, and visit SpecialK.com for more information. SOURCE Kellogg Company
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Nigeria's Boko Haram insurgency forces one million children from school – UNICEF
NEW YORK, 22 December 2015 / PRN Africa / -- Violence and attacks against civilian populations in northeastern Nigeria and its neighbouring countries have forced “a staggering” one million children out of school in a conflict that has dealt “a huge blow for education in the region,” the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) reported today.
Girls use their new school supplies during a class in an informal learning centre in a UNICEF-supported safe space for children in the Dalori camp for internally displaced people, in the north-eastern city of Maiduguri in Borno State. Photo: UNICEF/UNI193691/Andrew Esiebo.
“Across Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger, over 2,000 schools remain closed due to the conflict – some of them for more than a year – and hundreds have been attacked, looted or set on fire,” UNICEF said. “In far north Cameroon, only one out of the 135 schools closed in 2014 has re-opened this year.”
UNICEF also reported that the number of children missing out on their education due to the conflict adds to the estimated 11 million children of primary school age who were already out of school in the four countries before the onset of the crisis.
“It's a staggering number,” said Manuel Fontaine, UNICEF's West and Central Africa Regional Director.
“The conflict has been a huge blow for education in the region, and violence has kept many children out of the classroom for more than a year, putting them at risk of dropping out of school altogether,” added Mr. Fontaine.
In addition, Nigeria alone, approximately 600 teachers have been killed since the start of the Boko Haram insurgency.
UNICEF said it has supported 170,000 children back into education in the safer areas of the three states most in Nigeria affected by the conflict, where the majority of schools have been able to re-open.
“The challenge we face is to keep children safe without interrupting their schooling,” said Mr. Fontaine. “Schools have been targets of attack, so children are scared to go back to the classroom; yet the longer they stay out of school, the greater the risks of being abused, abducted and recruited by armed groups,” he explained.
So far, UNICEF has received 44 per cent of the funding required in 2015 to respond to the humanitarian needs of children in Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon and Chad.
And in 2016, UNICEF will need nearly $23 million to provide access to education for children affected by conflicts in the four countries, most of whom live around the Lake Chad region.
SOURCE UN News Centre
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EVENT OF THE YEAR: "He Named Me Malala" for the UN Day of the Girl Child in Nigeria
To the glory of Almighty God alone, our greatest achievement this year is the successful organization of the 2015 United Nations' International Day of the Girl Child in Nigeria with the special screening of youngest Nobel Prize winner Malala Yousafzai's groundbreaking film "He Named Me Malala" on Sunday October 11, at the Silverbird Cinemas, Silverbird Galleria on Victoria Island, Lagos.
The event attracted more than 300 secondary school girls in Lagos and Senator Oluremi Tinubu sent her representatives. The news report was on STV, Galaxy TV, NTA, Daily Times and made front page on Nairaland and celebrated by Malala on Instagram. The event promoted our nationwide Girls United Together for Success (GUTS) project for the education, protection and welfare of millions of underprivileged girls in Nigeria where more than 6 million poor girls are out of school which is the worst record in the world.
malalafundOn #DayoftheGirl, over 200 secondary school girls in Nigeria stood #withMalala for a special screening of #HENAMEDMEMALALA. What an amazing way to celebrate girls! Thanks for sharing, Girls United Together for Success (GUTS).
tdflickingerAwesome!
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malalagramI stand with Malala!
teniola_ayoolaStanding with you, Malala!
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hadizaobi@ayeesha.obi
dragonfly81099We are standing with you LAGOS school girls! Keep up the good work! 🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻
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drphilosagieGood organization. Well done mike Chima. Thanks for standing for what you believe.
jasperlaaksoembarassing for us men
am.anda__@jasperlaakso You are the embarrassment. You are not a man, but an ass
carenwalker57God bless them where they are now my also the angles guide them protect them in any bad things they are about to do let them listen to the.voice.of the lord and think and do it by making the right decisions
am.anda__@jasperlaakso YOU ARE STUPID
jasperlaakso@am.anda__ baby take it easy ❤️
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am.anda__@jasperlaakso You are so fake
jasperlaaksoAmanda likes to cook for me ❤️
am.anda__@jasperlaakso I will never do anything for you
celona_talinaIm from Lagos and im eleven malala god bless you.
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Apple Paid $13.97 Billion in Income Taxes More than What IBM, Microsoft and Google combined in 2014.
How Much U.S. Tech Companies Pay in Taxes
Large tech companies such as Apple and Google are often accused of avoiding U.S. taxes by stashing foreign earnings in countries with lower corporate tax rates. When asked about his company’s tax avoidance practices in an interview with “60 Minutes”, Apple’s CEO Tim Cook rebutted the allegations saying that Apple pays “every tax dollar it owes”. He also criticized the U.S. tax code for being outdated in the digital age and claimed that Apple pays more taxes than any other company.
While that may be true in total terms, it definitely isn't in relation to the company's outlandish profits. In 2014, Apple paid $13.97 billion in income taxes, which is more than what IBM, Microsoft and Google paid combined. More importantly though, Apple’s effective tax rate (the average rate at which pre-tax profits are taxed) in 2014 was 26.1%. While that is actually higher than it is for many of its fellow tech companies, it is 2.5 percentage points below the average tax rate paid by S&P 100 companies in 2014, not to mention the statutory federal income tax rate of 35%.
As our chart illustrates, Apple is far from alone in trying to pay as little taxes as possible. As a matter of fact, it is paying higher taxes than many of its peers.
Women in the boardroom. Photo Credit: WOMEN 2 10 Questions Dominating Boardroom Agendas for 2016
NEW YORK, Dec. 17, 2015
/PRNewswire/ -- "Boardrooms are facing great unpredictability and a
breakdown of business models in their industries, which changes the role
of directors today," says Susan Stautberg, CEO of the WomenCorporateDirectors Foundation,
the largest group of women corporate board members globally. "We need
directors who are synthesizers of information – who can see the smoke
over the horizon and bring this insight into their companies."
What are the top questions directors are asking in their boardrooms
so that they can be better prepared for what's to come? WCD held its Americas Institute this fall, where directors came from across the globe to The Coca-Cola Company's headquarters in Atlanta to discuss top board concerns and how directors are preparing themselves for the challenges of 2016 and beyond: 10 Questions Dominating Boardroom Agendas for 2016
Is the board truly thinking globally? "Many of our companies
have global footprints and distribute global products, and yet, I dare
say, are not what I would call a global company with a global DNA," said
Elaine La Roche, Director of
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., China Construction Bank, and
Harsco Corporation; and Senior Advisor, China International Capital
Corporation. "The population of the world is going from 7.3 billion
today to add almost another billion by 2025. Yes, the demographic growth
is going to be coming from China, but also from India, from Indonesia, and from Africa. How many of you have had a conversation about those countries in your boardroom recently?"
How can companies leverage "glocalization"? "You can't reach many local markets around the world if you don't produce innovation locally," said Adriana Machado, formerly
the Latin America Government Affairs and Policy Vice President at
General Electric. "Companies can then employ 'reverse innovation' and
find opportunities to create a product in a less developed country, and
then take it globally afterward." Companies such as GE are some of the
leaders making the models of glocalization and reverse innovation
co-exist, bringing products tailored to emerging markets – such as
portable medical devices – and selling them in wealthy countries.
Who's accountable for the company's cybersecurity? "Organizations are still lacking in cybersecurity preparation," said Olga Botero,
Founder and Managing Director of C&S Customers and Strategy, Senior
Advisor at Boston Consulting Group, and Director of Evertec, Inc. "True
cybersecurity is based on accountability for each person in an
organization. It doesn't matter whether it's someone in sales or the
production area or whether it's someone in management – security is
everyone's responsibility, and if you don't have a very strong culture
within companies, we have open windows." Boards are responsible for
creating the conditions upon which a culture of preparedness and
accountability can be built.
Where is the data risk in the organization? "I think the biggest thing to remember is that data risk isn't just about IT or those involved in the security area," said Kathy Misunas,
Director, Tech Data Corporation. "This is about every employee thinking
about security – it's not just about those handling customer data,
Social Security numbers, and credit card numbers. Consider employees in
areas such as M&A and investor relations since there may be
sensitive data and risk imbedded in these parts of the organization. I
believe that many companies are looking at security through a narrower
lens than is required."
What is included in the company's innovation "ecosystem"?
"The board should be looking at a company and asking itself: are
initiatives praised, are they celebrated? Are failures embraced?" said Giannella Alvarez,
Chief Executive Officer, Harmless Harvest, and Director, Domtar
Corporation. "Is the innovation ecosystem comprised of internal and
external stakeholders? Do we involve our employees in innovation? Do we
involve our suppliers? Do we involve academia? Do we involve start-ups?"
Innovation is an open system, more and more so, and boards can help
open these doors.
What new business model should the company be thinking about? "Innovating isn't always about new technology; it's often about business model innovation," said Teresa Amabile,
Professor & Director of Research, Harvard Business School, and
Director, Seaman Corporation. "Think about Uber: Uber didn't invent
cars. Uber didn't invent the idea of a stranger giving a ride to someone
else – that's been around as long as there've been liveries and taxis.
But Uber invented a new business model for doing that. FedEx didn't
invent package delivery, but it invented this crazy new business model
for doing that." Boards need to be aware that the culture is what will
make the company open to new business models. "Peter Drucker
is said to have quipped, 'culture eats strategy for breakfast,'" said
Amabile. "You can have the best strategy around, but if you don't have
the appropriate culture within your company to execute it, it will
fail."
How does a board balance innovation and risk? "Boards must look short-, medium-, and long-term: what is our role in thinking about innovation?" said Anne Darche,
Owner of Pertinence and Director, Groupe St-Hubert, Groupe Germain
Hôtels, and MU. "Boards have to look at a balanced innovation portfolio
from a risk perspective. You do need incremental innovations, where
you're basically tweaking products that exist already – maybe it's a
second generation or third generation of products. These are lower risk,
lower return, but you need those. Then you also need the more
disruptive innovations: those with longer return and higher risks, but
will be the ones to bring you to the future. These are the innovations
that guarantee that you will be here 15 years, 20 years from now."
Where should the board spend its time? "One of the problems is that we're spending too much of our time on the past and not enough on the future," said Donna McManmon,
Regional Sales Director at Diligent Corporation, which creates
collaborative software for boardrooms. "We spend a whole lot of time on
quarterly reports, audit reviews, and budget compliance, and not enough
on strategy, risks, trends, disruption, R&D, and innovations. As
it's said, a good board brings oversight and insight, but a great board
also brings foresight."
How will we manage shareholders? Shareholders are forcing
boards to up their communications game, both ways. "Sound pay practices
were one of the issues that started this stronger voice from
shareholders, but it was really just a Trojan horse," said Maria Elena (Mel) Lagomasino,
Chief Executive Officer & Managing Partner, WE Family Offices and
Director of The Walt Disney Company, The Coca-Cola Company, and Avon
Products, Inc. "There is now a whole process where shareholders want
more and more communication about everything, and boards are becoming
much better listeners. Boards will need antennae to be able to really
listen to what's going on with shareholders."
How can a board bring the right voices to the table? "People who all think alike might not ask questions of each other and may not probe," said Helene D. Gayle, MD, MPH,
Chief Executive Officer, McKinsey Social Initiative; Director, The
Coca-Cola Company and Colgate-Palmolive Company. "I think the fact that
we're all taking our responsibility more seriously, and that we're
scrutinized more, opens up the opportunity to also have a greater number
of different voices at the table. Not only women's voices, but
diversity across all backgrounds and demographic factors."
"A great director at the right place, at the appropriate time, can save a company going through disruption," says Stautberg.
Nancy Calderon – KPMG Global
Lead Partner and Director of WCD and KPMG India's Global Delivery
Center, Ltd. – echoes this: "The best directors can navigate all these
disruptive forces, and at the same time help their own companies disrupt
boardroom thinking enough to ensure their companies have a future." For more information about WCD and boardroom trends, please contact Suzanne Oaks Brownstein or Trang Mar of Temin and Company at 212.588.8788 or news@teminandco.com. About WomenCorporateDirectors Education and Development Foundation, Inc. (WCD) The
WomenCorporateDirectors Education and Development Foundation, Inc. (The
WCD Foundation) is the only global membership organization and
community of women corporate directors, with more than 3,500 members
serving on more than 8,500 boards. A 501(c)(3) not-for-profit
organization, the WCD Foundation has 71 chapters around the world, with
seven more to launch over the next year. The aggregate market
capitalization of public companies on whose boards WCD Foundation
members serve is over $8 trillion. In addition, WCD Foundation members
serve on numerous boards of large private and family-run companies
globally.
WCD Foundation membership provides a unique platform for learning
from the intellectual capital of accomplished women from around the
world, and the WCD Foundation's mission is to increase courage, candor,
inclusion, and cohesion in the boardroom.
The WCD Foundation has 71 global chapters, located in Arizona, Atlanta, Austin, Beijing, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Chile, Cleveland, Colombia, Columbus, Dallas/Fort Worth, Delhi, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greater Colorado, Greater New Mexico, Guatemala, Gulf Cooperation Council, Hanoi, Hawaii, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Houston, Iceland, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Kansas City, Kenya, London, Los Angeles/Orange County, Malaysia, Melbourne, Mexico, Milan, Minnesota, Mongolia, Morocco, Mumbai, Netherlands, New York, New Zealand, Nigeria, Northern California, North Florida/South Georgia, Panama, Peru, Philadelphia, Philippines, Quebec, Rio de Janeiro, Rome, San Diego, Sao Paulo, Seattle, Shanghai, Singapore, South Africa, South Florida, Spain, Switzerland, Sydney, Tampa, Tennessee, Toronto, Turkey, Washington, D.C., and Western Canada.
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