Hydropower CEOs Discuss Sustainable Recovery with the IEA
A meeting convened by the International Hydropower Association (IHA) saw 11 energy executives discuss with the IEA’s Executive Director, Dr Fatih Birol, how hydropower...
Using Islamic Finance May Have Saved Hertz from Filing for Bankruptcy...
They say hard times bring out the best and worst in people. Long queues at Labour Department offices, soup kitchens and homeless shelters have...
Slight Growth Expected in Medium-Term in Islamic Finance Sector
S&P Global Ratings expected the Islamic finance industry to show low-to-mid-single-digit growth in 2020-2021 after the 11.4 percent in 2019 following strong sukuk market...
Blockchain Bites: River’s Rise, Canada’s CBDC and Bitcoin’s Whales Post-Halving
The number of bitcoin whales is at its highest level since 2017, as the network adjusts its difficulty setting for the first time post-halving.
Elsewhere,...
Akon’s Crypto City Moves Ahead Awarding $6B Construction Contract
United States engineering firm KE International awarded Senegalese-American singer and entrepreneur Akon with a $6 billion contract to build a cryptocurrency city in Senegal.
According to a June...
Verizon, Other Companies, Sign up for Amazon and Global Optimism’s ‘Climate...
Verizon, Infosys and Reckitt Benckiser became the first global companies to sign up for Amazon's Climate Pledge that was first announced in September.
Amazon and...