PARIS - Thursday, October 27th 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- SUNCNIM, a subsidiary of CNIM, is a joint-venture set up by CNIM and the state organization Bpifrance’s “Société de Projets Industriels”. It has achieved ‘Financial close’ of the project company eLlo, created for the purpose of building and operating the concentrated solar energy power plant at Llo in the Pyrenees (France). This will be the world’s first Fresnel solar thermodynamic power plant with the capacity to store several hours of energy. The Llo power plant, which will be built and operated by SUNCNIM, is the culmination of the bidding process initiated by the Energy Regulation Board for a contract awarded to CNIM in 2012. “The plant will be the world’s first in terms of technology. Designed to be eco-friendly and 100% recyclable, it will employ SUNCNIM technology using “Fresnel mirrors”. The thermal energy produced will be stored and converted into electricity via a steam generation process”, explains Roger ... Read more »

KAMPALA, Ouganda - Dimanche 30 Octobre 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Le programme Uganda Cares de l’AHF a lancé aujourd'hui une campagne de lutte contre le VIH / SIDA chez les jeunes femmes et les adolescentes âgées entre 12 et 24 ans. La campagne portant le nom Girls' ACT (Awareness Campaign Tour) est largement connue par le fait irréfutable que les jeunes femmes et les adolescentes représentent un cinquième des personnes atteintes par les nouvelles infections du VIH en Afrique, et sont à peu près trois fois plus susceptibles que leurs homologues masculins vivants avec le VIH en Afrique sub-saharienne. En Ouganda seule, la prévalence du VIH chez les jeunes femmes âgées entre 15 et 24 ans a été estimée à 4,2% par rapport à 2,4% chez les jeunes hommes, en 2013! "Ces statistiques indiquent que les jeunes femmes et les adolescentes sont atteintes de manière disproportionnée par le VIH par rapport à leurs homologues masculins», a déclaré Flavia Kiringooba, une jeune conseillère à ... Read more »

GSMA Names 26-Member Board to Serve from January 2017 through December 2018; Mittal Leads GSMA Board Delegation in Meeting with Indian Prime Minister Modi NEW DELHI - Thursday, October 27th 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- The GSMA today announced that it has elected new members of the GSMA Board for the two-year period from January 2017 through December 2018. The GSMA Board has also elected Sunil Bharti Mittal, Founder and Chairman, Bharti Enterprises as Chair, and re-elected Mari-Noëlle Jego-Laveissiere, Executive Vice President, Innovation, Orange Group as Deputy Chair. As GSMA Chair, Mittal will oversee the strategic direction of the organisation, which represents nearly 800 of the world’s mobile operators, as well as more than 300 companies in the broader mobile ecosystem. “I am delighted to be elected as Chairman of the GSMA, and look forward to working closely with the rest of the Board, the GSMA leadership team and our entire membership to address the critical issues fa ... Read more »

KAMPALA, Ouganda - Samedi 29 Octobre 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE) - Aujourd'hui, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Bureau de l'Afrique, a officiellement lancé son initiative pour jeunes femmes et filles, intitulée GIRLS ACT (campagne de sensibilisation) dans le cadre de ses interventions de campagne de santé publique pour les jeunes femmes et filles âgées de 15-24 ans. La campagne, qui prendra la forme d'une caravane mobile, est ancrée sur deux objectifs: prévenir les nouvelles infections au VIH parmi celles qui sont séronégatives et promouvoir la vie positive avec dignité parmi les séropositives. «Nous sommes conscients des sinistres statistiques et de la façon dont le VIH / SIDA continue d'affecter les jeunes femmes et filles de manière disproportionnée. Après avoir consulté des groupes dirigés par des jeunes, des jeunes filles et des groupes de discussions et de consultation, nous sommes arrivés à la conclusion que nous avons besoin de délivrer les services et l'information là où ... Read more »

KAMPALA, Uganda - Sunday, October 30th 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- The AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) Uganda Cares has today launched a campaign to fight HIV/AIDS amongst young women and adolescent girls aged 12-24 years. The campaign dubbed Girls’ ACT (Awareness Campaign Tour) is largely informed by the compelling fact that young women and adolescent girls account for one in five new HIV infections in Africa and are almost three times more likely than their male counterparts to be living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa. In Uganda alone, HIV prevalence amongst young women aged 15-24 was estimated at 4.2% compared to 2.4% for young men, in 2013! “These statistics indicate that young women and adolescent girls are disproportionately affected by HIV as compared to their male peers,” said Flavia Kiringooba, a young counsellor at AHF Uganda Cares. “This therefore means that we need to reach out to the young women in a more aggressive manner than ever before.” Girls’ ACT, loosel ... Read more »

KAMPALA, Uganda - Saturday, October 29th 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Africa Bureau, officially launched its young women and girls initiative tagged GIRLS ACT (Awareness Campaign Tour) as part of its public health campaign interventions for young women and girls aged 15-24. The campaign, which will take the form of a mobile caravan, is anchored on two objectives: preventing new HIV infections amongst those who are negative and promoting positive living with dignity amongst those who are HIV+. “We are aware of the grim statistics and how HIV/AIDS continues to affect young women and girls disproportionately. After due consultations with youth led groups, young people and focus group discussions, we came to the conclusion that we need to take the services and information to where the young women and girls are, using approaches that are appealing, exciting and spark their participation. A majority of the girls do not visit health facilities for ... Read more »