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September 28, 2021

Vinamilk in World’s Top 10 Most Valuable Dairy Brands, Joining Industry Aces in Multiple Categories

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, Sept. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Vietnam Dairy Products Joint Stock Company (Vinamilk) has become one of the world’s Most Valuable Dairy Brands with a brand value of US$ 2.4 billion according to the 2021 Brand Finance report. The company also ranked among top positions in three other global food and beverage rankings this year.

Brand Finance is the leading UK-based independent brand valuation and strategy consultancy. Each year, it evaluates 5,000 of the biggest global brands across 23 sectors and rates them based on various criteria.

This year, Vinamilk is ASEAN’s sole representative that secured high positions in four Brand Finance rankings, including the world’s most valuable dairy brands, the dairy brands with the most potential, and the strongest and most valuable food brand rankings.

The result highlights Vinamilk’s growth potential and resilience amid challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic including the disruption of the global supply chain, drop in product demands, and altered consumption habits.

The company has also recently been placed 36^th in the Plimsoll’s 2021 Top 50 global dairy producers by sales revenue, becoming the only Southeast Asian company on the prestigious list.

“After 45 years of continuous development, Vinamilk has reached remarkable position in the global rankings in terms of revenue and brand value. These accomplishments are a testament to our achievements and greatly reinforce our commitment to strive even harder, creating the most nutritious products for both domestic and international consumers and bringing Vietnamese dairy brand further in the global market,” said Ms. Mai Kieu Lien, CEO of Vinamilk.

In addition to maintaining stable production and business, Vinamilk actively carries out community campaigns to promote healthy lifestyle and has stepped up in the fight against COVID-19. Vinamilk supported the country and the international community with financial funding, vaccine donations and more than 6 million products valued at an estimated US$ 4.2 million.

Vinamilk sustains growth momentum amid the pandemic

Vinamilk continues to invest in its international standard farms to ensure the quality of raw milk used in producing domestic and export products

Vinamilk currently has 16 factories, 13 dairy farms worldwide and one large-scale dairy complex project in Laos which supplies more than 250 product SKUs. Amid the pandemic, Vinamilk has continued to maintain stable operation with notable growth in export volume. In the first half of 2021, the company’s export value was estimated at US$ 121.5 million, boasting the double-digit growth rate of 13.1% compared to 2020.

In addition to expanding international reach and become one of the world’s Top 30 leading dairy companies regarding sales revenue, Vinamilk constantly embraces international cooperation to raise its production capability both domestically and abroad.

Vinamilk has subsidiaries and joint ventures in the United States, New Zealand, Laos, Cambodia, and most recently in the Philippines through a joint venture with Del Monte – Philippines’s leading manufacturer and distributor of F&B products. In 2021, the company sets revenue target of US$ 2.7 billion, increase 4.1% year on year.

About VINAMILK

Established in 1976, Vinamilk is the leading nutrition company in Vietnam, serving customers in 56 countries. With the mission of becoming an international brand in food and beverages sector and a trusted brand for consumers in nutritional and health products, Vinamilk is committed to providing high quality products with respect, love and responsibility for life and the community.

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September 28, 2021

2Africa Extended to the Arabian Gulf, India, and Pakistan

Now the Longest Subsea Cable System in the World

MENLO PARK, Calif., Sept. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The 2Africa consortium, comprised of China Mobile International, Facebook, MTN GlobalConnect, Orange, stc, Telecom Egypt, Vodafone and WIOCC, announced today the addition of a new segment – the 2Africa PEARLS branch – extending to the Arabian Gulf, India, and Pakistan. This extension will bring the total length of the 2Africa cable system to over 45,000 kilometers, making it the longest subsea cable system ever deployed.

2Africa Extended to the Arabian Gulf, India, and Pakistan

Now connecting three continents, Africa, Europe and Asia terrestrially through Egypt, 2Africa creates unique connectivity by adding vital landing locations in Oman (Barka), UAE (Abu Dhabi and Kalba), Qatar (Doha), Bahrain (Manama), Kuwait (Kuwait), Iraq (Al-Faw), Pakistan (Karachi), India (Mumbai), and a fourth landing in Saudi Arabia (Al Khobar). The new 2Africa branch joins recently announced extensions to the Canary Islands, the Seychelles, Comoros Islands, Angola, and a new landing to south-east Nigeria.

As with other 2Africa cable landings, capacity will be available in PEARLS landings at carrier-neutral facilities or open-access cable landing stations on a fair and equitable basis, encouraging and supporting the development of a healthy internet ecosystem.

To further support a burgeoning global digital economy, the expanded system will serve an even wider range of communities that rely on the internet for services from education to healthcare, and businesses, providing economic and social benefits that come from increased connectivity. As announced in May 2020, 2Africa was planned to directly bring seamless international connectivity to 1.2 billion people. Today, with 2Africa PEARLS, 2Africa will be providing international connectivity to an additional 1.8 billion people–that’s 3 billion people, representing 36% of the global population.

Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) will deploy the new system utilizing new technologies such as SDM that allow the deployment of up to 16 fiber pairs, double that of older technologies and bringing greater and more cost-effective capacity.

About China Mobile International Limited

China Mobile International Limited (CMI) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Mobile, mainly responsible for the operation of China Mobile’s international business. In order to provide better services to meet the growing demand in the international telecommunications market, China Mobile established a subsidiary, CMI, in December 2010. CMI currently has over 70 terrestrial and submarine cable resources worldwide, with a total international transmission bandwidth of 98T, and more than 180 PoPs. With Hong Kong, China as its launchpad, CMI has significantly accelerated global IDC development, creating a strong network for data centre cloudification.

Leveraging the strong support by China Mobile, CMI is a trusted partner that provides comprehensive international information services and solutions to international enterprises, carriers and mobile users. Headquartered in Hong Kong, China, CMI has expanded its footprint in 37 countries and regions. For more information, please visit www.cmi.chinamobile.com.

About Facebook

Founded in 2004, Facebook’s mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. Over 2 billion people use Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, or Messenger every month to stay connected with friends and family, to discover what is going on in the world, and to share and express what matters to them. Facebook is defined by its unique culture – one that rewards impact. The company encourages people to be bold and solve the problems they care most about. The phrase “this journey is 1% finished” reminds the company’s teams that they have only begun to fulfill Facebook’s mission. As the company evolves its journey to bring the world closer together, it stays true to the same core values to guide the way it works and the decisions it makes every step of the way: be open, be bold, move fast, focus on impact, and build social value. For more information, please visit https://www.linkedin.com/company/facebook/about/.

About MTN GlobalConnect

GlobalConnect is a Pan-African digital wholesale and infrastructure services company, and an operating company in the MTN Group. GlobalConnect manages MTN’s international and national major wholesale activities, in addition to offering reliable wholesale and infrastructure solutions for fixed connectivity and wholesale mobility solutions that include international mobile services, Voice, SMS, signalling, roaming and interconnect. The MTN Group launched in 1994 is a leading emerging market operator with a clear vision to lead the delivery of a bold new digital world and is inspired by the belief that everyone deserves the benefits of a modern connected life. Embracing the Ambition 2025 strategy, MTN is anchored on building the largest and most valuable platform business, with a clear focus on Africa. The MTN Group is listed on the JSE Securities Exchange in South Africa under the share code “MTN”.

For more information, please visit www.globalconnect.solutions – https://www.mtn.com

About Orange

Orange is one of the world’s leading telecommunications operators with sales of 42.3 billion euros in 2020 and 139,000 employees worldwide at 30 June 2021, including 80,000 employees in France. The Group has a total customer base of 263 million customers worldwide at 30 June 2021, including 218 million mobile customers and 22 million fixed broadband customers. The Group is present in 26 countries. Orange is also a leading provider of global IT and telecommunication services to multinational companies, under the brand Orange Business Services. In December 2019, the Group presented its new “Engage 2025” strategic plan, which, guided by social and environmental accountability, aims to reinvent its operator model. While accelerating in growth areas and placing data and AI at the heart of its innovation model, the Group will be an attractive and responsible employer, adapted to emerging professions.

Orange is listed on Euronext Paris (symbol ORA) and on the New York Stock Exchange (symbol ORAN).

For more information on the internet and on your mobile: www.orange.com, www.orange-business.com or to follow us on Twitter: @orangegrouppr.

About stc

With its headquarter in Riyadh, stc group is the largest in the Middle East and North Africa based on market cap. stc’s revenue for 2020 amounted to 58,953million SAR (15,721 million US dollars) and the net profit amounted to 10,995 million SAR (2,932 million US dollars). stc was established in 1998 and currently has customers around the globe. It is ranking among the world’s top 50 digital companies and the first in the Middle East and North Africa according to Forbes. It focuses on providing services to enterprise and consumer customers through a fiber-optic network that spans 217,000 kilometers. stc group was among the first in MENA region to launch 5G networks and was considered one of the fastest globally in deploying 5G network as stc already deployed around 4,000 5G towers as end of 2020. stc group has 14 subsidiaries in the Kingdom, gulf and around the world, and its own 100% of stc Bahrain, 51.8% stake in stc Kuwait and 25% stake in Binariang GSM Holding in Malaysia which owns 62% of Maxis in Malaysia.

In Saudi Arabia (the group’s main operation site) stc operates the largest modern mobile network in the Middle East as it covers more than 99% of the country’s populated areas in addition to providing 4G mobile broadband to about 90% of the population across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In addition to the above-mentioned, stc is a strong regional player in IoT, managed services, system integration, cloud computing, information security, big data Analytics fintech and artificial intelligence. For more information, please visit https://www.stc.com.sa; or to follow us on Twitter: @stc , @stc_ksa

About Telecom Egypt

Telecom Egypt is the first total telecom operator in Egypt providing all telecom services to its customers including fixed and mobile voice and data services. Telecom Egypt has a long history serving Egyptian customers for over 160 years maintaining a leadership position in the Egyptian telecom market by offering its enterprise and consumer customers the most advanced technology, reliable infrastructure solutions and the widest network of submarine cables. Aside from its mobile operation “WE”, the company owns a 45% stake in Vodafone Egypt. Telecom Egypt’s shares and GDRs (Ticker: ETEL.CA; TEEG.LN) are traded on The Egyptian Exchange and the London Stock Exchange. Please refer to Telecom Egypt’s full financial disclosure on ir.te.eg

For more information, contact:
The investor relations team
Email: investor.relations@te.eg

About Vodafone

Vodafone is a leading telecommunications company in Europe and Africa. Our purpose is to “connect for a better future” enabling an inclusive and sustainable digital society. Our expertise and scale give us a unique opportunity to drive positive change for society. Our networks keep family, friends, businesses and governments connected and – as COVID-19 has clearly demonstrated – we play a vital role in keeping economies running and the functioning of critical sectors like education and healthcare.

Vodafone is the largest mobile and fixed network operator in Europe and a leading global IoT connectivity provider. Our M-Pesa technology platform in Africa enables 50m people to benefit from access to mobile payments and financial services. We operate mobile and fixed networks in 21 countries and partner with mobile networks in 49 more. As of 30 June 2021, we had over 300m mobile customers, more than 28m fixed broadband customers, over 22m TV customers and we connected 130m IoT devices.

We support diversity and inclusion through our maternity and parental leave policies, empowering women through connectivity and improving access to education and digital skills for women, girls, and society at large. We are respectful of all individuals, irrespective of race, ethnicity, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, belief, culture or religion.

Vodafone is also taking significant steps to reduce our impact on our planet by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2025 and becoming net zero by 2040, purchasing 100% of our electricity from renewable sources in Europe and across our entire operations by 2025 and reusing, reselling or recycling 100% of our redundant network equipment.

For more information, please visit www.vodafone.com, follow us on Twitter at @VodafoneGroup or connect with us on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/company/vodafone.

About WIOCC

WIOCC is building Africa’s first, truly hyper-scale network infrastructure. With the ability to efficiently deliver 100Gbps capacity and an extensive investment programme to develop our pan-African solution even further, WIOCC is the natural partner for OTTs, content providers, telecom operators, and ISPs looking to take advantage of Africa’s opportunities. The company utilises more than 55,000km of terrestrial fibre and in excess of 75,000km of submarine cable assets to offer affordable, reliable, managed connectivity to over 550 locations across 30 African countries. WIOCC’s international reach extends to key commercial centres in Europe, Asia, and North America, providing a one-stop shop for fully-scalable international connectivity into, within, and out of Africa. Operating exclusively as a wholesaler, the company’s focus is on putting you, our client, first. Building and maintaining strong, long-term relationships means WIOCC can develop bespoke solutions to meet your current requirements, with the flexibility to match future demands for growth and extra resilience and geographical expansion. You will find that only WIOCC has the depth of experience, local expertise, capacity, flexibility, and scalability to take you where you want to be. For more information, please visit http://wiocc.net/.

About Alcatel Submarine Networks

Alcatel Submarine Networks, part of Nokia, leads the industry in terms of transmission capacity and installed base with more than 650,000 km of optical submarine systems deployed worldwide, enough to circumnavigate the globe 15 times. From traditional Telecom applications to Content and “Over The Top” Service Provider infrastructures, as well as to offshore Oil and Gas applications, ASN provides all elements of a turnkey global undersea transmission systems, tailored to individual customer’s needs. An extensive Services portfolio completes its comprehensive offering for the submarine business, including project management, installation and commissioning, along with marine and maintenance operations performed by ASN’s fully owned fleet of cable ships. For more information, please visit https://web.asn.com/en/.

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September 28, 2021

Le professeur Eric Hanushek et le docteur Rukmini Banerji ont reçu le prix Yidan 2021, la plus haute distinction mondiale en matière d’éducation

HONG KONG, 28 septembre 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Le professeur Eric A. Hanushek et le Dr Rukmini Banerji ont reçu le prix Yidan 2021, la plus haute distinction mondiale dans le domaine de l’éducation, en reconnaissance de leurs travaux révolutionnaires portant sur une pièce essentielle du puzzle de l’éducation : l’amélioration à grande échelle de la qualité de l’éducation et des résultats pour les apprenants.

À l’issue d’un processus d’évaluation rigoureux, mené par un comité indépendant composé d’experts reconnus en matière d’éducation, le professeur Eric A. Hanushek et le Dr Rukmini Banerji ont été sélectionnés comme lauréats du prix Yidan 2021 pour la recherche en éducation et du prix Yidan pour le développement de l’éducation. Ils rejoindront les neuf lauréats qui ont reçu le prix Yidan depuis sa création en 2016, établi par la Fondation du prix Yidan – une fondation philanthropique mondiale pour l’éducation qui inspire le progrès et le changement dans l’éducation.

Soutien aux 2021 lauréats pour améliorer la qualité de l’enseignement et les résultats d’apprentissage

Le professeur Eric Hanushek, Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow et professeur à la Hoover Institution de l’université de Stanford, reçoit le prix Yidan 2021 pour la recherche en éducation. Ses travaux, qui portent sur les résultats de l’éducation et l’importance de la qualité de l’enseignement, ont transformé la recherche et les politiques au niveau international. Ses travaux ont contribué à l’élaboration de l’Objectif 4 des Nations Unies pour le Développement Durable (assurer une éducation de qualité inclusive et équitable) en recadrant les objectifs en matière de résultats d’apprentissage et ont montré que c’est la quantité d’apprentissage des étudiants – et non le nombre d’années passées à l’école – qui stimule les économies.

Grâce au financement du prix Yidan, le professeur Hanushek prévoit de mettre en place un programme de chercheurs en Afrique, afin de soutenir la capacité d’analyse pour façonner l’éducation.

Dr Rukmini Banerji is awarded the 2021 Yidan Prize for Education Development, and Professor Eric A. Hanushek is awarded the 2021 Yidan Prize for Education Research.

Le Dr Rukmini Banerji, Directeur général de Pratham Education Foundation, reçoit le Prix Yidan 2021 pour le développement de l’éducation pour son travail visant à améliorer les résultats de l’apprentissage. L’approche d’évaluation du Rapport Annuel sur le Résultats de l’Education (ASER), mise au point par le Dr Banerji et son équipe, a révélé des lacunes en matière de lecture et de calcul chez des enfants qui avaient déjà passé plusieurs années à l’école. Pour combler ces lacunes, le programme « Enseignement au Bon Niveau » (TaRL) de son équipe collabore avec les écoles et les collectivités locales pour fournir des compétences de base en lecture et en arithmétique, en veillant à ce qu’aucun enfant ne soit laissé pour compte. Ce modèle systématique et reproductible touche des millions d’enfants chaque année et s’est répandu dans le monde entier.

Avec le soutien du Prix Yidan, le Dr Banerji prévoit de renforcer et d’étendre le travail de Pratham auprès des jeunes enfants afin que des bases solides puissent être construites tôt dans la vie d’un enfant. Elle pense que cela contribuera de manière significative à l’objectif de voir « chaque enfant à l’école et en train de bien apprendre ».

Chaque lauréat recevra 30 millions de dollars Hongkongais (environ 3,9 millions de dollars américains), dont la moitié est un fonds de projet – permettant à une série de projets éducatifs innovants et progressistes de se développer et de soutenir des millions d’apprenants dans le monde. Ensemble, les projets des lauréats contribuent à rendre le monde meilleur grâce à l’éducation.

The independent Yidan Prize Judging Committee comprises internationally recognized education experts.

Tous les lauréats se joindront aux membres du Yidan Council of Luminaries pour travailler en collaboration et parler d’une voix collective – pour faire la lumière sur l’importance de restaurer et de repenser l’éducation avec des idées novatrices.

La période de nomination pour le Prix Yidan 2022 débute le 19 octobre

Les candidatures pour le prix Yidan 2022 seront ouvertes du 19 octobre 2021 à mars 2022.

À propos de la Fondation du Prix Yidan et du Prix Yidan

La Yidan Prize Foundation est une fondation éducative philanthropique mondiale. Grâce à son prix et à son réseau d’innovateurs, il soutient les idées et les pratiques dans le domaine de l’éducation, en particulier celles qui ont le pouvoir de changer positivement les vies et la société.

Le Prix Yidan est un hommage à l’éducation inclusive qui reconnaît les personnes ou les équipes qui ont contribué de façon importante à la théorie et à la pratique de l’éducation.

https://yidanprize.org

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September 28, 2021

Wiseasy PayCloud reçoit la conformité PCI DSS, garantissant des paiements sécurisés pour les partenaires mondiaux

PEKIN, 28 septembre 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Wiseasy, l’un des principaux constructeurs mondiaux de services bancaires et de paiements numériques, est heureux d’annoncer qu’il a réussi à se conformer aux normes de sécurité des données applicables à l’industrie des cartes de paiement (PCI DSS) couvrant sa plate-forme de paiement PayCloud.

PCI DSS est l’une des normes de sécurité des données les plus fiables dans le domaine des paiements, de la banque et de la finance, y compris le stockage, le traitement et la transmission des données des titulaires de carte. Cette nouvelle certification, qui s’adresse aux normes de sécurité déjà rigoureuses de Wiseasy, réaffirme l’engagement de l’entreprise en matière de protection et de sécurité des données.

Wiseasy PayCloud, une plate-forme de paiement basée sur le cloud avec une passerelle de paiement unifiée, des applications marchandes sur mesure et des plates-formes d’exploitation, permettant aux banques, aux acquéreurs et aux prestataires de services de paiement de fournir des services de paiement omnicanal aux commerçants de différents pays et régions.

Sa passerelle de paiement omnicanal complète permet d’accepter des paiements de toutes sortes, qu’il s’agisse de cartes bancaires ou de portefeuilles mobiles. Elle fournit des paiements transparents dans des scénarios en ligne, mobiles et en magasin. En tant que plate-forme SaaS basée sur le cloud, PayCloud permet le traitement des paiements à partir de n’importe quel endroit avec accès Internet. De plus, Wiseasy conçoit et construit des terminaux de point de vente intelligents et des applications de paiement en interne, de sorte que tout fonctionne de manière transparente, ce qui en fait une véritable solution unique pour de nombreuses entreprises de premier plan dans le monde entier.

Approuvé par de plus en plus de partenaires, Wiseasy PayCloud a soutenu 65 000 commerçants avec des transactions de 20 milliards de dollars par an. SnapPay, l’un des principaux fournisseurs de services de paiement mobile au Canada, s’est associé à PayCloud pour servir plus de 4 000 commerçants à accepter des paiements en devises étrangères afin de maximiser leurs opportunités commerciales.

« La sécurité et la conformité n’ont jamais été aussi importantes pour les fournisseurs de solutions de paiement qui se sont engagés à maintenir un environnement de paiement sécurisé. Nos produits et services ont reçu des certifications de paiement telles que EMVCo, PayPass, Visa payWave, Amex, Discover et de nombreuses certifications de paiement locales. Wiseasy continuera de répondre aux besoins plus élevés des clients en matière de conformité et d’anticiper l’évolution continue de l’industrie des paiements », a déclaré Mme Lindsay Wang, vice-présidente du groupe et responsable de l’unité commerciale mondiale.

En tant que créateur de services bancaires et de paiements numériques, Wiseasy s’engage à aider les banques, les prestataires de services de paiement et autres institutions financières à atteindre une couverture de réseau d’entreprise à faible coût et la construction de systèmes d’entreprise basés sur l’Internet mobile grâce à des technologies et des produits innovants. PayCloud, une composante importante de Wiseasy Digital Banking Suites, alimente constamment l’innovation et la croissance des institutions, qu’elles soient établies ou émergentes, mondiales ou locales, physiques ou numériques.

Contact pour les médias : mk@wiseasy.com

September 28, 2021

Bitmain tiendra l’édition 2021 du World Digital Mining Summit à Dubaï, du 9 au 10 novembre

HONG KONG, 28 septembre 2021 /PRNewswire/ —Bitmain – le leader mondial de la fabrication de matériel de minage de cryptomonnaie, tiendra l’édition 2021 du World Digital Mining Summit (WDMS) à Dubaï, du 9 au 10 novembre. Il s’agit de la troisième édition du WDMS, qui est organisé cette année par Bitmain et Antminer.

Le WDMS, qui rassemblera les plus importants exploitants de centres de données au monde, favorisera les échanges entre les fournisseurs, coopératives de mineurs et autres leaders du secteur dans le domaine du minage de cryptomonnaie. Parallèlement, le sommet vise à créer une plateforme professionnelle pour présenter les fournisseurs d’énergie renouvelable et permettre aux investisseurs d’intégrer l’industrie.

Cette plateforme numérique d’échange de devises dans le secteur du minage de cryptomonnaie intègre de nouvelles technologies novatrices. Elle favorise également la coopération commerciale, la construction de centres de données, les possibilités d’exploitation de l’énergie verte et l’échange de renseignements sur l’industrie. C’est aussi l’occasion pour tous les partenaires qui participent à l’événement de discuter des nouvelles politiques.

Au cours du sommet, Bitmain dévoilera la toute dernière solution tout-en-un de conteneur de minage et les produits d’Antminer. L’entreprise continuera d’annoncer ses progrès et sa stratégie pour bâtir un écosystème mondial du minage de cryptomonnaie, y compris ses programmes mondiaux de maintenance après-vente et les centres de formation en maintenance d’Antminer.

Le sommet donnera lieu à des dizaines de discours et à des discussions de groupe sur le développement de l’énergie verte et la mondialisation dans le domaine du minage de cryptomonnaie, la construction de centres de données, l’amélioration des activités associées au minage de cryptomonnaie, les politiques et règlements mondiaux, et bien plus.

Bitmain invite les intervenants intéressés à participer au WDMS de 2021. Pour obtenir de plus amples renseignements et pour acheter des billets, consultez le site https://wdms.global/.

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September 28, 2021

Huawei lance la solution de paiement mobile et de microfinance, favorisant ainsi l’inclusion financière

SHENZHEN, Chine, 28 septembre 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Huawei a lancé une solution d’inclusion financière comprenant le paiement mobile et la microfinance lors du HUAWEI CONNECT 2021. Cette solution aide les institutions financières à fournir des services rapides et abordables, ce qui contribue à rapprocher le monde de l’inclusion financière. Huawei continuera à travailler avec les partenaires de l’écosystème et à utiliser les nouvelles technologies de l’information et de la communication pour faire progresser le paiement mobile et construire un écosystème commercial prospère.

Les banques utilisent des solutions de paiement mobile et de microfinance, y compris la technologie cloud et le SaaS, pour créer des modèles commerciaux sur mesure et un écosystème florissant sur les super applications. La solution d’inclusion financière de Huawei comprend un portefeuille mobile, une plateforme de paiement mobile, un cadre ouvert pour les super applications et des plateformes de produits financiers. Grâce à ces services, les banques peuvent introduire rapidement divers services financiers.

À l’occasion de HUAWEI CONNECT 2021, Huawei a abordé l’avenir de la transformation numérique dans l’ensemble des industries sous trois angles : scénarios, modèles et écosystèmes. Huawei a lancé 11 nouvelles solutions sectorielles, l’une d’entre elles étant la solution de paiement mobile et de micro finance. Cette dernière utilise les nouvelles technologies pour aider les institutions financières du monde entier à faire progresser le paiement mobile, à connecter les utilisateurs, les commerçants, les partenaires de distribution et les développeurs, et à construire un écosystème prospère.

1. Une super application connecte les utilisateurs et les commerçants. Huawei fournit des technologies à canaux multiples (SuperAPP, HTML5, carrier USSD, Agent et API ouverte) pour aider les banques à atteindre leurs clients plus rapidement et à moindre coût. Huawei aide également les petits commerçants à améliorer leurs opérations numériques grâce à des applications sur mesure ; celles-ci aident également les banques hors de Chine à développer des réseaux d’agents pour atteindre les clients en ligne et hors ligne. Grâce aux solutions Huawei, les institutions financières peuvent concevoir un parcours complet du client en ligne et offrir une meilleure expérience client.

2. Une plateforme de produits financiers connecte les utilisateurs et les bailleurs de fonds. Hors de Chine, les opérateurs comptent un nombre considérable d’utilisateurs. Ils sont donc le moteur de la croissance de l’activité et la condition préalable à la monétisation. Cependant, il leur manque une plateforme pour être en relation avec les banques. La plateforme de produits financiers aide les opérateurs à recommander les utilisateurs aux banques, qui peuvent à leur tour fournir des produits financiers intégrés directement aux utilisateurs.

3. Une plateforme de développeurs permet de construire un écosystème. Il existe plusieurs types de développeurs, notamment ceux des principaux systèmes de services mondiaux, des services locaux et des services intermédiaires tels que les petits plug-ins. Huawei propose une solution SaaS native du cloud, qui favorise l’innovation itérative et les API ouvertes. Cela permet à d’autres partenaires SaaS et à différents acteurs de l’écosystème de se connecter sur la plateforme HUAWEI CLOUD. Les banques et les partenaires peuvent facilement explorer de nouveaux services et réunir rapidement divers écosystèmes pour lancer avec succès des projets communs.

Les solutions d’inclusion financière de Huawei ont déjà été mises en œuvre avec succès dans plusieurs pays.

Par exemple, Huawei a travaillé avec la KBZ Bank au Myanmar – la plus grande banque locale – pour créer un nouveau portefeuille numérique appelé KBZPay basé sur le cloud public. KBZPay intègre divers outils de marketing pour offrir une expérience entièrement numérique aux utilisateurs et aider les commerçants à attirer des clients. En deux ans et demi seulement, KBZPay a accueilli plus de 8 millions d’utilisateurs enregistrés, ce qui en fait la première marque de paiement numérique dans le pays.

Au Kenya, Huawei a coopéré avec Safaricom – le plus grand opérateur local – pour créer une marque de paiement appelée M-Pesa. Non seulement la plateforme prend en charge les virements bancaires, mais elle offre également plusieurs services pour la vie quotidienne. Dans le même temps, elle aide KCB Bank, NCBA Bank et Safaricom à accorder des micro et petits prêts aux particuliers et aux commerçants. Sur le marché depuis 14 ans, M-Pesa a largement contribué à accroître l’inclusion financière au Kenya, qui est passée de 23 % à 85 %.

Huawei est déterminée à faire progresser l’inclusion financière. La société a jusqu’à présent desservi plus de 30 sites dans plus de 20 pays, couvrant ainsi 300 millions d’utilisateurs dans des régions comme l’Afrique australe, l’Afrique du Nord et l’Asie-Pacifique. Huawei a pour ambition de fournir à tous des services financiers pratiques et variés. Grâce à sa connectivité et à ses plateformes avancées, Huawei aide les institutions financières à élaborer des processus commerciaux numériques, à mettre en œuvre des services d’inclusion financière numérique et à parvenir à un développement financier durable.

September 28, 2021

WFP Madagascar Country Brief, August 2021

In Numbers

In August 2021, WFP assisted 463,573 beneficiaries with in-kind food assistance and 213,320 beneficiaries through cash transfer in the 9 drought-affected southern Madagascar districts.

With the beginning of the lean season, WFP is operating according to a scaled-up implementation plan for its emergency response in southern Madagascar whereby the organization plans to reach 687,000 people in IPC 3+, including around 370,000 people in IPC 4 and 5 who will be provided with full rations from September to November 2021. This is a key step forward as WFP and the other food security and nutrition actors had so far only managed to provide a half ration (due to financial constraints) with the exception of the 14,000 people in IPC 5 who have been given a full ration since June 2021.

For the December 2021-April 2022 period, WFP intends to gradually reach 1,016,000 people in IPC 3, 4 and 5 with full rations based on its revised needs-based plan. This scale-up is designed to address overall response gaps recently identified during consultations with food security and nutrition actors involved in the south.

Key Highlights

WFP’s Director of Emergencies and the Regional Director for Southern Africa visited Madagascar on 16-21 August to enhance WFP collaboration with the Government on the food insecurity crisis. The directors travelled to the Great South and met with local authorities and communities to discuss the ongoing response and durable solutions to mitigate the adverse impact of the cyclical drought situation. In Antananarivo, the team met with the Minister of Water and the Vice-Minister of Agriculture to discuss the crisis and ongoing response. Other meetings with partners and the UN Country Team were also held. The mission called for increased support as the dire food crisis is expected to further deteriorate in the months ahead. Both directors particularly highlighted the need to combine emergency food assistance with integrated resilience activities at the same time so that affected communities can withstand similar climate related shocks next year.

WFP has started the process of registering beneficiaries on SCOPE, the organization’s digital beneficiary information and transfer management platform, in the districts of Ambovombe and Amboasary. Among various advantages, SCOPE allows for (i) enhanced assurance that the intended benefit has been given to the right person and (ii) the secure management of data so that each person’s data is further protected.

At least 500,000 children under five years of age are expected to be acutely malnourished through April 2022 in southern Madagascar, including 110,000 severely malnourished requiring urgent lifesaving assistance, according to the latest IPC Acute Malnutrition analysis conducted in ten districts in the Grand Sud.

Source: World Food Programme

September 28, 2021

Treasury Chief: US to Reach Debt Ceiling October 18

The U.S. government is likely to run out of money to pay its bills on October 18 if the country’s debt ceiling is not raised, Treasury chief Janet Yellen warned congressional leaders on Tuesday.

She said that absent a congressional vote to lift the country’s debt ceiling, either to a specific amount or to some extended date to allow continued borrowing, Treasury officials expect the country “would be left with very limited resources that would be quickly depleted” after the next three weeks.

Senate Democratic Majority Leader Chuck Schumer later tried but failed to win unanimous support to hold a simple majority vote in the 100-member chamber to raise the debt ceiling rather than the 60-vote threshold needed for most major legislation.

But Republicans blocked the new effort to raise the borrowing limit, just as on Monday they defeated legislation that also would have averted a partial government shutdown starting on Friday.

The national government’s debt now stands at $28.4 trillion, but the U.S., virtually alone among governments throughout the world, has for decades imposed limits on its borrowing or occasionally lifted the debt ceiling until a certain date.

Congress has always raised the debt ceiling or lifted it entirely for a period of time to prevent the U.S. from defaulting on its debts, averting a worldwide financial crisis spawned by the biggest global economy.

But now the country is facing a new cash crunch without congressional approval for more borrowing.

Long-term government borrowing is designed to pay for measures already approved over the years by Congress, including aid supported by both Republican and Democratic lawmakers in the last year to help the U.S. economy recover from the coronavirus pandemic.

But Senate Republicans on Monday blocked the Democratic-supported measure to raise the debt ceiling, contending that a new debt limit would allow for passage of spending Republicans oppose, as much as $3.5 trillion that President Joe Biden and many congressional Democrats support to provide the biggest expansion of U.S. social safety net programs since the 1960s.

In her letter to congressional leaders, Yellen said the government’s daily cash flow varies widely, from nearly $50 billion a day over the last year to as much as $300 billion.

“As a result, it is important to remember that estimates regarding how long our remaining extraordinary measures and cash may last can unpredictably shift forward or backward,” she said. “This uncertainty underscores the critical importance of not waiting to raise or suspend the debt limit.”

“The full faith and credit of the United States should not be put at risk,” she said.

Yellen said that past debt limit impasses have shown “that waiting until the last minute can cause serious harm to business and consumer confidence, raise borrowing costs for taxpayers, and negatively impact the credit rating of the United States for years to come. Failure to act promptly could also result in substantial disruptions to financial markets, as heightened uncertainty can exacerbate volatility and erode investor confidence.”

The legislation rejected by Senate Republicans on Monday would also have averted a partial government shutdown on Friday, October 1, the start of a new fiscal year for the national government.

Republicans say they will support stand-alone legislation to keep the government operating into December while budget negotiations continue, but not a measure combining it with an increase in the debt ceiling. That could force the narrow Democratic majorities in both chambers of Congress to approve the debt ceiling increase on their own without Republican support.

“We are not willing to help Democrats raise the debt ceiling while they write a reckless taxing and spending spree of historic proportions behind closed doors,” Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell told the Senate.

Democrats say some of the nation’s debt was incurred during the administration of President Donald Trump because of large tax cuts he supported. Historically, both parties have voted to raise the limit to prevent the United States from defaulting on its debts.

Schumer said that the Republican action is “one of the most reckless and irresponsible votes I have seen take place in the Senate” and that “the Republican Party has solidified itself as the party of default.”

In addition to debate on the debt ceiling, Congress is in the midst of contentious discussions on the Democrats’ plan for the social safety net spending, with no Republicans supporting it.

There is more bipartisan support for a $1 trillion infrastructure plan to fix the country’s deteriorating roads and bridges and expand broadband internet service throughout the country. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has scheduled a Thursday vote on the legislation, which the Senate has already approved.

Source: Voice of America