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GeeRemit App Moves Money and Saves It Too

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EUREKA MOMENT After a 2007 visit to the Elmina Slave Castle , a former slave-trading depot in Ghana, Johnson had what she calls a “eureka moment.” The early adopters who are using the app are so far only transmitting money to Ghana and Kenya.

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New Award Recognizes IEEE Society’s Work in DEI

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Since 2007, IEEE IMS has appointed at least one female undergraduate, graduate, or IEEE Young Professional representative almost every year to its AdCom. A chapter in Ghana is in the process of forming. Between 2010 and 2021 the society had between six and nine female voting members in leadership positions, including Ruth Dyer.

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IISD Releases Five-Part Series of Reports on Removing Fossil Fuel Subsidies

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It focuses in particular on France, Ghana and Senegal, as well as drawing from case studies of other countries and previous work that examines the reform of energy subsidies and price subsidies. Revealing the Scale of Subsidies to Fossil Fuels (2007). Untold Billions : Summary of Key Findings.

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