Tag: Congo

Dell and IMPACT Announce Collaboration to Support Women’s Empowerment in Democratic Republic of Congo

Stuart Mitchell

Dell is teaming with the Canadian-based non-profit IMPACT to provide women in the Democratic Republic of Congo with business education focused on investing their savings into new entrepreneurship opportunities in their communities. The announcement came during last month’s annual Dell Women’s Entrepreneur Network (DWEN) Summit in Toronto, where over 150 leading women entrepreneurs, media and Dell executives are gathering to discuss issues and opportunities women entrepreneurs face as they scale and grow their businesses across the globe. The partnership will provide over 300 women artisanal gold miners in northeastern Democratic…

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French pop artist Christine and the Queens calls for attention to forgotten Congo crisis

Stuart Mitchell

One of France’s biggest pop artists, Christine and the Queens, is calling for urgent attention and action for refugees fleeing violence in the Democratic of the Congo, as concern rises over the number of displaced people fleeing conflict and violence in the country. Travelling with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, Christine visited refugee settlements in neighbouring Uganda, where, during a trip earlier this month to the country’s southwest, she witnessed over 350 refugees arriving from the DRC in a single day, with numbers rising daily. Since 2012 some 236,500 Congolese…

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