Ambassador Jean Kimani: Championing Sustainable Urbanisation and Ethical Finance at UN World Cities Day December 3, 2023 Ambassador Jean Kimani, Kenya’s Permanent Representative to the UN Human Settlements Programme, brings a wealth of experience to sustainable urban development. Her insights at the UN World Cities Day, in alignment with Vemi Ventures, brings together perfectly their ethos of ethical and sustainable finance. In this interview Ambassador Kimani highlighted the need for innovative financing [...]
Meet Maimunah Sharif: The Financial World’s Catalyst joining Private Finance and Public Projects to change Climate Action at COP28 and Beyond December 2, 2023 As the curtains closed on World Cities Day and the stage set for COP28, one figure stands at the intersection of urban development and climate change – Maimunah Mohd Sharif. The Executive Director of UN-Habitat has not only shaped the discourse at these crucial forums but also emerged as a pivotal influence in driving the [...]
COP28’s Opening & Its Role For Ethical Financing December 2, 2023 As the COP28 climate summit unfolds, I interview Hasan Raza, Group CEO of Vemi Ventures, as part of Impact A.M. ongoing coverage of their journey to the UN Habitat’s World Cities Day in Istanbul and beyond in reflection of COP28’s launch this week. The Group CEO offers a distinct and insightful perspective on the event’s [...]
City A.M. The Magazine returns – and it’s our best one yet December 2, 2023 City A.M.’s luxury magazine returns with its best issue yet. This digital version of the magazine is packed with features and interviews, covering travel, food and drink, wellness, watches, motoring and much more.
Tech entrepreneur jailed for 15 years after rape and sexual assault guilty verdict December 2, 2023 A multi-millionaire tech entrepreneur has been jailed for 15 years for committing two rapes and a sexual assault. Lawrence Jones, 55, was convicted in January of sexually assaulting a female employee on a business trip in 2013. Jurors in a second trial found him guilty last month of drugging and raping two women decades earlier [...]
‘Proceed with caution’ on digital pound by lowering holding limit, MPs warn December 2, 2023 In a new report issued by the Treasury Select Committee, MPs warned that Britcoin's introduction could increase the chance of bank runs and put up the cost of borrowing.
Who owns Paris Saint-Germain now? How much did Qatar Sports Investments pay Colony Capital in 2011? December 2, 2023 All you need to know about who owns PSG.
The era of failed panda diplomacy is over. Now all we’re left with are lousy Confucius Institutes December 1, 2023 It’s the end of an era – the panda diplomacy era – as the couple’s ‘residency’ in the Scottish capital came to an end on Thursday.
Tie-gate: Has King Charles lost his Greek marbles over Sunak’s ‘hissy fit’? December 1, 2023 Eagle-eyed reporters were, however, also concerned by the attire of Prince Charles, well known for being an ardent conservationist — and son of Prince Philip, who was Greek.
Growing a successful small business: Lessons from the Isle of Man December 1, 2023 Some 33 miles long and 13 miles wide, the Isle of Man rests among ambitious entrepreneurial habits and local businesses both old and new.