Day: March 11, 2022

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EMGA conseille Annapurna Finance pour sa levée d’emprunt de 15 millions d’euros avec un financement d’OeEB

LONDRES, 10 mars 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Annapurna Finance a levé 15 millions d’euros d’emprunt de premier rang auprès de la banque autrichienne de développement (OeEB), cette facilité fournira une assistance financière à ses clients dans l’espace de la microfinance. EMGA a agi à titre de conseiller dans le cadre de la transaction.

La facilité d’emprunt de 15 millions d’euros arrive à un moment où les institutions financières du monde entier explorent de nouvelles options de financement transfrontalier pour atteindre leurs objectifs.

« Accroître l’inclusion financière est l’un de nos principaux objectifs stratégiques. Nous sommes donc fiers de travailler avec Annapurna, un partenaire expérimenté dans le domaine de la microfinance », a déclaré Sabine Gaber, membre du conseil d’administration d’OeEB. « Les femmes ont notamment souvent un accès très limité aux services financiers, raison pour laquelle nous sommes particulièrement heureux que nos fonds soutiennent les femmes chefs d’entreprise et contribuent à améliorer l’égalité entre les sexes en Inde. »

À propos de la transaction, Satyajit Das, directeur financier d’Annapurna, a déclaré : « Annapurna est très heureuse d’accueillir OeEB en tant que nouveau partenaire d’emprunt. » Il a ajouté : « Nous avons poursuivi notre croissance malgré la pandémie et le financement fourni par OeEB contribuera à stimuler nos activités tout en générant un fort impact positif. » Il a également félicité l’équipe consultative d’EMGA pour la conclusion de cet accord.

Sajeev Chakkalakal, directeur général et responsable des opérations bancaires d’investissement d’EMGA, a affirmé : « Ce fut un plaisir de pouvoir communiquer la vision d’Annapurna en matière d’autonomisation économique en Inde et de structurer et négocier avec succès cette solution de financement avec OeEB. » Jeremy Dobson, directeur général, a ajouté : « La solide gestion et la forte position financière d’Annapurna ont été des facteurs majeurs qui ont permis à Sajeev et à l’équipe de la banque d’investissement d’EMGA d’achever ce financement en tandem avec le cadre institutionnel profond et la capacité financière qu’OeEB représente. »

Annapurna Finance est l’une des dix premières sociétés NBFC-MFI (entreprises financières non bancaires-institutions de microfinance) en Inde. Annapurna Finance a été créée dans le but de servir ses clients en les intégrant sur le marché grand public, en leur fournissant des services financiers basés sur les besoins directement à leur porte. La société opère actuellement dans 19 États et gère des actifs totalisant plus de 640 millions d’euros dans le domaine de la microfinance et des MPME. Son siège social est situé à Bhubaneshwar, dans l’Odisha.

Oesterreichische Entwicklungsbank AG (OeEB) opère en tant que banque autrichienne de développement depuis mars 2008. Elle se spécialise dans la fourniture de financements à long terme pour la mise en œuvre de projets du secteur privé dans les pays en développement qui créent un développement durable. En outre, OeEB fournit une assistance technique qui peut être utilisée pour améliorer l’impact des projets de développement. Pour plus d’informations, veuillez consulter le site https://www.oe-eb.at/

Emerging Markets Global Advisory (EMGA), avec des bureaux à Londres et à New York, aide les institutions financières et les entreprises à trouver des capitaux propres ou d’emprunt. L’équipe multinationale d’EMGA combine les décennies d’expérience nécessaires pour effectuer des transactions au nom de ses clients au sein des marchés émergents et des économies frontalières du monde entier, y compris l’Inde, qui reste un marché clé. Forte d’une expérience éprouvée dans la formation de capital et le conseil stratégique tout au long de divers cycles économiques, EMGA continue d’étendre sa portée géographique et son offre de services, consolidant sa place sur le marché en tant que l’une des banques d’investissement de niche prédominantes sur les marchés émergents.

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EMGA é o consultor da Annapurna Finance na captação de títulos de dívida no valor de 15 milhões de EUR com financiamento do OeEB

LONDRES, March 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A Annapurna Finance captou 15 milhões de euros em títulos de dívida sênior no OeEB, o Banco de Desenvolvimento da Áustria. Este empréstimo oferecerá assistência financeira para seus clientes no espaço de microfinanças. O EMGA atuou como consultor da transação.

O financiamento de 15 milhões de euros chega em um momento em que as instituições financeiras do mundo todo estão explorando novas opções de financiamentos transnacionais para continuar a realizar seus objetivos.

“Aumentar a inclusão financeira é um de nossos principais objetivos estratégicos. Estamos, portanto, orgulhosos por trabalhar com a Annapurna – um parceiro experiente no campo das microfinanças,” declarou Sabine Gaber, membro da diretoria executiva do OeEB. “Em particular, as mulheres costumam ter acesso bastante limitado a serviços financeiros, razão pela qual estamos especialmente felizes, pois os nossos financiamentos irão apoiar mulheres empreendedoras e contribuir para melhorar a igualdade de gênero na Índia.”

Ao comentar sobre a transação, o CFO da Annapurna Satyajit Das disse: “A Annapurna está muito satisfeita e dá as boas-vindas ao OeEB como um novo parceiro de financiamento.” Mais adiante, Satyajit Das compartilhou: “Continuamos a crescer apesar da pandemia e o financiamento fornecido pelo OeEB ajudará a incrementar as nossas atividades enquanto gera um forte impacto positivo.” Ele também elogiou a equipe de consultoria do EMGA pelo fechamento do acordo.

O diretor executivo e chefe de Investment Banking do EMGA, Sajeev Chakkalakal, disse: “Foi um prazer poder comunicar a visão de empoderamento econômico da Annapurna na Índia e ter sucesso em estruturar e negociar esta solução de financiamento com o OeEB.” O diretor executivo Jeremy Dobson acrescentou que “a forte gestão e a sólida posição financeira da Annapurna foram os principais fatores que permitiram que Sajeev e a equipe de Investment Banking do EMGA realizassem este financiamento em conjunto com a sólida estrutura institucional e capacidade financeira que o OeEB representa.”

AAnnapurna Finance é uma das dez principais instituições financeiras não bancárias de microfinanças (NBFC-MFIs) na Índia. A Annapurna Finance foi criada com o propósito de servir seus clientes e inseri-los no mercado ao prestar serviços financeiros baseados nas suas necessidades. No momento, eles operam em 19 estados e gestionam ativos de mais de 640 milhões de euros na área de microfinanças e de micro, pequenas e médias empresas (MSME). A Annapurna está sediada em Bhubaneswar, em Odisha.

OOesterreichische Entwicklungsbank AG (OeEB) tem operado como o Banco de Desenvolvimento da Áustria desde março de 2008. Sua especialidade é fornecer financiamento de longo prazo para a implementação de projetos do setor privado em países em desenvolvimento, o que cria desenvolvimento sustentável. Além disso, o OeEB fornece assistência técnica, que pode ser usada para melhorar o impacto do desenvolvimento dos projetos. Para mais informações, acesse https://www.oe-eb.at/

OEmerging Markets Global Advisory (EMGA), com escritórios em Londres e Nova York, ajuda instituições financeiras e empresas que procuram capitalização ou capital acionário. A equipe multinacional do EMGA combina as décadas de experiência necessárias para concluir transações em nome de seus clientes nos mercados emergentes e em economias de fronteira em todo o mundo, inclusive na Índia, que continua sendo um mercado-chave. Com um histórico comprovado na formação de capital e consultoria estratégica em diferentes ciclos econômicos, o EMGA continua aexpandir seu alcance geográfico e oferta de serviços, solidificando sua posição no mercado como um dos principais bancos de investimento no setor de mercados emergentes.

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Sophi.io is INMA 2022 Global Media Awards Finalist for Print Automation

TORONTO, March 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sophi.io, The Globe and Mail’s AI-powered automation and optimization platform, was announced this week as a finalist in the International News Media Association (INMA)’s 2022 Global Media Awards in the category of Best Innovation in Newsroom Transformation. Partnering with Naviga, it automated print laydown for Agderposten, a regional daily newspaper that serves over 25,000 readers across Norway, and increased print efficiencies by 66%.

“Sophi’s automated machine-learning system is the biggest transformation to print media in decades,” said Gordon Edall, Co-Founder at Sophi.io. “We’re grateful that Agderposten chose to work with Naviga and us. Their commitment to improving efficiency and embracing ground-breaking technology like Naviga Publisher powered by Sophi.io should inspire the entire media industry to look forward to a future where AI and automation helps everyone.”

Naviga Publisher powered by Sophi.io is an artificial intelligence-powered system that emulates human decisions to produce newspaper pages that look like they were created with an understanding of the news of the day as well as high journalistic standards. All editors need to do is roughly prioritize articles and hit the “Print My Newspaper” button to generate an automated print laydown, without templates, in minutes. Handing over this labour-intensive task lets newsrooms focus on their real objective of finding and telling the next important story.

“It’s hours saved for journalism,” said Agderposten’s Editor-in-Chief Katrine Lia. And the staff at Agderposten often cannot tell the difference between pages produced by Sophi and those handled by their editors.

Sophi and Naviga, a large software technology provider for the global publishing industry, have been working with Agderposten for more than a year now and successes there have paved the way to bringing dozens of new titles from several major publishing houses on board this year. Sophi provides cutting edge AI and ML technology that, along with Naviga Publisher, fully automates the end-to-end print production workflow.

Agderposten was the first customer to use Publisher. Its print production process is now centralized, its newspaper laydown is up to 80% automated, and most impressively, Agderposten has realized a 66% reduction in time and resources – lowering the cost of producing the printed newspaper and letting journalists work on creating digital content rather than operating InDesign.

Agderposten CEO Øyvind Klausen said he expected cost savings and efficiency would continue to increase as more of Agderposten’s pages were automated and more of its newspapers implemented the print automation solution.

The Global Media Awards received 854 entries from 252 news brands in 46 countries this year. The judges consist of 50 media experts from 24 countries focused across 20 categories, including news brands, media platforms, subscriptions, advertising, data and insights, product, and newsrooms. The first place winners will be announced on June 9.

About Naviga
Naviga (https://www.navigaglobal.com) is the leading provider of software and services powering media-rich industries. Their Content Engagement Platform helps companies create, enrich, deliver and monetize content to manage engagements from end-to-end. Their solutions are easy to use, scalable and agile. Combining their experience in media with a dedication to digital, they’ve developed software solutions that help any content-driven business meet the demands of the future of information. With headquarters in Bloomington, MN and regional offices throughout the world, Naviga is a trusted partner serving over 1,400 news media, entertainment media, broadcast, magazine, financial services and corporate clients in 45 countries.

About Sophi.io 
Sophi.io (https://www.sophi.io) was developed by The Globe and Mail to help content publishers make important strategic and tactical decisions. It is a suite of AI and ML-powered automation, optimization and prediction solutions that include Sophi Site Automation, Sophi for Paywalls and Sophi for First Party Data. Sophi also powers Naviga Publisher for one-click automated laydown of print and ePaper publishing. Sophi is designed to improve the metrics that matter most to your business, such as subscriber retention and acquisition, engagement, recency, frequency and volume.

Media Contact  
Jamie Rubenovitch 
Head of Marketing, Sophi 
The Globe and Mail         
416-585-3355  
jrubenovitch@globeandmail.com 
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Customertimes annonce le lancement du fonds Give Back to Ukraine

NEW YORK, 10 mars 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Customertimes annonce le lancement du fonds Give Back to Ukraine, une initiative humanitaire visant à soutenir ceux qui ont été directement touchés par la guerre.

Ce compte indépendant sera régi par le conseil d’administration de Customertimes. L’intégralité des contributions servira à soutenir les efforts des employés bénévoles sur le terrain et à fournir un logement, des médicaments, des vêtements et de la nourriture à notre équipe ukrainienne.

Depuis son lancement le 3 mars 2022, le fonds Give Back to Ukraine a permis de recueillir plus de 95 000 dollars américains. En outre, les membres du personnel de niveau C de Customertimes ont convenu collectivement de donner leurs salaires du mois de mars à ces efforts de sauvetage.

« Je tiens à remercier personnellement nos collègues et partenaires pour leur contribution au fonds Give Back to Ukraine », déclare Dmitry Sidnev, PDG et co-fondateur de Customertimes.

« Le fond aide nos collègues et leurs familles qui font du bénévolat en Ukraine, en Pologne, en Hongrie et en Roumanie, et permet de fournir de la nourriture, de l’eau, des vêtements et des logements, d’assurer le transport et d’apporter une aide médicale à ceux qui en ont le plus besoin. Par ailleurs, nous soutenons directement notre équipe en veillant à ce que tout le monde soit en sécurité et ait accès à de la nourriture et à un abri, et bénéficie d’approvisionnements. »

Les contributions peuvent être faites par l’entremise de Square ou par virement, et l’entreprise fournira un rapport indépendant indiquant comment chaque dollar a été dépensé via le fonds. Les résultats seront également publiés sur le site Web de l’entreprise, afin de permettre une transparence totale.

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À propos de Customertimes

Customertimes Corp. est une société internationale de conseil et de logiciels qui se consacre à rendre les meilleures technologies informatiques accessibles aux clients. Avec plus de 4 000 projets achevés et plus de 1 600 experts hautement qualifiés, ses solutions sont conçues pour aider les clients à réaliser une véritable transformation des activités et à tirer le maximum de leurs investissements dans les technologies. Précurseur en services-conseils et en mise en œuvre des solutions Salesforce en Europe de l’Est et primée en développement de produits, Customertimes Corp. a actuellement son siège social à New York, ainsi que des bureaux régionaux à Londres, à Paris, à Toronto, à Kiev, à Poznan, à Riga et à Podgorica. Pour en savoir plus, consultez le site www.customertimes.com.

Contact pour les médias :
Meriel Sikora
Customertimes
212 520-0059
meriel.sikora@customertimes.com

 

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Covid-19: UN rights body urges fair, equitable allocation of vaccines

GENEVA— The United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (HRC) held a panel discussion on Thursday on ensuring equitable, affordable, timely and universal access for all countries to vaccines in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Michelle Bachelet, UN high commissioner for human rights, said at the event that as the world entered the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the international community stood at a crossroads and needed to “choose the right path.”

“The world has been profoundly fortunate to have had effective COVID-19 vaccines developed at an unprecedented pace. Science has saved millions of lives and livelihoods. But we have failed to administer the vaccines in a fair and equitable manner,” she said.

Emphasizing that the “pandemic’s finish line is still out of sight,” Bachelet said that “a false narrative that it may be over is arising in some countries with high vaccination rates, and where the effects of the Omicron variant have been relatively mild.”

“Yet, low vaccination rates in many countries continue to create ideal conditions for new variants to emerge,” she noted. “So they pose a threat to everyone.”

Bachelet stressed that “delayed vaccination may mean a lost decade for development…Countries will become less resilient to fresh crises and shocks. And discontent at the human rights consequences of pandemic-related measures has the potential to escalate societal tensions and violence, which are growing around the world.”

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), said during the panel discussion that while more than six million people had lost their lives to COVID-19, these figures seriously underrepresented the reality of this crisis.

“While almost ten billion vaccine doses had been administered around the globe, their distribution told a story of inequality: almost 70 percent of vaccinations were in high income countries, while less than 14 percent of people in low-income countries had received a single dose,” he said.

Countries with high vaccination rates are reopening, while others with low vaccination rates and low testing rates have been left behind, and the result is more than 60,000 deaths per week along with an increased risk of the emergence of new virus variants, he warned.

Source: NAM NEWS NETWORK

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UN Weekly Roundup: March 5-11, 2022

UN appeals for safe corridors in Ukraine for civilians, humanitarians

The United Nations humanitarian chief appealed Monday for safe passage for civilians fleeing Ukraine and for humanitarians delivering urgent assistance to the country, as humanitarian needs continued to rapidly grow.

UN: Safe Corridors Needed for Civilians, Humanitarians in Ukraine

80,000 Ukrainian women due to give birth in next 3 months

As health care facilities in Ukraine are increasingly being targeted by Russia, the U.N. Population Fund said Thursday that about 80,000 women are due to give birth in the coming three months and must be protected.

Pregnant Women in Russia’s Crosshairs as Health Care Comes Under Attack in Ukraine

Human rights deteriorate in Northern Ethiopia as Tigray conflict spreads

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said Tuesday that her office has documented killings and injuries of hundreds of civilians in northern Ethiopia due to airstrikes by the Ethiopian government. At the same time, she said the Tigrayan forces and other armed groups have carried out devastating attacks in Afar and Amhara, resulting in scores of deaths and hundreds of injuries.

UN: Human Rights and Security Deteriorate in Northern Ethiopia as Tigray Conflict Spreads

Syrian Civil War enters 12th year

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Friday that courage must be shown to reach a political settlement in Syria’s civil war. “We cannot fail the Syrian people. The conflict must cease,” he said in a statement marking 11 years of unrest.

UN Chief Appeals for Courage to End Syrian War

In brief

— Ukrainians and third-country nationals have been pouring out of Ukraine this week as Russia steps up its air and land war. In just two weeks, more than 2.5 million people — mostly women, children and elderly — have sought safety in Poland, Hungary, Moldova, Slovakia, Romania and other European countries. A small number have also gone to Russia and its ally Belarus. Nearly 2 million more are displaced inside Ukraine. The U.N. has warned that the number of displaced inside and outside the country could rise to 10 million if the war does not stop.

— The United Nations confirmed this week that Ukraine is withdrawing all of its 308 peacekeepers from six U.N. missions to return them home. The most significant presence is the 250 military personnel and eight helicopters in MONUSCO in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the U.N. is looking at the impact of their departure and will be speaking to other countries about replacing them. Another 58 Ukrainian peacekeepers are spread among missions in in South Sudan, Mali, Cyprus, Abyei and Kosovo.

— A report from the U.N. human rights office has found that hostilities and civilian casualties in Afghanistan have sharply decreased since the Taliban took power in August. However, it also says the human rights situation for many Afghans has worsened, and 20 million people are suffering from acute hunger.

Quote of note

“All these women who are giving birth in makeshift shelters, in subway stations, in the basements of buildings — oftentimes without skilled attendants — all of these women are also casualties of war.”

— Jaime Nadal, the U.N. Population Fund’s representative in Ukraine, in a briefing call with reporters Thursday.

What we are watching next week

Yemen enters its seventh year of conflict this month and the resulting humanitarian crisis has left nearly 21 million people in dire need of assistance. In recent weeks, the World Food Program has had to cut rations due to funding shortfalls. The United Nations will co-host a pledging conference on March 16 with Sweden and Switzerland in hopes of raising sufficient funds to avoid the situation from slipping into famine this year.

Source: Voice of America

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