Orange Confirms Its Ambition To Achieve Digital Inclusion For All And Opens Its Second Orange Digital Center In Dakar

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Orange Confirms Its Ambition To Achieve Digital Inclusion For All And Opens Its Second Orange Digital Center In Dakar

Today, in Dakar, Senegal, Orange is inaugurating its new concept of a place entirely dedicated to innovation, an “Orange Digital Center”. Several personalities attended the launch, including Ms Ndèye Tické Ndiaye Diop, Minister for the Digital Economy and Telecommunications; Mr Dame Diop, Minister for Employment, Professional Training and Craftsmanship; Mr Alioune Ndiaye, CEO of Orange Africa and Middle-East; Ms Christine Albanel, Head of CSR, Diversity, Partnerships and Philanthropy for Orange, Deputy Chair of the Orange Foundation and former Minister; and Mr Sékou Dramé, CEO of Sonatel (sonatel.sn).

Following on from Tunisia, Senegal will be home to the second Orange Digital Center in Africa and the Middle East. With a surface area of 2,000 m² on six floors, the Orange Digital Center in Dakar will be the first of its kind in West Africa. Working as a network, these places allow experiences and expertise to be shared between countries and offer a simple and inclusive approach to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship and to support the local digital ecosystem.

The purpose of the Orange Digital Centers is to bring together several strategic programmes under the same roof: coding school, Solidarity FabLab, Orange Fab and Orange Digital Ventures Africa, the Group’s investment fund. All of the programmes provided are free-of-charge and include digital training for young people, startup acceleration, and guidance for project owners and investors in these projects.

Other centres are expected to open by the end of the year in Jordan, Cameroon and Côte d’Ivoire, with yet more in 2020 in Morocco and Egypt. Ultimately, similar organisations will be deployed in all the countries within Orange’s footprint in Africa and the Middle-East as well as in Europe.

“I am very proud to open the second Orange Digital Center in Dakar, after the one in Tunis. As the main contributor to the digital ecosystem in Senegal, Sonatel supports the emergence of a creative and flourishing ecosystem that provides digital players with the opportunity to imagine ways to create and prosper. These new spaces are dedicated not only to students, young people with and without diplomas and young people changing career but also to entrepreneurs reflecting the ambition to promote a strong and innovative digital economy for the country’s socio-economic development”, explains Sékou Dramé, CEO of Sonatel.

“We are working in close collaboration with all the stakeholders, including governments and academics, to strengthen the employability of young Africans and to encourage them to run businesses and to innovate in their countries. Our ambition is to deploy this initiative outside Africa, from the south to the north, by opening Orange Digital Centers in France and Europe. For the moment, Côte d’Ivoire, Jordan and Cameroon will follow in the next few months and in 2020 Morocco and Egypt then all the countries in the Africa and Middle-East zone will have their own Orange Digital Center” adds Alioune Ndiaye, CEO of Orange Africa and the Middle East.

Christine Albanel meanwhile states: “The Orange Foundation’s mission, in the countries where it operates, is to provide everyone with a chance by leveraging digital technology. The Orange Digital Center in Dakar illustrates our ambition to make digital inclusion the key focus of our social commitment. The Solidarity FabLab and the coding school, which are part of the Foundation’s and CSR’s inclusion programmes will enable many young people to develop new digital skills and will set them on the course to employment.”

Orange is present in 19 countries in Africa and the Middle East where it had 123 million customers on 30 June 2019. With sales revenue of €5.2 billion in 2018, this area is a strategic priority for the Group. Orange Money, its mobile-based money transfer and financial services offer is available in 17 countries and has 45 million customers. Orange, a multi-service operator, benchmark partner of the digital transformation, provides its expertise to support the development of new digital services in Africa and the Middle East.

Mastercard Establishes Principles for Data Responsibility

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Mastercard Establishes Principles for Data Responsibility

Nine out of ten people say data privacy is important to them, according to a recent Mastercard-commissioned survey, yet only one-quarter say companies are doing a very good job handling individuals’ data. Mastercard today announced the launch of the Data Responsibility Imperative to advance the dialogue around how organizations can work together to close this gap, inviting others to join them in the effort. The initiative hinges on establishing a core set of principles guiding the ethical collection, management and use of data.

“In today’s fast-paced digital economy, we’re facing never-before-seen circumstances that test our ethics on a daily basis,” said JoAnn Stonier, chief data officer, Mastercard. “We need high data standards that allow us to face these situations head-on, knowing that our practices are sound, consistent and based on treating individuals and their data with decency. For Mastercard, this commitment starts at home, and we’re embedding these principles into how we do business – every day.”

The initiative is based on the premise that businesses have a responsibility to individuals, one another and society as a whole in how they manage their data.

Mastercard is proposing six data responsibilities that will help deliver sustainable data programs designed to best navigate the challenges and opportunities of the digital economy—and how to make that digital economy work for everyone, everywhere. These principles are meant to complement—and not substitute—regulatory compliance.

The Six Data Responsibilities
Security & Privacy Companies must uphold best-in-class security and privacy practices
Transparency & Control Companies should clearly and simply explain how they collect, use, and share an individual’s data and give individuals the ability to control their use
Accountability Companies must keep consumer interests at the centre of their data practices
Integrity Companies must be deliberate in how they use data in order to minimize biases, inaccuracies, and unintended consequences
Innovation Companies should be constantly innovating to ensure individuals benefit from the use of their data through better experiences, products and services
Social Impact Companies should use data to identify needs and opportunities to make a positive impact on society

 

According to the survey research, an organization committing to these principles would help drive trust with upwards of 90 per cent of individuals. Consumers in India and Brazil are far more positive about the handling of personal data, and more than 50 per cent of consumers say they would be more likely to use a company that’s transparent about how it uses data. With these findings, ‘corporate data responsibility’ could become the corporate social responsibility of the 21st century.

Mastercard commits to these principles, making sure personal data is leveraged only in ways that are ethical, compliant within the regulatory environment and enhance the consumer experience. Today at Mastercard, that includes:

  • Multiple layers of security, including tokenization and encryption, to protect information
  • Expanding the protections of the EU Global Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) globally, including the My Data portal so individuals everywhere will be able to see and manage what personal information Mastercard holds
  • Developing a world-class anonymization solution—data trust Trūata—that protects privacy while enabling analytics under the GDPR
  • Embedding the Data Responsibility principles into its product development process
  • Robust data transfer mechanisms, including Binding Corporate Rules for personal data transfers globally, and certifications under Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation systems—one of the few companies to achieve both
  • Providing controls over the use of data, including opt-outs for data being used for marketing, data analytics and web analytics using online forms
  • A comprehensive data for good program led by the Center for Inclusive Growth, helping to increase the data science capacity of the social and civic sectors through partnerships with organizations such as the Rockefeller Foundation

“At Mastercard, we believe that individuals own their personal data, have the right to control how it is shared and should benefit from the use of it,” said Dimi Dosis, president of Advisors, Mastercard. “And, it’s incumbent on us to protect that data. We’ve embedded this thinking into our product development, and it will inform everything we do moving forward. Innovation is critical to business success, but not at the expense of the individual.”

“Together, organizations have a tremendous opportunity to transform the way we think about responsible data practices and a sustainable data framework that drives universal benefit,” said Stefaan Verhulst, New York University GovLab’s co-founder and director of research and the head of its Data Collaboratives Initiative. “In particular, these principles embrace an opportunity that many other data frameworks do not: using data responsibly to produce insights into societal patterns and behaviours that can help solve real-world problems.”

“Mastercard’s Data Responsibility Imperative is a good model for companies that want to use data while honouring individual privacy rights,” said Jules Polonetsky, CEO of the Future of Privacy Forum. “Data is more than just a valuable business asset; principled, moral data practices are a corporate responsibility. In the long run, companies that build trust through principled uses of data – even when there is a short-term cost – will be best suited to thrive in a data-driven economy.”

Google celebrates Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti’s 119th Birthday with a Doodle

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Google celebrates Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti’s 119th Birthday with a Doodle

[Lagos] 25 October 2019 – Google is celebrating the 119th birthday of Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti. Today’s Doodle, illustrated by Diana Ejaita, Nigerian-Italian guest artist, celebrates a formidable leader who founded what many refer to as one of the most important social movements of the twentieth century. Diana Ejaita weaves together Ransome-Kuti’s likeness with women whose lives she changed. The Berlin-based artist’s style of combining dramatic blacks and soft colours to show “the strength of femininity” aligns well with Ransome-Kuti’s powerful story.

Born on this day in 1900 in Abeokuta, the current capital of Nigeria’s Ogun state, the former Frances Abigail Olufunmilayo Thomas grew up witnessing Great Britain consolidating control over Nigeria. As the grandchild of a slave, she became one of the first girls to enrol in Abeokuta Grammar School, before travelling to Cheshire in England to continue her education. By the time she returned home, she’d dropped her birth names and preferred to speak Yoruba.

In 1932, Ransome-Kuti established the Abeokuta Ladies Club (ALC), fostering unity between educated women and poor market workers and setting up the first adult education programs for Nigerian women. Renamed the Abeokuta Women’s Union in 1946, the organization boasted a membership of some 20,000 and pushed for healthcare, social services, and economic opportunity. Imprisoned in 1947 for protesting against unfair treatment towards women, Ransome-Kuti and her followers also led the charge to abdicate a corrupt local leader.

A trailblazer in many ways, Ransome-Kuti was also the first Nigerian woman to drive a car. She was also the only woman in Nigeria’s 1947 delegation to London, which lodged a protest and set the nation on the path toward self-government. As one of the few women elected to Nigeria’s house of chiefs, she was recognized for her advocacy work on behalf of women’s rights and education, and revered as the “Lioness of Lisabi” and the “Mother of Africa”.

“As for the charges against me, I am unconcerned,” said Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, the Nigerian educator and activist who fearlessly campaigned for women’s rights and the liberation of Africa from colonial rule. Her daughter—Dolupo—and three sons—Beko, Olikoye, and Fela—likewise became leaders in education, healthcare, and music, continuing their mother’s legacy of activism and advocacy.

Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. Through products and platforms like Search, Maps, Gmail, Android, Google Play, Chrome and YouTube, Google plays a meaningful role in the daily lives of billions of people and has become one of the most widely-known companies in the world. Google is a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc.

PACEGATE Celebrates one year of Steel Drum Manufacturing in Nigeria

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PACEGATE Celebrates one year of Steel Drum Manufacturing in Nigeria

…First and the only UN certified steel drum factory in Nigeria

Lagos, Nigeria, October 24, 2019 – PACEGATE Limited, subsidiary of Hana Group and Manufacturer of steel drums, is celebrating one year of pioneering Africa’s largest fully automated steel drum factory in Nigeria.

The Company is the first and only UN Certified steel drum factory in Nigeria. The UN approved packaging guarantees that the drums have been built, tested and certified to carry precious liquid or solid which can be either hazardous or non-hazardous.

The certification also confirms that the drums are environmentally friendly and with no leakages. Also, UN Certification is mandatory for the export of steel drums.

PACEGATE’s automated, state-of-the-art steel drum factory can produce 5,000 steel drums per day. Each steel drum has a capacity of 210 litres. The Company produces various types of steel drums – open top and the closed top drums.

The closed top drums are closed on the top while the open-top drums are open to allow access from the top for ease of application. The closed top steel drum is typically used for storing low viscosity fluids while open-top drums are convenient for storing solids, powder and highly viscous fluids.

PACEGATE manufactures the following drums which are suitable for various industries/sectors: 

  • Closed top drums for packaging industrial lubricants and non-hazardous chemicals
  • Lacquered closed top drums which have an internal coating to package hazardous chemicals that are blended locally or are imported in bulk and repackaged here
  • Open top drums for Styrene Acrylic and for Industrial paints
  • Lacquered open top steel drums for the Agricultural Industry to package orange pulp, mango puree, pineapple pulp, amongst other fruit pulp and also items Soy Lecithin which is used for animal feed

The Managing Director (MD), Pacegate Limited, Mr. Umesh Amarnani, said, “At the moment, most Independent lubricant blenders are using plastic drums, however the global industry standard in the Oil and Gas sector is steel drums. This is because steel drums are more superior to plastic drums.

“They perform very well in extreme temperature, humidity, and pressure variations while maintaining their structural integrity irrespective of heat and flame, without any leakage or spillage. When paired with a proper fire-suppression system, retrieving-style steel drums provide optimum protection even in a high-temperature fire”.

Speaking further, Mr. Umesh said, “As we celebrate one year of producing the highest quality drums with minimum lead times, our fundamental goal is to convert users of Plastic drums to Steel drum by educating them on the benefits of steel drums. Globally, there is an increasing demand for cost-effective, yet efficient packaging solutions to overcome the bulk packaging challenges.

“We are determined to make steel drums a sustainable and affordable packaging solution in Nigeria. Our Steel drums are custom-made according to the customer’s needs, and we are dedicated to investing in improving our standards to reflect global best practices and ensure that we are well-positioned to meet the challenges of increasing demand for Steel drums”.

PACEGATE has various clients in Lubricant, Paint, Chemicals and Agricultural sector. Pacegate supplies closed top steel drums to most of the Oil and Gas companies in Nigeria. For the paint sector, they supply open-top drums as it is easier to mix and apply thinners, styrene-acrylic and industrial paints.

The chemical sector also has good potential for steel drums. At the moment, a huge amount of chemicals packaged in drums are shipped into Nigeria already packaged at source.

Nonetheless, as Nigeria evolves and with local content policy implementation and awareness of the availability of UN Certified steel drums at reasonable prices, more chemicals will be produced and packaged in Nigeria.

Lastly, the demand for steel drums in the agricultural sector is gradually increasing. This will allow Nigerians to use pulp processed locally instead of importing.

Pacegate is an ISO 9001:2017 certified company with its corporate office in IIlupeju and its warehouse in Isolo, Lagos. Apart from the steel drums, PACEGATE also distributes lubricant additives and industrial Greases. The Company has over 70 employees that have been trained by technical partners to perform at the highest professional level.

11 Plc 9M’19 – Sustained cost pressures drag EPS lower

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11 Plc 9M’19 – Sustained cost pressures drag EPS lower
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11 Plc (MOBIL: TP 181.24 – HOLD) released its 9M’19 result, which revealed a 19.4% YoY plunge in EPS to N17.59 despite a 13.2% YoY growth in sales. The decline in EPS was largely due to input cost pressures (+15.8% YoY) and lower rental income (-14.6%).
Some positives:
  • We note the strong growth in turnover in Q3’19 (+24.5% YoY) which was driven by improved volumes in the fuel segment. Recall that in FY’18, the company broadened the scope of its fuel business with the re-addition of both LPG and LTK to its product portfolio. This may have resulted in the strong top-line growth in the review period.
  • Operating efficiency improved in the quarter under review amid a 90bps decline in opex to sales ratio. We believe this is impressive in the context of Nigeria’s double digit inflation environment.
  • Operating cash flows improved to N16.0 billion in 9M’19 from N8.7 billion in H1’19. The increase in operating cash flows was largely supported by improved working capital management notably on the inventory front.
Some concerns:
  • We highlight MOBIL’s struggles to shrug off the impact of a reported increase in PMS depot price to ₦117/litre in May 2018 from ₦111/litre previously. Gross margin declined to 8.0% in Q3’19 from 8.7% in Q3’18.
  • Rental and other operating income declined by 25.5% YoY to N2.0 billion during the review period.
  • Overall, Q3’19 earnings weakened by 10.4% to N2.2 billion.

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MTN and Ericsson reinforce BSS partnership at Global BSS Summit

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MTN and Ericsson reinforce BSS partnership at Global BSS Summit
  • Ericsson and MTN announce multi-year agreement to modernize, support and manage MTN’s Digital Business Support Systems
  • The new agreement includes Ericsson Catalog Manager and Ericsson Order Care
  • Ericsson Digital BSS is a cornerstone in MTN’s digital reference architecture, helping to realize its BRIGHT strategy and enabling MTN’s digital transformation journey towards realizing their Digital Telco ambition
  • The announcement is made in Cape Town, where MTN and Ericsson host over 150 individuals from different operators and industry experts to discuss the future of BSS at the 20th annual BSS User Group Summit.

MTN, a leading telecommunications company with presence in 21countries in Africa and the Middle Easthas selected Ericsson(NASDAQ: ERIC) to digitize their product catalog management and order management processes, leveraging Ericsson Catalog Manager and Ericsson Order Care.

Catalog Manager will enable MTN to digitalize the product lifecycle from offer creation to fulfillment.  Order Care will equip MTN to realize operational improvements and service augmentation, as well as coordinate hybrid workflows (automated and manual activities) across services, systems and group. Ericsson’s Digital BSS suite will cover critical business processes, such as lead-to-service and service-to-cash, that are in the center of MTN Revenue Management and MTN’s Customer Experience focus areas.

Nikos Angelopoulos, MTN Group Executive-Information Technology says: “The modernization of the systems that support our business processes enables us to focus even more on service excellence. Ericsson’s BSS solutions have played an important role in enabling our customers to enjoy our new services more quickly and efficiently. This partnership will safeguard our capability to continue enhancing the customer experience and service demands on our journey towards realizing our Digital Telco ambition.”

Fadi Pharaon, President of Ericsson Middle East & Africa,says:“The ever-increasing diversity of the applications, services and bundles consumers wish to use on their devices, requires ever more flexible real-time charging, simplification of offers and automation. BSS modernization empowers MTN to monetize assets while meeting customer demands with new offers, strengthen competitiveness, enable flexibility to meet market demands, outpace competition with faster time to market for new offers, reduce costs through streamlined operations and TCO-efficient solutions.”

The announcement of the cooperation takes place during the 2019 Ericsson BSS User Group Summit, Ericsson’s annual global flagship event hosted by MTN in Cape Town, South Africa. The 20th edition of this event takes place where the first event was held and will give operators using Ericsson’s BSS products and services from all parts of the world the opportunity to hear from Ericsson global experts and discuss with their peers about Digital Transformation, strategy, product roadmaps and the future of BSS.

More Than 60 World-leading Universities to Arrive in Singapore at QS Fair

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More Than 60 World-leading Universities to Arrive in Singapore at QS Fair

International Masters and MBA programs to attend Singapore events

 

LONDON, UK – Media OutReach – October 25, 2019 –
As the job market becomes ever more competitive, more and more employers are
looking at postgraduate qualifications to distinguish candidates from the
crowd. For the MBA program in particular, global employer demand for graduates
has risen by 13% year-on-year, and by 18% in Asia1.

Reflecting this trend, QS Quacquarelli Symonds, known for
publishing the World University Rankings, will be hosting the largest
postgraduate events of the year at the Suntec exhibition centre.

The World Grad School Tour and World MBA Tour are making
their way across Asia, arriving in Singapore on 12th November. These
two free events cater to hopeful masters and MBA candidates respectively, offering
Singaporeans the chance to meet admissions directors and explore educational
options from across the world.

More than 60 highly ranked universities will be attending,
representing 14 countries — with more than 10 each from the China and US, 8
from the United Kingdom and 7 local institutions from Singapore.

Schools participating
include2:

–       
Imperial College (Ranked 9th globally)

–       
New York University (39th globally)

–       
UC Berkeley (28th globally)

–       
HEC Paris (7th MBA globally)

–        CEIBS (25th globally)

–        Nanyang Business School and the National University of
Singapore (joint 11th globally, highest in Singapore)

Furthermore, as the costs of higher education continue to
increase, all attendees at either event will become eligible to apply for a
pool of scholarships worth $7 million, offered by participating schools and
partnered institutions. $1.3 million are entirely exclusive to event attendees.

Fairgoers will also be able to meet with the administrators
of the IELTS and GRE examinations, two leading assessments in international
study. Expert preparation advice will also be on offer for the GMAT for those
considering an MBA.

Alumni from prominent postgraduate programs, including the
University of Cambridge, will also attend to share their experiences and
insights with the future candidates.

The events are free to attend, with registration open
online.

 

QS World MBA
Tour/World Grad School Tour

Tuesday November 12th, 16:30 — 21:00

Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre, 1
Raffles Boulevard, Singapore

www.topmba.com/ singapore   www.topuniversities.com/singapore

 

1.Data from the QS Jobs
& Salary Trends Report 2018

2 Data from the QS World
University Rankings 2020 and QS World MBA Rankings 2020

DHL Global Forwarding Continues on Digital Roadmap with New Services and Functionalities

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DHL Global Forwarding Continues on Digital Roadmap with New Services and Functionalities

  • New
    online service myDHLi Analytics allows customers to explore and analyze their
    business data
  • myDHLi Quote & Book
    is the first service to offer a Carbon Calculator for carbon transparency and
    emissions reduction

SINGAPORE
– Media OutReach – October 25, 2019 – DHL
Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist of Deutsche Post DHL
Group, is continuing to grow its portfolio of convenient digital services. The
latest solution launched, called “myDHLi Analytics,” offers customers a smart
service to access and analyze their business data 24/7. The user-friendly
online service displays all relevant details about Spend (invoices), Volume, Service
Quality, and Customs Activity via dashboards.

“In line with our
recently announced group strategy 2025 ‘Delivering excellence in a digital
world,’ we are continuously broadening and enhancing our digital services. Our
growing myDHLi product family extends our best-in-class logistics services to
the digital realm. Customers can work towards their sustainability goals with
the same tool that they book, organize and analyze their shipments with,” says
Tim Scharwath, CEO DHL Global Forwarding, Freight. 

Another
member of the myDHLi product family has also been updated: DHL Global
Forwarding is the first freight forwarder to offer a Carbon Calculator within
an online quotation and booking tool. Customers can not only assess the
emissions of their shipments but also reduce their CO2 impact by
choosing an alternative fuel or an offsetting option — all within the myDHLi
Quote & Book service. 

“With
Asia Pacific accounting for almost half of the
world’s online citizens, many of our customers’ expectations have evolved as
they embrace innovations that will enhance their shipping experience and add
value to their businesses. Imagine all the man-hours saved from repetitive
tasks and unnecessary paperwork – with just a few clicks, myDHLi will provide customers
with access to data for a deeper analysis into operational and business trends,
whilst offering information on cost-efficient and sustainable shipping
options,” said Kelvin Leung, CEO, DHL Global Forwarding Asia Pacific.

myDHLi
Analytics offers all relevant data at a glance

The
user-friendly myDHLi Analytics service gathers data in one screen so that
customers can explore all relevant information on their shipments. Filter
options allow users to deep dive into expenses and trends in their data. Customers
can break down their information by aspects like country, shipper, consignee,
trade lane, and more. Downloadable reports offer shareable insights right down
to the shipment and invoice levels. The new service goes beyond the operational
focus of prior tools.

myDHLi Quote &
Book enhanced by a CO2 Calculator

The
demand for sustainable transport and logistics solutions is steadily growing. To
support its customers in reducing their carbon footprint and achieving their
individual sustainability targets, DHL Global Forwarding now offers an online
CO2 Calculator. Within the recently launched myDHLi Quote & Book
service, customers can easily choose to neutralize the carbon emissions of
their shipments. The integrated CO2 Calculator automatically
displays the carbon footprint for the shipment in comparison between air and
ocean freight. In the next step, shippers can either choose a clean-burning
fuel for ocean freight or an offsetting option for any transport mode.

 

The
new carbon calculator reflects Deutsche Post DHL’s GoGreen program and the
group’s mission to reduce all logistics-related emissions to zero by 2050. While
pursuing this mission, DHL also empowers and supports its customers with their
own sustainability targets by offering a growing number of green logistics and
transport services.

50 Years DHL

In
2019 DHL is celebrating 50 years since
the company’s founding by three entrepreneurs in San Francisco in 1969. DHL
began as a disruptor to the traditional delivery industry, circumventing
bureaucracy with an innovative new service to deliver documents by air
overnight. Since then, DHL has grown into a globe-spanning family of DHL
companies with about 380,000 employees in over 220 countries and territories
that covers the entire spectrum of logistics and supply chain services. DHL’s
customer-centricity and can-do culture have fueled five decades of innovation —
from the DHL 1000, one of
the first word processing computers in the world, to using the purpose built
StreetScooter, an environmentally friendly delivery vehicle powered by an
electric drive and developed by Deutsche Post DHL Group. With the Mission 2050
commitment to reach zero group-wide emissions by 2050, DHL is continuing to be
a trailblazer in the logistics industry.

DHL — The
logistics company for the world

DHL is the leading global brand in the logistics
industry. Our DHL family of divisions offer an unrivalled portfolio of
logistics services ranging from national and international parcel delivery,
e-commerce shipping and fulfillment solutions, international express, road, air
and ocean transport to industrial supply chain management. With about 380,000
employees in more than 220 countries and territories worldwide, DHL connects
people and businesses securely and reliably, enabling global trade flows. With
specialized solutions for growth markets and industries including technology,
life sciences and healthcare, energy, automotive and retail, a proven
commitment to corporate responsibility and an unrivalled presence in developing
markets, DHL is decisively positioned as “The logistics company for the world”.

DHL is part of Deutsche Post DHL Group. The Group
generated revenues of more than 61 billion euros in 2018.

More Than 40 World-leading Universities to Arrive in Manila at QS Fair

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More Than 40 World-leading Universities to Arrive in Manila at QS Fair

International Masters and MBA programs to attend Philippine events

 

LONDON,
UK – Media OutReach – October 25, 2019 – As
the job market becomes ever more competitive, more and more employers are
looking at postgraduate qualifications to distinguish candidates from the
crowd. For the MBA program in particular, global employer demand for graduates
has risen by 13% year-on-year, and by 18% in Asia1.

Reflecting
this trend, QS Quacquarelli Symonds, known for publishing the World University
Rankings, will be hosting the largest postgraduate events of the year at the
Suntec exhibition centre.

The
World Grad School Tour and World MBA Tour are making their way across Asia,
arriving in Manila on 18 – 19th November. These two free events
cater to hopeful masters and MBA candidates respectively, offering Singaporeans
the chance to meet admissions directors and explore educational options from
across the world.

More
than 40 highly ranked universities will be attending, representing 14 countries
— including 11 from the United States, and 7 each from Canada and Singapore.

Schools
participating include2:

–       
National University of Singapore (Ranked 11th globally)

–       
University of Pennsylvania (15th globally)

–       
New York University (39th globally)

–       
Michigan Ross (19th MBA globally)

–       
CEIBS (25th globally)

Furthermore,
as the costs of higher education continue to increase, all attendees at either
event will become eligible to apply for a pool of scholarships worth $7
million, offered by participating schools and partnered institutions. $1.3
million are entirely exclusive to event attendees.

Fairgoers
will also be able to meet with the administrators of the IELTS and GRE
examinations, two leading assessments in international study. Panels and
seminars presented by attending schools will offer unique expert insights into
the admission and application process.

To
enable attendees to fully contextualise the role of a postgraduate
qualification within their career path, a professional career coach will offer
career advice and feedback on CVs.

Alumni
from prominent postgraduate programs will also attend to share their
experiences and insights with the future candidates.

The events are free to attend, with
registration open online.

 

World
Grad School Tour

Monday November 18th,
15:00-20:00

www.topuniversities.com/manila

 

QS
World MBA Tour

Tuesday November 19th, 16:30 —
21:00

www.topmba.com/manila

 

Makati Shangri-la, Ayala Avenue

 

1.Data from the QS Jobs & Salary Trends Report 2018

2 Data from the QS World University Rankings 2020 and QS World MBA
Rankings 2020

More Than 60 World-leading Universities to Arrive in Kuala Lumpur at QS Fair

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More Than 60 World-leading Universities to Arrive in Kuala Lumpur at QS Fair

International Masters and MBA programs to attend Malaysia events

 

LONDON,
UK – Media OutReach – October 25, 2019 – As
the job market becomes ever more competitive, more and more employers are
looking at postgraduate qualifications to distinguish candidates from the
crowd. For the MBA program in particular, global employer demand for graduates
has risen by 13% year-on-year, and by 18% in Asia1.

Reflecting
this trend, QS Quacquarelli Symonds, known for publishing the World University
Rankings, will be hosting the largest postgraduate events of the year at the Ritz
Carlton Kuala Lumpur.

The
World Grad School Tour and World MBA Tour are making their way across Asia, stopping
in KL on 13 – 14th November. These two free events cater to hopeful
masters and MBA candidates respectively, offering future students the chance to
meet admissions directors and explore educational options from across the
world.

More
than 60 highly ranked universities will be attending, representing 11 countries
— including 18 from the United Kingdom and 12 from the United States.

Schools
participating include2:

–       
University College London (Ranked 8th globally)

–       
Imperial College (9th globally)

–       
UC Berkeley (28th globally)

–       
HEC Paris (7th MBA globally)

–       
NYU (39th globally)

–        Universiti Malaya (70th globally, highest in Malaysia)

Furthermore,
as the costs of higher education continue to increase, all attendees at either
event will become eligible to apply for a pool of scholarships worth $7
million, offered by participating schools and partnered institutions. $1.3
million are entirely exclusive to event attendees.

Fairgoers
will also be able to access expert preparation advice on crucial international
examinations, such as the GMAT, GRE and IELTS. Panels and seminars presented by
attending schools will offer unique expert insights into the admission and
application process.

To
enable attendees to fully contextualise the role of a postgraduate
qualification within their career path, a professional career coach will offer
career advice and feedback on CVs.

Alumni
from prominent postgraduate programs will also attend to share their
experiences and insights with the future candidates.

The events are free to attend, with
registration open online.

World
Grad School Tour

Wednesday November 13th, 14:30 —
20:00

www.topuniversities.com/kl

 

QS
World MBA Tour

Thursday November 14th, 16:30 —
21:00

www.topmba.com/kl

 

Ritz Carlton Kuala Lumpur, 168 Jalan Imbi

1.Data from the QS Jobs & Salary Trends Report 2018

2 Data from the QS World University Rankings 2020 and QS World MBA Rankings
2020

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