LOLC Holdings Joins CWEIC as Newest Strategic Partner

CWEIC is delighted to welcome LOLC Holdings as its newest Strategic Partner. LOLC is a diversified Sri Lankan-based conglomerate. The past few years have seen the rapid evolution of LOLC, from a leading financial services provider to Sri Lanka’s largest non-banking financial institution. Today LOLC is one of the largest and most diversified financial conglomerates… Continue reading LOLC Holdings Joins CWEIC as Newest Strategic Partner

De La Rue Partners with HM Government of Gibraltar to launch new £5 note

CWEIC Strategic Partner De La Rue have partnered with HM Government of Gibraltar on their new £5 banknotes. The new £5 entered circulation today, replacing the previous, larger £5 notes. It has been designed in a vivid green colour, using a modern typeface and with a vignette image depicting the Windsor suspension bridge on the… Continue reading De La Rue Partners with HM Government of Gibraltar to launch new £5 note

Enlarged remit announced for the UK’s development finance institution to deliver jobs and clean growth

The UK Foreign Secretary and Minister for Women and Equalities, Rt Hon Liz Truss MP made a speech today (25 November) at the London Stock Exchange, where she announced a number of upcoming changes at CDC Group, including a new name, a new strategy and the appointment of a new Chair. CDC is the UK… Continue reading Enlarged remit announced for the UK’s development finance institution to deliver jobs and clean growth

CWEIC Chairman Lord Marland “in conversation” with the cricketing greats of Antigua & Barbuda

A trio of West Indies cricket legends spent a week in London celebrating 40 years of Antigua’s independence from Great Britain, and they took the chance to whet the appetite for next spring’s eagerly anticipated Test series with England. Curtly Ambrose, Andy Roberts and Richie Richardson – sirs all – donned black ties to talk… Continue reading CWEIC Chairman Lord Marland “in conversation” with the cricketing greats of Antigua & Barbuda

Prime Atlantic joins CWEIC as newest Strategic Partner

CWEIC is delighted to welcome Prime Atlantic as its newest Strategic Partner. Prime Atlantic is a Nigerian company established in 2005 to provide services to the Nigerian oil and gas industry. In its years of operation, has successfully partnered with world leaders to form formidable business collaborations which are meeting the current needs across the… Continue reading Prime Atlantic joins CWEIC as newest Strategic Partner

Commonwealth-Bangladesh Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Green Business Award

The Government of Bangladesh, in partnership with CWEIC, has launched the inaugural ‘Commonwealth-Bangladesh Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Green Business Award’. The award will identify businesses that use technology and innovation to progress sustainable behaviour and delivery, encouraging Commonwealth businesses, especially start-ups and exciting new tech SME’s to get involved in the sustainability agenda. The first… Continue reading Commonwealth-Bangladesh Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Green Business Award

Strategic Partner Prudential Opens its Africa Regional Headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya

Congratulations to CWEIC Strategic Partner Prudential plc on the the opening of its Africa Regional Headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. Prudential moved their Africa Regional Headquarters from London to Nairobi to be closer to customers, partners and distributors on the continent. Wilf Blackburn, Prudential’s Regional CEO of Insurance Growth Markets and Nick Holder (何大力), Chief Operating… Continue reading Strategic Partner Prudential Opens its Africa Regional Headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya

The City of London Corporation set to launch the Green Horizon Summit at COP26

Next week CWEIC Strategic Partner the City of London Corporation will kicks off its Green Horizon Summit at COP26 – UN Climate Change Conference – tackling the big questions we face to mobilise the flow of capital into climate, nature-friendly and more sustainable investments. The City of London are at the forefront of the private… Continue reading The City of London Corporation set to launch the Green Horizon Summit at COP26

CWEIC Strategic Partner De La Rue Contributes to whitepaper on cash and sustainability ahead of COP26

Ahead of COP 26 CWEIC Strategic Partner De La Rue has contributed to a white paper titled “Cash: A Roadmap to Sustainability” which provides 106 case studies demonstrating how the cash industry has reduced its environmental impact. Cash is, perhaps, the world’s most used global product. Despite digitalisation, cash is, and will remain, a key… Continue reading CWEIC Strategic Partner De La Rue Contributes to whitepaper on cash and sustainability ahead of COP26

Commonwealth Tourism Webinar Tourism Post-Pandemic: Revive and Rebuild

Registrations are now open for CWEIC’s Commonwealth Tourism Webinar – Click here to register now. Tourism is central to many economies in the Commonwealth and a growing industry in most. It contributes over 2.5% into the total GDP of the Commonwealth, averaging 6.7% of GDP per country and employs over 30 million people. The sector… Continue reading Commonwealth Tourism Webinar Tourism Post-Pandemic: Revive and Rebuild