Business and Economy (Page 133)

“One million trees for unity” wins Outstanding Sustainable Project Financing category at Karlsruhe Sustainable Finance Awards 2021

Alliance Finance Co. PLC, (AFC), Sri Lanka’s oldest finance company with over 65 years of expertise in offering affordable and inclusive sustainable finance solutions to empower the nation has clinched yet another international award in sustainability. The Project which helped AFC win this important award was the “One million treesContinue Reading

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APIDM Released 272 More Digital Marketing Professionals to the Industry

The Asia Pacific Institute of Digital Marketing (APIDM), the leading institute for Digital Marketing Education & Skill Training in Sri Lanka, held their Certificate Ceremony for Students who attained the Professional Diploma in Digital Marketing and Certificate in Digital Marketing. The Ceremony was held on the 3rd of March 2022, atContinue Reading

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Fems AYA Celebrates the first year of its journey of eradicating period poverty

Fems Aya, the nationwide initiative of Fems, the feminine Sanitary Care brand of Hemas Consumer Brands celebrates its first anniversary of impacting lives and communities by offering awareness on menstrual health and equal access to low-cost high quality sanitary napkins. Fems launched its purposeful initiative ‘Fems AYA’ on the InternationalContinue Reading

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BCS Sri Lanka Section elects new leadership for 2022/23

The British Computer Society (BCS) – The Chartered Institute for IT (Sri Lanka Section) elected its new leadership for the year 2022/23 at the Annual General Meeting held virtually recently. The new Sri Lanka leadership team consists of the Executive Committee led by Chairman Mr. Vajeendra S Kandegamage. SecretaryContinue Reading

HERCapital by Hatch: Pioneering gender smart funding in Sri Lanka

Gender disparity within the entrepreneurial world is a globally prevalent problem, often stemming from the underrepresentation of women in the labour force and leadership positions. This imbalance in diversity is mainly seen in markets with no gender-smart funding, which makes gender a key component in their program. The lack ofContinue Reading

PodHUB presents ‘Ladies First 2022’ in celebration of honoring women

Ladies First 2022, a four-day event organized by PodHUB in line with International Women’s Day, will be held from 8th to 11th of March at Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo. PodHUB will produce and livestream a series of fun and informative events that will offer a platform for upcoming women leaders andContinue Reading

ICTA together with the National Youth Services Council initiated ‘Lighting Digital Youth BootCamps’

A distinctive program concentrating on expediting youth employment into the ICT industry. A memorandum of understanding between ICTA and the National Youth Services Council was announced by the Information and Communication Technology Agency (ICTA) of Sri Lanka. Signed on the 18th of February, 2022 the memorandum of understanding with Mr.Continue Reading

Meta and Sarvodaya-Fusion partner to launch ‘We Think Digital’ with ‘IT Yahamaga’ for people with hearing-impairments

‘We Think Digital’ is Meta’s global digital literacy program that aims to develop digital skills to create a positive and safe culture online. In 2020, the program was launched in Sri Lanka by Meta in partnership with Sarvodaya-Fusion’s ‘IT Yahamaga’ initiative, which is supported by the Ministry of Education, andContinue Reading

Raja Jewellers celebrates International Women’s Day with ‘You are a Diamond’ campaign

Raja Jewellers, celebrated as the undisputed monarch of the gold world in Sri Lanka, saluted the elegance of womanhood with the launch of their new product, “Paragon” Diamond, through the “You are a Diamond” campaign on the 5th of March, in lieu of International Women’s Day, for discerning Sri LankanContinue Reading

HUTCH completes successful implementation of advanced Oracle Cloud ERP system in the middle of a pandemic

HUTCH, Sri Lanka’s fastest-growing mobile broadband operator accomplished yet another major milestone in its rapid transformation journey, successfully implementing the latest Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system in the middle of the COVID pandemic. Most legacy ERP systems including Oracle are fully deployed on-premises but now technology isContinue Reading