June 2023 – Djibouti News Gazette

June 30, 2023

Verifone Launches New Brand

Verifone unveils new brand and enterprise website to exemplify its class-leading payments platform offering

Verifone new logo

New Verifone brand identity

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla., June 30, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today, Verifone rebrands to highlight its innovative payment solutions by introducing a new logo, brand identity and global website to align with an updated vision. Verifone is now the “Payments Architect and Commerce Expert” partner for all businesses everywhere. Verifone’s robust product and services portfolio delivers on that promise as it spans digital payment solutions, secure payment devices, cloud-hosted Payments as a Service, merchant acquiring, point of sale technology, advanced business insights through data science, managed services practices, and more.

After rebuilding its entire offering and company culture under new leadership, the refreshed brand identity matches the innovation and passion of a new Verifone. Consumer recognition and trust in the Verifone name needed to be preserved while simultaneously highlighting Verifone’s heightened digital focus, future-first approach and leading position in the marketplace. The new iconography conveys the connected, modular and evolving nature of payments in modern life, and it shows the architectural role Verifone plays in payments and commerce. All of this comes together on Verifone’s new global website where consumers, merchants and other stakeholders are introduced to a new, more user-friendly Verifone experience. The new brand is extensible across business units and around the world.

Verifone T650m Mobile Payment Device

With half a trillion dollars in transactions traversing its cloud via payment devices or Verifone-powered websites and apps, Verifone truly enables global commerce. Verifone stands out in the payments space where most businesses still piece together fragmented offerings from multiple providers to address complex customer needs. Verifone is the single provider with a comprehensive, flexible toolset that streamlines and reduces costs for any enterprise to accept payments.

“The world of commerce evolves constantly, and it is this dynamic environment that we’ve simplified and continue to revolutionize. Verifone started in the Fintech space over four decades ago, rapidly evolving our service offerings to meet the needs of all large and small businesses,” said Mike Pulli, Verifone CEO. “We are the critical commerce partner for businesses worldwide, offering solutions with a futureproof architecture. Our new brand matches our digital-first thinking, employee-focused mindset, and accelerated innovation. Our customers, and their customers, rely on Verifone every day.”

Verifone has focused intensely on new, innovative payment capabilities and features in recent years, significantly expanding the solution stack and enabling new markets. The company’s commerce expertise means its solutions can easily be adapted across nearly every vertical. From complex, global, omni-commerce retailers to a local vendor at a farmers’ market, Verifone futureproofs payment ecosystems and tech stacks.

Verifone M440 Multilane Payment Device

To experience Verifone’s new identity, watch the introduction video https://vimeo.com/verifone/newbrandlaunch and visit the new corporate global website at https://www.verifone.com/en/global. New country-specific websites will go live in the coming weeks and months.

About Verifone

Verifone is the payments architect shaping ecosystems for online and in-person commerce experiences, including everything businesses need – from secure payment devices to eCommerce tools, acquiring services, advanced business insights, and much more. As a global FinTech leader, Verifone powers omni-commerce growth for companies in over 165 countries and is trusted by the world’s best-known brands, small businesses, and major financial institutions. The Verifone platform is built on a four-decade history of innovation and uncompromised security, annually managing more than 12B transactions worth over $500B on physical and digital channels.

Verifone Media Contact:
Email: Press@Verifone.com

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June 30, 2023

St Kitts and Nevis announces extension to Citizenship by Investment Programme Sustainable Growth Fund Limited Time Offer due to unprecedented demand

Basseterre, June 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — International investors have been clamouring to take advantage of one of the best deals in the investment migration industry this year – St Kitts and Nevis’ Sustainable Growth Fund (SGF) Limited Time Offer (LTO) which allows investors to gain approval for alternative citizenship in the country in as little as 60 days for a reduced fee.

In December 2022, the St Kitts and Nevis Head of the Citizenship by Investment Unit (CIU), Michael Martin, announced the enactment of the updated St Kitts and Nevis Citizenship by Investment Regulations 2023, which included the introduction of the LTO for the SGF investment option effective 1 January 2023 – 30 June 2023.

On 29 June 2023, Michael Martin made the following comment regarding the LTO:

“We have received an overwhelming response and demand for our Sustainable Growth Fund investment option through the Limited Time Offer and felt that we had to extend the offering for another seven months until 31 January 2024. International investors continue to see the value of the world’s first and finest Citizenship by Investment Programme and this proves it”.

The SGF remains the quickest and easiest route to alternative citizenship in St Kitts and Nevis and now until 31 January 2024, a main applicant can acquire alternative citizenship by contributing only US$125,000 to the SGF and receiving approval in principle within 60 days of acknowledgement by the CIU of submission of their application.

Under the LTO, the minimum SGF contributions are as follows:

Single applicant – US$ 125,000
Main applicant and a spouse – US$150,000

Main applicant and up to three dependants – US$170,000
Each additional dependant under 18 – US$10,000
Each additional dependant over 18 – US$25,000

Revenue from the SGF has facilitated economic development and social upliftment in the country. The SGF is used to provide financial support to educational institutions, and medical facilities, as well as support infrastructural development, increase tourism, preserve local culture and heritage and support sustainable growth initiatives in the twin-island nation.

Discerning investors are seeing the benefits of being part of St Kitts and Nevis’ success story. Following upgrades to the CBI Regulations, the country now offers one of the most secure and best-regulated investment migration offerings in the world.

This means that international investors looking to hedge their bets in a stable and growing economy should look no further than St Kitts and Nevis.

This extension is a fantastic opportunity for investors to obtain citizenship through the LTO. This is a final extension and from 1 February 2024, the minimum SGF contribution will increase to the amounts prior to the LTO period.

The country is making sure that it has only the best to offer international entrepreneurs and families who have realised that global powerhouses are no longer illustrious investment options due to security risks. Investors want to ensure that they can safeguard their families and wealth in a global economy that has been offering nothing but uncertainty since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

Smaller governments such as that of St Kitts and Nevis have found ways, through CBI, to protect themselves from global shocks, offer favourable business policies aimed at growing corporations in international markets and, by using international funds channelled to the SGF, can diversify and grow their economy to meet global needs.

St Kitts and Nevis continues to create a name for itself as a financial nexus in the Caribbean with an attractive CBI programme underpinned by a sound legal framework and robust multi-layered due diligence.

For nearly 40 years, St Kitts and Nevis has been the pioneer of the global investor immigration industry and those who recognise this are taking advantage of the LTO.

Chantal Mabanga
Government of St. Kitts and Nevis
+44 (0) 207 318 4343
chantal.mabanga@csglobalpartners.com

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June 30, 2023

Nigerian prankster remanded in custody over minor abuse

It all started when the popular prankster called Trinity Guy, was seen in a video asking a 10-year-old girl to describe how his private part is. He rushed to the little girl, asking her to tell him what exactly his pen!s looks like.

The video went viral as usual, but this time, it reached the Public Relations Unit of the Nigerian Police. Prince Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said “This is rubbish and criminal. This guy should be arrested and charged to court. We will act as soon as possible. I hate this scene, child abuse.”

After this outing, Abdullahi Adisa, also known as Trinity Guy made a public outing and apologized to the public that he will not do such pranks again.

“Good day to you guys, my name is Abdulahi popularly known as Trinityguy. I would like to use this opportunity to appreciate everyone who has been calling and showing concern about the misconceptions about my work and my person. I would equally love to show my appreciation to my fans around the world, my colleagues, and the Nigeria police, most especially Mr. ADEJOBI OLUMUYIWA for his fatherly role in calling my attention to the areas I needed to work on and amend. Your efforts in safeguarding the nation are truly inspiring and appreciated. May Almighty God bless everyone! Lastly, I would like to inform my fans that they should watch out for more creative content on my page and I promise to never let you bored. One love.” He was later invited by the Police where he was remanded in custody and the case was adjourned to July 11, according to Metro Watch Nigeria.

The Magistrate Court sitting in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Monday, June 26, 2023, ordered the remand of popular prankster, Abdullahi Adisa, alongside the parents of the minor girl, in prison.

“The counsel for ‘Trinity Guy’, who was brought to the court by the police, pleaded with the court to grant bail to his client. However, Magistrate PO Adetuyibi denied the bail application, stating that the allegation against the skit maker is currently under the scrutiny of the State Ministry of Justice,” reports, Metro Watch.

This is not the only terrible prank the guy has made. Some Nigerians have complained that his pranks are too extreme and can give his victims high blood or even cause death.

According to UNICEF, in Nigeria, “Six out of every 10 children experience some form of violence – one in four girls and 10 percent of boys have been victims of sexual violence. Of the children who reported violence, fewer than five out of 100 received any form of support.”

To Law Care Nigeria, “Section 216 of the criminal code regards the indecent Treatment of boys under fourteen as an offence of felony liable to imprisonment for seven years if done without consent. Section 218 of the criminal code recognizes the defilement of girls under the age of thirteen as an offence of felony liable to imprisonment for life. Section 221 of the criminal code provides that the defilement of girls under sixteen and above thirteen as an offence of misdemeanours is liable for imprisonment of two years.”

Source: Cameroon News Agency

June 30, 2023

Another Senator dies

It is not up to a week since a newly elected Senator d!ed, another one has followed! D£ath comes knocking again at the doors of Cameroon’s Senate.

A Questor at the Upper House of Parliament, Bisseck Paulette, gave up the ghost on Thursday in Paris, the Senate President has said.

The recently appointed Senator of the ruling Cameroon Peoples Democratic Movement, CPDM party, who represented the South Region, died in Paris, France following an illness, a press release signed by the President of the Senate, Marcel Niat Njifenji, revealed.

She was a member of the CPDM Central Committee where she served as Secretary of Specialized Organizations of the party

Her death comes exactly a week after that of another newly elected Senator Mireille Adare Gassawily who passed away on June 22, 2023.

Source: Cameroon News Agency

June 30, 2023

Government Officials Conduct Inspection of 8th-Grade Exam Marking Centers.

Government officials, Members of Parliament, prominent societal organizations, educational institutions, and other government representatives recently conducted an inspection visit to the General Kaahiye police academy, where the marking process for the 8th-grade exams is currently underway. The purpose of the inspection was to observe and assess the progress and implementation of the examination procedures for the 2022-2023 academic year, conducted by the Benadir Regional Administration.

The officials’ visit aimed to ensure the transparency and fairness of the examination process and reaffirm their commitment to upholding the educational standards in the region. By overseeing the examination administration within the examination office, they intended to provide valuable feedback to improve the overall quality and credibility of the examination system.

During the inspection, the officials closely observed the marking process, evaluated the adherence to examination guidelines, and assessed the overall efficiency and accuracy of the examiners. Their presence served as a crucial step in reinforcing the public’s trust in the examination system.

The Director of Education for the Benadir Regional Administration expressed his dedication to maintaining a fair and transparent examination process that reflects the aspirations of the Somali society. He emphasized the importance of providing equal opportunities for all students and ensuring that their hard work and academic achievements are recognized and rewarded.

The inspection visit allowed the officials to engage with the staff involved in the marking process, exchange ideas, and address any concerns or challenges that might have arisen. By fostering this collaborative approach, the Benadir Regional Administration aims to continuously improve the examination system and address any potential loopholes or shortcomings.

Source: Somali National News Agency