The World Bank has appointed Mr. Keith Hansen as the new Country Director for Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, and Somalia effective September 8, 2020.
Mr. Hansen, who has over 30 years of experience in development practice, will lead an active multi-country portfolio consisting of over 100 projects totaling more than US$13 billion.
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anons getting closer to the top of pyramid when they are getting into the World Bank operations.
>The World Bank has appointed Mr. Keith Hansen as the new Country Director for Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, and Somalia effective September 8, 2020.
another article on subject.
https://africasustainabilitymatters.com/world-bank-appoints-new-country-director-for-kenya-rwanda-somalia-and-uganda/?utm_content=buffer515cd&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Nairobi, September 7, 2020- Keith Hansen, an American, has been appointed as the new Country director for four African countries: Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia and Uganda by the World Bank. As the former Senior Advisor World Bank, he will succeed Carlos Felipe Jaramillo who was appointed as the Vice President for Latin America and the Caribbean region earlier this year.
Mr. Hansen, who assumes his role on 8th September 2020, will bring 30 years of experience in development practice to lead4 an active multi-country portfolio consisting of over 100 projects totaling more than US$13 billion. Aside from being a Senior advisor, he has been the First Power of Nutrition President, Vice President for Global Practice Solutions, Vice President and Director for Human Development, Sector Manager for Health, Nutrition and Population.
During his role as the Vice President for Global Practice Solutions, He set up the Bank Group’s new operating model, which aimed at bringing together the best expertise from across the institution and from partners to help tackle countries’ most complex development challenges.
Under Mr. Hansen’s leadership, the World Bank will work closely with the four countries to provide innovative products and services that respond to their diverse development challenges and contribute to achieving sustainable economic growth and poverty reduction, with a specific emphasis on COVID-19 recovery. His appointment comes at a time when the governments of Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, and Uganda are confronting both the immediate and longer-term health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 crisis.
Throughout his career Mr. Hansen has served clients in different capacities around the globe, including in Africa, Latin American, and the Caribbean. He holds a Law Degree from Stanford University, a Master of Public Affairs from Princeton University, and a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Yale University.
Mr. Hansen will be based in Nairobi, Kenya.
==Mr. Keith Hansen==
Keith Hansen is an interesting character.
In 2005, he worked with World Bank AIDS money in Africa.
You think maybe he knew Fauci and Gates pretty well?
Especially considering he went to Stanford, Princeton and Yale. see >>10555753
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https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2005/03/16/multi-million-dollar-boost-great-lakes-hivaids
>https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2005/03/16/multi-million-dollar-boost-great-lakes-hivaids
over three million children have been orphaned by the disease (AIDS IN AFRICA, 2005)
A new World Bank grant of US $20 million will boost the HIV/AIDS efforts of six countries in the Great Lakes region.
The funds, approved on Tuesday, are expected to benefit Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda, where more than six million people are living with HIV/AIDS, and over three million children have been orphaned by the disease.
Through its 'Great Lakes Initiative on HIV/AIDS' project, the Bank will finance prevention, care and treatment programmes for large numbers of refugees, migrants and transport workers, with a strong emphasis on coordinating a regional, cross-border response to tackling the pandemic.
Keith Hansen, manager of the World Bank's Multi-country HIV/AIDS Programme for Africa, said in a statement, "This project will add greatly to the reach and impact of national HIV/AIDS resources and programmes in a region of the world where HIV/AIDS has caused so much human misery and loss."
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>https://www.commerce.gov/bureaus-and-offices/bis
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https://www.commerce.gov/news/press-releases/2020/08/commerce-department-adds-24-chinese-companies-entity-list-helping-build
Commerce Department Adds 24 Chinese Companies to the Entity List for Helping Build Military Islands in the South China Sea
AUGUST 26, 2020
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The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) in the Department of Commerce (Commerce) added 24 Chinese companies to the Entity List for their role in helping the Chinese military construct and militarize the internationally condemned artificial islands in the South China Sea. Despite protests from the United States and other countries, the government of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has been…
Entity List
>Commerce Department Adds 24 Chinese Companies to the Entity List for Helping Build Military Islands in the South China Sea
The Entity List is a tool utilized by BIS to restrict the export, re-export, and transfer (in-country) of items subject to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to persons (individuals, organizations, companies) reasonably believed to be involved, or to pose a significant risk of becoming involved, in activities contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States. Additional license requirements apply to exports, re-exports, and transfers (in-country) of items subject to the EAR to listed entities, and the availability of most license exceptions is limited.
These companies were placed on the Entity List for enabling the People’s Republic of China to reclaim and militarize disputed outposts in the South China Sea:
China Communications Construction Company Dredging Group Co., Ltd.
China Communications Construction Company Tianjin Waterway Bureau
China Communications Construction Company Shanghai Waterway Bureau
China Communications Construction Company Guangzhou Waterway Bureau
China Communications Construction Company Second Navigation Engineering Bureau
Beijing Huanjia Telecommunication Co., Ltd.
Changzhou Guoguang Data Communications Co., Ltd.
China Electronics Technology Group Corporation, 7th Research Institute (CETC-7)
Guangzhou Hongyu Technology Co., Ltd., (a subordinate institute of CETC-7)
Guangzhou Tongguang Communication Technology Co., Ltd. (a subordinate institute of
CETC-7)
China Electronics Technology Group Corporation, 30th Research Institute (CETC-30)
China Shipbuilding Group, 722nd Research Institute
Chongxin Bada Technology Development Co., Ltd.
Guangzhou Guangyou Communications Equipment Co., Ltd.
Guangzhou Haige Communication Group Co., Ltd.
Guilin Changhai Development Co., Ltd.
Hubei Guangxing Communications Technology Co., Ltd.
Shaanxi Changling Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Cable Offshore Engineering Co., Ltd.
Telixin Electronics Technology Co., Ltd.
Tianjin Broadcasting Equipment Co., Ltd.
Tianjin 764 Avionics Technology Co., Ltd.
Tianjin 764 Communication and Navigation Technology Co., Ltd.
Wuhan Mailite Communication Co., Ltd.
For more information, visit www.bis.doc.gov.
>AUGUST 26, 2020
>Press releases
>China Communications Construction Company Dredging Group Co., Ltd.(CCCC)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^FIRST ONE ON LIST
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Communications_Construction_Company
CCCC is a "blue chip" stock (part of the CSI 300 Index). State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC) holds 63.8% of the company's shares.[14] Other shareholders include multiple affiliates of (or funds managed by) Merrill Lynch, BlackRock and JPMorgan Chase.[14]
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US targets Chinese individuals, firms amid South China Sea dispute
Published: 27 Aug 2020 12:33 AM BdST Updated: 27 Aug 2020 01:13 AM BdST
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US targets Chinese individuals, firms amid South China Sea dispute
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Published: 27 Aug 2020 12:33 AM BdST Updated: 27 Aug 2020 01:13 AM BdST
The United States on Wednesday blacklisted 24 Chinese firms and targeted individuals it said were part of construction and military actions in the South China Sea, its first such sanctions move against Beijing over the disputed strategic waterway.
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Published: 27 Aug 2020 12:33 AM BdST Updated: 27 Aug 2020 01:13 AM BdST
The United States on Wednesday blacklisted 24 Chinese firms and targeted individuals it said were part of construction and military actions in the South China Sea, its first such sanctions move against Beijing over the disputed strategic waterway.
The US Commerce Department said the two dozen companies played a “role in helping the Chinese military construct and militarize the internationally condemned artificial islands in the South China Sea.”
Separately, the State Department said it would impose visa restrictions on Chinese individuals “responsible for, or complicit in,” such action and those linked to China’s “use of coercion against Southeast Asian claimants to inhibit their access to offshore resources.”
Companies blacklisted by the Commerce Department include Guangzhou Haige Communications Group, several firms that appear to be related to the China Communications Construction Co, as well as Beijing Huanjia Telecommunication, Changzhou Guoguang Data Communications, China Electronics Technology Group Corp and China Shipbuilding Group.
It was the latest US move to crack down on firms whose goods may support Chinese military activities and comes in the run up to the Nov. 3 US elections, in which both President Donald Trump and rival Joe Biden have been sharply critical of China.
The United States accuses China of militarizing the South China Sea and trying to intimidate Asian neighbors who might want to exploit its extensive oil and gas reserves.
US warships have gone through the area to assert the freedom of access to international waterways, raising fears of clashes.
The Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post newspaper quoted a source close to the Chinese military as saying that China had launched two missiles, including an “aircraft-carrier killer”, into the South China Sea on Wednesday morning in a warning to the United States.
China complained that the United States had sent a U-2 reconnaissance plane into a no-fly zone over Chinese live-fire military drills on Tuesday.
The Pentagon did not immediately respond to the missile report but said earlier that a U-2 flight conducted in the Indo-Pacific region was “within the accepted international rules and regulations governing aircraft flights.”
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The Chinese embassy in Washington did not immediately reply to a request for comment on US announcements, but in July, Beijing said it was not afraid of any sanctions the United States might impose and accused Washington of stirring up trouble and destabilizing the region.
Washington warned last month it could respond with sanctions against Chinese officials and enterprises involved in coercion in the South China Sea after it announced a tougher stance rejecting Beijing’s claims to offshore resources there as “completely unlawful.”
China claims virtually all of the potentially energy-rich South China Sea, but Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam also lay claim to parts of an area through which about $3 trillion of trade passes each year.
“This is the first time the US has levied any type of economic sanction against Chinese entities for behavior in the South China Sea,” said Greg Poling, a South China Sea expert at Washington’s Center for Strategic and International Studies.
“It probably doesn’t make much impact on those entities directly - I doubt that there is much CCCC needs to buy from the U.S. that it can’t get from other suppliers. And these certainly aren’t the financial sanctions that some might have expected … But it could be a start at trying to convince Southeast Asian partners that the new policy is more than just rhetoric.”
Messages left with CCCC, a transport and infrastructure conglomerate, the Shanghai Cable Offshore Engineering Co Ltd, an engineering company that specializes in submarine cables, and Guangzhou Haige Communication Group, which manufactures communications equipment, were not immediately returned after business hours in China. Several other firms on the list could not immediately be reached or could not immediately be located.
The Commerce Department said it was adding the 24 firms to its “entity list,” which restricts sales of US goods shipped to them and some more limited items made abroad with US content or technology. Companies can apply for licenses to make the sales, but they must overcome a high bar for approval.
The actions follow the same blueprint used by Washington in its attempt to limit the influence of Huawei Technologies Co [HWT.UL] for what it says are national security reasons.
>“This is the first time the US has levied any type of economic sanction against Chinese entities for behavior in the South China Sea,” said Greg Poling, a South China Sea expert at Washington’s Center for Strategic and International Studies.
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