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New Innovation Agenda Launched to Boost EU Startup Ecosystem

The Commission on Tuesday (5 June) released its new European Innovation Agenda, setting out five core channels through which it will seek to boost deep tech investment and innovation within the EU. The five areas include talent attraction, policymaking and bridging the scale-up gap and aim to foster a more comprehensive supportive landscape for startups in Europe.

Staff Reporter Jul 5, 2022 4 min read Policy & Governance

BioTech Incubator in Australia Lands $3M in CSIRO Support

CUREator’s new health security stream will award $1 million over three years to projects in fields such as emerging infectious diseases and pandemics research, and therapies targeting chemical, biological and radiological threats.

Staff Reporter Jul 5, 2022 3 min read Healthcare Technology

Cameroon Begins Pilot to Issue 6k Biometric ID Cards to CAR Refugees

The project is implemented by the government of Cameroon in partnership with the UN Refugee Agency, with some financing from the World Bank

Staff Reporter Jul 5, 2022 2 min read

Emirate Health Services Wins International Excellence Foundation's Smart Government Awards 2022

EHS was awarded in recognition of its outstanding digital content, designed and developed by local talents on its team, which met all international standards for e-government and smart government websites, as well as all requirements for the award.

Staff Reporter Jul 4, 2022 2 min read Healthcare Technology

A Decentralised e-ID, a Virtual Wallet, Switzerland to Pursue the Digital Route

In the event of loss or theft of your smartphone, you will have to renew an e-id. It will also not be possible to have several electronic identities on several telephones. The validity period is not yet fixed. However, it could be equivalent to that of a passport, ie ten years.

Staff Reporter Jun 30, 2022 4 min read Civic Infrastructure

Bangladesh Govt Approves Digital Business Identity Registration Guidelines

Bank and financial institutes should consider digital business identification (DBID) as equivalent to trade licence for issuing loans to e-commerce companies, urged the industry stakeholders.

Staff Reporter Jun 30, 2022 2 min read Policy & Governance

UK Government to Create Space Sustainability Standard

The standard will help to make the UK a more attractive place to operate and invest and help unlock sustainable private investment in space in areas such as satellite development.

Staff Reporter Jun 30, 2022 1 min read Sustainable Development Goals

OneID Is Now a Certified Digital Identity Service Provider in UK

Oneid Is Now a Certified Digital Identity Service Provider (ISP) Under the UK Digital Identity & Attributes Trust Framework (Diatf)

Staff Reporter Jun 30, 2022 3 min read

As Silicon Valley Fantasizes About Web3, India Leaps Ahead on Payments

UPI has an open protocol upon which other technologies can be built, creating a much larger and more useful network than its competitors for financial payments. By facilitating exactly what blockchain was supposed to do—cutting out intermediaries and inducing greater competition—UPI could force a global acceleration of innovation in payment technology.

Staff Reporter Jun 30, 2022 5 min read Finance

US Federal Government to Increase Cybersecurity Cooperation with State and Local Officials

The State and Local Government Cybersecurity Act aims to improve cooperation and coordination between the different layers of the US government.

Staff Reporter Jun 30, 2022 1 min read Cybersecurity