ITU announces details of WSIS Forum
Event will cover cybersecurity, e-agriculture, e-health, e-education, gender equality, environment, infrastructure, enabling environments for tech, innovation
OECD estimates over 130 million new jobs emerge between humans, machines by 2022
It is vital countries use digital technologies as great equaliser: Secretary-General of OECD
Indian doctors use technology to detect blindness in early stage
Machines can be trained to identify even earliest stages of diabetic retinopathy, grade it with as much accuracy as human doctor
Palm oil users test new satellite technology to track deforestation
Monitoring system allow for targeting people felling trees in producing countries more efficiently than policing supply chains on ground
School of the big city: electronic learning system, diagnostics in VR
“School is an absolutely open system, open to parents, teachers, organisations from the outside. Schools initiate collaborations with businesses, scientific, and cultural institutions, urban projects. Moscow is a big city…
Visa announces fintech fast-track programme in Central, Eastern Europe, Middle East, Africa
Regional FinTechs will be able to connect to Visa’s payment network in four weeks
Trade Ministry issues 4 decrees for manufacturers, importers to commit to Egyptian standards
The Minister of Trade and Industry, Amr Nassar, issued four ministerial decrees on granting manufacturers, and importers of food commodities, as well as engineering products a deadline in order to…
Finance Ministry tests machine which exchanges banknotes to coins
Mint Authority previously announced issuance of coins which bear images of major Egyptian national projects
Outstanding balances of T-bonds, bills reach EGP 1.856tn end-January 2019
T-Bills balances reached EGP 1.166tn, T-bonds amounted to EGP 690.216bn, in addition to international bonds worth $19.21bn
