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The International Investment Innovation Forum is a prestigious annual conference, co-organised this year by openbusinesscouncil and the Technology and Management Centre for Development (TMCD) - part of the Oxford Department for International Development (ODID), University of Oxford.  [caption id="attachment_3670" align="aligncenter" width="763"] The International Investment and...

Established in 2018 by Mr Chen Yuanfeng and fellow Chinese entrepreneurs, the Magna Carta Island International Innovation Center (IIC) promotes new knowledge, technologies, products and industries, as well as cultural advancements and system innovations. The IIC held its International Cooperation Forum recently, presided over by...

The NFTs Business Live event featured worldwide blockchain and industry experts like Eric Ma, Patrick Tan, Prashant Surna and Javed Khattak. The live roundtable, where the experts talked in-depth about NFTs marketplaces, trading opportunities and characteristics and the future of the NFTs market can be...

Thursday 20th March 2021 marked the tenth Global Accessibility Awareness Day, created to prompt the discussion about digital access and inclusion across technology, digital tools, assets and software around the world. Following a day of talks and awareness-raising, inclusive user design experts are encouraging organisations to...

Chainlink Furthers Enterprise Focus, Joins Hedera Governing Council. Companies To Explore Enterprise Use Cases, Including Bridging Traditional Finance to DeFi. Chainlink, the industry-leading oracle solution, has joined the Hedera Governing Council, which oversees distributed governance of the Hedera network. Chainlink and Hedera will implement a...

Experts have identified excessive screen time caused by the pandemic as a major issue for a poor sleep, based on findings from a brand-new study on national sleep quality. A national 76% increase in screen time during the pandemic is having a significant impact on...

Super Crypto News launches Super Crypto Conference on Blockchain in Southeast Asia with key speakers from Novum Alpha About Super Crypto Conference Super Crypto Conference will be held virtually on 17 June 2021, to build awareness around the wide range of opportunities in the blockchain...

NFT.Storage Service built on Filecoin and IPFS protects asset integrity through decentralized persistence and content addressing NFT Storage service is backed by Protocol Labs and Pinata Projected to reach a market capitalization of $710 Million in 2021, the non-fungible token (NFT) market is witnessing a significant surge,...

Pioneering work in the Digital Twin sector by Cityzenith has won a major accolade: a Smart City Business Award at the openbusinesscouncil’s (OBC) COVID-19 summit. Cityzenith wins Smart City Business Award  The event award recognised Cityzenith as one of the “most progressive thinking companies, demonstrating...

Every six months the Global Green Finance Index (GGFI) evaluates the depth and quality of 78 financial centres. GGFI serves as a valuable measure of the development of green finance for policy and investment decision-makers. The top 20 centres in GGFI 7 are shown in...

It is surprising that Londoners register low number of financial searches and London is not the UK’s most financially-savvy city. When we think of financial literacy in the UK, our minds typically jump to London. So, we decided to take a closer look at just...

‘Smart antenna’ designer Sofant Technologies has completed a follow-on fundraise of £740,000 in an oversubscribed funding round led by venture capital investor EMV Capital. Business is expected to benefit from UK’s 5G rollout The fundraise builds on last year’s £2.3m pre-series A round for the...

A new free guide to digital transformation for Financial Services and Insurance businesses takes stock of digital preparedness in the FSI sector in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic. As social distancing exposed significant lacunae, the Fincons Group's white paper analyses the digital preparedness gap...

The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Disability has called for a disability-inclusive COVID-19 response that improves the working lives of disabled people. It is feared that disabled workers will be among the hardest hit as a result of the coming recession, with the gap...

The global travel and tourism industry is among the worst hit due to COVID-19 pandemic and deal activity in the sector is muted. Japan too is not an exception, though the country seems to be keen on reviving the industry by introducing new initiatives. However,...

Z/Yen today launched the first edition of the Smart Centres Index (SCI 1), which is designed to track the development of technology and financial centres across the world in their support for and readiness for new technology applications. Investors, entrepreneurs, scientists, media, academics, governments, and...

  Falling prey to 21 substantial cyber attacks, Germany ranks fourth Interestingly, France has seen 11 significant cyber attacks in the time period of May 2006 – June 2020 America has experienced the most cyber attacks classified as significant between May 2006 – June 2020,...

As businesses return to the workplace following encouragement from the Government, employment law and health and safety experts warn that employees must play their part in adhering to occupational safety measures to ensure, so far as possible, a safe return to work. Government guidance continues...