February 1, 2021

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The Rockefeller Foundation announces grant to expand access to COVID-19 testing and tracing in Africa

This funding will support a broader effort to accelerate equitable access to testing technologies The Rockefeller Foundation has announced a new grant of US$12 million to the Africa Public Health Foundation to help expand the geographic coverage of testing and to strengthen contact tracing for COVID-19 in Africa through the Africa Centres for Disease Control…
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Australian IoT collective deploys LoRaWAN in Tasmania for cities, utilities, farmers

The partnership, announced six months ago, also involves 42-24, the IT and telecoms division of TasNetworks. Australian IoT networking company National Narrowband Network Co (NNNCo) has completed deployment of a LoRaWAN network in Tasmania in conjunction with local energy distribution utility TasNetworks. LoRaWAN gateways have been deployed on TasNetworks’ utility assets across the island state,…
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New Metropolis President elected

Wen Guohui, the mayor of Guangzhou has been unanimously elected as Metropolis president The Metropolis Board of Directors has approved a new mandate (2021-2023) with a rotating split presidency led in the first term by Wen Guohui, mayor of the People's Government of Guangzhou Municipality, and in the second term of the mandate by Claudia…
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Smart transformation in Iran (Part 1)

In several chapters we can see the impressive work done and the successes achieved The unprecedented rate of urban growth and the challenges that come with it, brought up the necessity for urban management to seek optimal solutions. Solutions that should be able to address all different aspects of urbanism, including sustainable development, education, energy,…

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