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One million square meters of the future – Europe’s largest 5G exhibition center is being built in Hanover, Germany

1.4 million square meters of exhibition grounds to be equipped with 5G Deutsche Messe's exhibition center in Hanover will get its own 5G campus network before the end of the year. This will create Europe's largest 5G exhibition center, equipped with the new, high-speed generation in mobile communications. In close partnership with Deutsche Telekom, Deutsche…
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Madinah governor opens 1st labor housing project

The projects are all in line with the best international environmental and health practices Madinah Gov. Prince Faisal bin Salman on Tuesday inaugurated the first model project for labor housing in Madinah. It is one the three housing projects in Madinah. Once all the projects are completed, 40 percent of the workers’ housing problems will…
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CDC and Finnfund invest in microfinance pioneer to drive women entrepreneurship in Pakistan

Kashf Foundation promotes female entrepreneurship and has so far enabled more than a million low-income families CDC Group, the UK’s publicly owned impact investor, and Finnfund, the Finnish development financier and impact investor, have provided a US$25 million senior unsecured loan facility to Kashf Foundation, one of the leading microfinance institutions in Pakistan. Kashf Foundation…
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Denmark: 55 e-buses delivered for Odense and the greater Copenhagen area

Keolis is now preparing the service launch of the e-buses in summer 2021, on behalf of Movia and FynBus, the local public transport authorities (PTAs). Keolis has received 55 all-electric buses, manufactured by Yutong, of which 35 will be allocated to the Zealand and Falster network in the greater Copenhagen area and will enter commercial…
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Discover the future of tourism in the Digital age

These questions are at the heart of Expo Talks: Travel and Connectivity, a virtual event that will explore connectivity across key sectors Everyone has the basic need to connect with one another. Connections – be they physical or virtual – are the bedrock of healthy and empowered societies, ensuring we all benefit economically, socially and…
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Miami vies for the title of ‘Bitcoin City’

City commissioners voted 4-1 to study the cryptocurrency before allowing the city to hire a vendor to process transactions It's been nearly one month since Mayor Suarez and Twitter bad boy and business magnate Elon Musk chatted openly on social media about the potential for Musk's Boring Company to build a traffic-solving tunnel system underneath…
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Bhagalpur civic body prepares to build smart streets

Bhagalpur was selected under the ‘Smart Cities Mission’, a central government-sponsored scheme launched in June 2015, in the second list for smart cities in May 2016 The Bhagalpur Municipal Corporation (BMC) has proposed new guidelines for road repair and maintenance of the town area. The civic body says that in the first phase, 18 roads,…
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The Huruma Fund completed its first two impact investments in INSOTEC and FACES

Is the largest social impact fund in Spain (120 M EUR) aimed at financing smallholder farmers in poor rural areas in Latin America, the Caribbean, sub-Saharan Africa, and Asia Huruma Fund the only one with a “vate inveblended finance” structure. Managed by GAWA Capital, financed by the European Commission, FONPRODE, and pristors, and launched in…
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Edinburgh publishes draft 10 year City Mobility Plan

To centre on four strategic priorities: enhancing public transport, people-friendly streets, planning new developments and managing demand Edinburgh’s Draft City Mobility Plan (CMP) has been published, and it sets out a 10 year vision for mobility and transport in the city, reinforcing the Council’s ambition of making Edinburgh carbon neutral by 2030 and responding to…
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5 ways the fashion industry is becoming more circular

From instant knitting machines to fungus-grown plants, the fashion industry is starting to address its heavy impact on the environment For a business often viewed as glamorous, the fashion industry puts a heavy burden on the environment. On the plastics front, around 60% of its raw materials is virgin plastic—used to make fabrics such as…

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