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YES FINTECH collaborates with Innovation Centre Denmark India (ICDK India) to create Fintech Innovation ecosystem in Denmark and India

  YES FINTECH organized an India – Denmark Fintech Mission in association with NITI Aayog as part of ‘Road to GES’ series Mission attended by representatives from Innovation Center of Denmark (partnership between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark and the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science) and Copenhagen Fintech   Mumbai, November …

World Economic Forum and OECD Launch SDIP ASEAN Hub

  The Sustainable Development Investment Partnership (SDIP) is to establish an ASEAN regional hub to advance blended finance for sustainable infrastructure investment in the region SDIP, a collaborative initiative managed by the OECD and the World Economic Forum, brings together a community of 35 governments, banks, pension funds and philanthropic organizations committed to mobilizing $100 …

Meet the Social Entrepreneurs Leading Africa’s Transformation

Nine of the World Economic Forum’s 17 global Social Entrepreneurs of the Year for 2017 are actively leading positive transformation in Africa, and achieving outcomes that have eluded governments and conventional businesses Success stories include tackling poaching, mobilizing health workers, reuniting refugees, using fingerprinting to give people an official ID for the first time, and …

New Partnership to Catalyse Sustainable Development Investments for Developing Countries

The Sustainable Development Investment Partnership (SDIP), which includes the World Economic Forum, aims to mobilize $100 billion in private financing over five years The founding members include the governments of Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, USA and UK The SDIP aims to create investment opportunities in water, sanitation, transport, green energy, agriculture, health, telecommunications …

Scandinavian national jewellery associations unite to form Nordic Jewellery Federation in CIBJO

Scandinavian national jewellery associations unite to form Nordic Jewellery Federation in CIBJO    Representatives of the founding member organisations of the Nordic Jewellery Federation at the inaugural meeting in Stockholm (from left): Trine Thorning, Denmark; Björn Carlsson, Sweden; Henrik Kihlman, Finland; Annie Bengtson, Sweden; Linda Klein, Sweden; Jens R. Møller, Denmark, Ingebjørg Alfsén, Norway; CIBJO …

Goa Tourism witnesses most successful edition of Goa International Travel Mart (GITM)

~The event recorded over 1,200 footfalls across two days. 100 international buyers from 28 countries and 250 hosted buyers from India were present at the event ~Around 8,000 appointments were successfully conducted for the travel-trade ~ Awards were conferred by Goa Tourism for the Best Designed Stalls. Winners included Maharashtra Tourism and Karnataka Tourism among …

Nokia Announces Product Advisory for AC-300 Charger for the Lumia 2520 tablet in select European countries

Espoo, Finland – Nokia today announced a product advisory for the European and UK variant of the AC-300 charger, which is used exclusively with the Lumia 2520 tablet. Consumers in Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Russia, Switzerland and UK are strongly advised to suspend use of the charger until further notice. Also, consumers who purchased the …

SIPRI Expert Comment on Sweden’s future involvement in Afghanistan

(Stockholm, 3 September 2013) The visit of United States President Barack Obama to Stockholm this week presents the Swedish Government with an opportunity to discuss urgent foreign policy issues, including Sweden’s future engagement in Afghanistan. Unlike the other Nordic countries, Sweden has yet to sign a bilateral agreement with Afghanistan and it remains unclear whether …