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Agricultural development agencies, researchers, and policymakers from Liberia are set to organise a business summit to draw a seed road map for the West African country. The consortium includes the Building an Economically Sustainable Integrated Cassava Seed System, Phase 2 (BASICS-II) project of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), AfDB-funded Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) of IITA, the Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA) in Nigeria, and the Liberian government.…

Wayne Brady: The Family Remix’s Wayne Brady, Mandie Taketa and San Heng will jointly deliver the keynote address at the sixth annual BRIC Summit, which will be held March 15 in downtown Los Angeles and online the next day. Earlier this morning, Freeform announced that it will air the unscripted series, previously announced as a Hulu original, on its network before it hits the streaming platform. The show follows the five-time Emmy winner and Taketa, who were married from 1999 to 2008, as they co-parent…

The venture capital stars were shining in Los Angeles this week at the Upfront Summit, an invite-only VC conference founded by Mark Suster and known for going all-out. For example, there were Coco robots serving drinks and lots of pink. AI was the talk of the town again and even some celebrities graced the stage, including Lady Gaga, Cameron Diaz, Katy Perry and Novak Djokovic. What may have been a little different this year, though, is that it’s been a tough one for venture capital and startups…

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chipsetIn a post on X (formerly Twitter), Don McGuire, the CMO at Qualcomm, shed some light on the upcoming Snapdragon Summit in October 2024.McGuire shares that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chipset will be revealed at the Snapdragon Summit in October 2024.The new chipset will feature Qualcomm’s Oryon, which he claims to be a “supercharged CPU” along with some new NPU (Neural Processing Unit) improvements.If the CPU is really supercharged, it reaffirms the claims of an earlier leak where tipster…

The National President of the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA), Dele Oye, has given a final resolution on the NACCIMA-Qatar Chamber of Commerce Business Summit, slated to take place on 3 March 2024, at the Grand Sheraton, Doha, Qatar. In a statement, Mr Oye said the misunderstanding surrounding the event stemmed from a diplomatic correspondence that was regrettably misinterpreted. According to him, “The Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry,…

Published By: Samreen PallLast Updated: February 16, 2024, 11:43 ISTMangaluru Airport: Achieves Level-3 Customer Experience Accreditation from ACI. (Photo: Airport Technology)Mangaluru International Airport achieves level-3 customer experience accreditation from ACI, first in India's 5M passenger category. Aiming for level-4. The Mangaluru International Airport has received the coveted level-3 airport customer experience accreditation from the Airports Council International (ACI), a release from the MIA here said on…

Image Source : FILE India Digital Summit The Indian government stated that it will hold the first-ever ‘Future Skills Summit’ in Guwahati (on Thursday) where more than 20 strategic collaborations in skilling will be unveiled. The summit will be inaugurated by Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT and Skill Development- Rajeev Chandrasekhar and it is expected to…

Back in 2016, we featured a carbon-framed all-terrain commuter from M2S Bikes called the All-Go. Now the company's Eric Crews has launched a new brand called Forest, along with its first mid-drive fat-tire adventurers.Crews told us that the new Forest Summit Series ebikes have been in development for the last couple of years, and the new brand has now launched on Indiegogo to fund production and engage the riding community directly.The 6061 aluminum framed off-road ebike is being offered in hardtail, step-through and…

Unit economics, total addressable market and founder quality — these are top of the mind for risk capital investors as the startup ecosystem in the country faces its worst-ever downturn. This was the broad consensus at a discussion among leaders of the startup ecosystem at the Global Business Summit.Moderated by InfoEdge founder and vice chairman Sanjeev Bikhchandani, the panelists at the session on Brave New World: Venturing in Times of Uncertainty, who included unicorn founders and Shark Tank India judges, laid out…

This CyberShake Study 22.12 seismic hazard model shows the Southern California regions, depicted in reds and yellows, expected to experience strong ground motions at least once in the next 2,500 years. Credit: Statewide California Earthquake Center Researchers at the Statewide California Earthquake Center, or SCEC, are unraveling the mysteries of earthquakes by using physics-based computational models running on…