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Irish Eco-Entrepreneur Wins Top United Nations Environmental Prize for Ethical Shopping App Evocco.

Alison McGuireSeptember 21, 2018

Developer of ethical shopping app Evocco, Hugh Weldon, wins Young Champions of the Earth Prize. Each of the seven Young Champions will receive US$15,000 ...

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Morpheus.Network CEO to Present at the United Nations (UN) Blockchain Conference in China

Alison McGuireSeptember 14, 2018

Dan Weinberger, CEO of Morpheus.Network, the cutting-edge supply chain platform utilizing blockchain technology to improve transactions, was invited by Liu Hong...

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Blockchain: Transforming Your Business and Our World – Now Available!

Irish Tech NewsAugust 24, 2018

Last year, I was researching for my PhD, and I noticed that there was a lack of knowledge available on how Blockchain could be used for social good. Most of the information available related to Blockchain was either about Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies...

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Moscow has Topped United Nations E-Government Survey

Melanie BoylanJuly 30, 2018

The United Nations has piloted a study on e-government development in 40 cities around the globe for the very first time. Moscow has topped the e-government sur...

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UN to host global commodities forum 2018 next week

Emer HandlyApril 17, 2018

The Global Commodities Forum is part of the UNCTAD Technical Cooperation programme, Breaking the Chains of Commodity Dependence. Launched in 2010, the ...

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UN assessments help three countries to get e-trade ready

Emer HandlyApril 17, 2018

Assessments carried out by The United Nations conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) have helped three countries to advance their e-commerce skills, according to reports released today. The Lao Peoples’ Democratic Republic, Myanmar and Libe...

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Why Blockchain needs Experts from Other Industries

Jillian GodsilMarch 27, 2018

DoYeop Kim has already had the type of career most people struggle to create in fifty years let alone the short 8 years he has been working with the UN. Born in...

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Accenture, Microsoft Create Blockchain Solution to Support ID2020

Ronan LeonardJune 20, 2017

Accenture is leading a “call to action” and responding with a blockchain solution to support ID2020, a global public-private partnership affiliated with the Uni...

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Global ICT Body Offers to Partner with Developing Nations to Achieve UN’s Sustainable Development Goals

Ronan LeonardMay 10, 2016

IFIP (International Federation for Information Processing), the global ICT professional body, has invited developing nations to partner with it to build their technology expertise and capability. IFIP President Leon Strous used his high level addr...

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