Mohamed Sanad created an internal mobile phone aerial to reduce the device’s radiation. He won the Innovation Prize for Africa in 2012. The Algerian Zeinou Abdelyamine came in second place.
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The Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) and the Studies and Projects Funding Body (Finep) have promised industrialists that financing for innovation will increase in 2012.
By the end of last year there were 135 games of the type in the language of the region, according to a report of consulting firm Arab Advisors Group, based in Jordan.
Eleven scientists are going to present their work at the Biotechnology World Congress, to take place in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, on the 14th and 15th of this month.
A University and the Army have signed a partnership to develop aircraft to watch frontiers. Companies see in the initiative an opportunity to sell abroad.
Alwaleed Bin Talal and Kingdom Holding Company, the company he chairs, have acquired a US$ 300 million stake in Twitter. The enterprise is known to invest in media.
A report by the organisation says the country has been successful in becoming an outsourcing hub, but that it needs to expand its information technology infrastructure and promote inclusive policies.
National Confederation of Industries (CNI) intends to open 34 new laboratories by 2014. The goal is to help Brazilian enterprises to innovate.
The Brazilian minister of Science and Technology, Aloizio Mercadante, said the country wants to invest in innovation and will bring international specialists in to develop local projects.
Chemtech, in Siemens group, offers process optimisation for the oil and gas industry and has an employee in Abu Dhabi. By September next year, the team should exceed 20 people.
The country has become a permanent member of the ISO/TC 217 committee, a group that regulates the worldwide hygiene, perfumery and cosmetics industry.
The Federal University of Pará has started participating in UN telecommunications agency ITU talks alongside Arab countries like Tunisia and Algeria. There should be experience exchange in the area.
Science and Technology Ministry and National Confederation of Industries (CNI) signed memorandum of intentions this Wednesday to establish a company for fostering industrial technological innovation.
Employee training at the Volkswagen engine factory, in São Carlos, calls attention of units in other countries. The differential is the use of an engine prototype for manipulation.
