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In late-July, the European Investment Bank (EIB) agreed on the financing structure of NeuConnect, the first ever energy link connecting Germany and the United Kingdom, two of the largest electricity markets in Europe. The investment to build the interconnector will amount to EUR2.8 billion, with the EIB set to contribute up to EUR400 million for the financing construction of the section within the European Union (EU).…

The investment to build the interconnector will amount to EUR2.8 billion, with the EIB set to contribute up to EUR400 million for the financing construction of the section within the European Union (EU).  Other financiers include the UK Infrastructure Bank, which will focus on the stretch within UK maritime and land territory, and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC).…

A European research project is seeking to overcome hurdles to the development of new generation of supercapacitors (SC) for fast-charging, structural energy storages for the automotive industry, as well as aviation services.

The PRINTCAP project was launched in July and will last until 2025, with an anticipated budget of EUR200 million (USD199 million), from public and private sources.…

A lack of reliable data across Africa has weakened policies to improve higher education across the continent, development experts argue. They claim the problem is compromising the achievement of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 4) (1) to leave no one behind in tertiary education by 2030, even though several local data development initiatives are trying to improve the flow of useful statistics.…

An environment-friendly development in creating a key component of polyester has been hailed as a “path-breaking innovation that can change the future of the textile value chain and help the industry in moving toward its sustainability goal”.

This was the view of Gurudas Aras, a textile chemical consultant bases in Mumbai, India.…

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With the textile industry under pressure from consumers, regulators and standards to become more sustainable, companies are looking at all aspects of the supply chain – including upstream to fibre production. Digitalisation has a key role to play here, especially in supplier countries where the use of such technology is weak – such as in Africa.…

Australia’s commitment to strengthen its anti-money laundering legislation is now an eight-year-old promise that has yet to be fulfilled. However, with a change in government in May 2022, with the Labor Party taking power after nine years of government by the right-centre Liberal-National Coalition, there is renewed hope that reform could finally be delivered.…

Aircraft giant Airbus has been fined nearly EUR15.9 million to settle the final vestiges of the massive bribery scandal that initially saw EUR3.6 billion (USD3.79 billion) in fines paid to British, French and United States authorities in January 2020. A Paris court (tribunal judiciaire du Paris) November 30 cleared a November 17 accord between the French financial prosecutor, the Parquet National Financier (PNF) and Airbus.…

With inflation and hard currency shortages compounding the economic disruption caused by Covid-19, governments in south and south-east Asia have been implementing unorthodox trade controls to wrestle control – unfortunately, the beauty sector has been a victim.

Pakistan is a case in point.…

A growing number of successful good practice case studies in Africa are helping guide universities and colleges into how best to boost access to higher education across the continent. More than 80 million Africans have disabilities, according to the UN (1).…