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Global Innovation Index 2017: Switzerland leads again, India and Sub-Saharan Africa outperform

Posted on June 26, 2017 by Nitin Dahad |

Switzerland, Sweden, the Netherlands, the USA and the UK are the world’s most innovative countries, while a group of nations including India, Kenya, and Vietnam are outperforming their development level…

Innovation and enabling a generational transformation in MENA

Posted on June 9, 2017 by Nitin Dahad |

The World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) met at the Dead Sea in Jordan in May, and emerged with key outcomes to commit to innovation,…

Airline laptop bans: how policy change can spark innovation

Posted on April 30, 2017 by Nitin Dahad |

Since the political events of 2016 in the USA and UK, one of the common topics of conversation at international events or conferences is: how will the impending changes impact…

Belgian health cluster BioWin received $25.8m for innovation in 2016

Posted on April 28, 2017 by The Next Silicon Valley |

BioWin, a health cluster based in Wallonia, Belgium, has released data saying 2016 was a record year for investment in R&D projects, with €24.3 million ($25.8M) funding for eight projects,…

Singapore makes moves to spur public sector innovation, build smart nation

Posted on April 2, 2017 by Nitin Dahad |

The Government Technology Agency of Singapore (GovTech) has signed of a Memorandum of Intent (MOI) with the National University of Singapore (NUS) to boost skills and innovation in the public…

IoT Asia 2017: Asia-Pacific will be a key driver of global IoT innovation

Posted on April 2, 2017 by Nitin Dahad |

We are increasingly seeing commentaries and reports on how China, India and the Asia-Pacific region will increasingly play a part in driving global technology innovation. At the recent IoT Asia…

US and China are top innovation hubs, followed by India and UK

Posted on April 2, 2017 by Nitin Dahad |

Technology has permeated all industries, which means there has been an unprecedented rise in technology innovation and the ecosystems surrounding it. A new report on global technology innovation hubs finds…

Roots of innovation: 45 countries ranked in global IP index

Posted on February 16, 2017 by The Next Silicon Valley |

Innovative and creative activity on a socially transformative scale relies on strong policies on intellectual property (IP). It’s thought that global counterfeiting has more than doubled since 2008, amounting to…

US innovation impacted as new policy changes take effect

Posted on February 3, 2017 by Nitin Dahad |

The US has always been the place where tech companies around the world wanted to set up or do business. When I started at National Semiconductor in the UK in…

Qatar establishes new academy to spur Arab innovation

Posted on January 29, 2017 by The Next Silicon Valley |

A new innovation academy has been established in Qatar as an educational initiative to help build innovation and entrepreneurship capacity in the Arab world. Qatar Science and Technology Park (QSTP),…