JOHANNESBURG & PORT LOUIS, Côte d'Ivoire - Monday, 23. January 2023 AETOSWire

Kasada will build the first international branded hotels in the district of Angré, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
The hotels will be part of a larger retail and office park under development by HC Capital Properties on a 5 hectares site.
This new mixed-use precinct will become an anchor in the local community and generate significant impact.
(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kasada, the leading independent real estate private equity platform dedicated to hospitality in sub-Saharan Africa, announced today that it will build a new dual-branded hotel in Abidjan within the largest retail-led mixed-use development currently being developed by HCCP. The complex, scheduled to open in 2024, will seek to be certified EDGE, the World Bank’s green building certification program, and will boast over 150 hotel keys, a shopping center with over 60 stores, restaurants, a mini entertainment park, offic ... Read more »

DAVOS, Switzerland - Thursday, 19. January 2023

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Securing the world’s global freshwater ecosystems, under increasing threat from climate change, population growth and consumer demand, has become more critical than ever. To tackle this escalating crisis, UpLink, the open innovation platform of the World Economic Forum, in partnership with global conglomerate HCL Group, has announced 10 water-focused entrepreneurs who will share CHF1.75 million ($1.9 million) from HCL Group to scale their innovations.

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Access to water plays a critical role in food production, education, job creation, health and well-being and the preservation of the natural world and is vital to achieving the UN’s 2030 sustainability agenda. However, global demand for water will exceed sustainable supply by 40% by 2030, with huge implications f ... Read more »

BERLIN - Tuesday, 24. January 2023

Decarbonization of Industry and Fossil Fuels

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Graforce, Germany’s leading provider of zero carbon hydrogen plants, and Kawasaki Gas Turbine Europe GmbH (Kawasaki), a European gas turbine and heat-power cogeneration business, are cooperating for zero-emission heat and power generation. The joint innovative plant concept combines Graforce's methane electrolysis technology (plasmalysis) with hydrogen turbines from Kawasaki. First customer projects for this zero carbon heat and power solution are in the works.

“Our joint zero-emission plant is a breakthrough for the decarbonization of both, fossil fuels and manufacturing industries”, explains Dr. Jens Hanke, CTO of Graforce. “This technology generates CO₂-free high-temperature heat via hydrogen, the carbon black is used as a raw material in production, and &n ... Read more »

LONDON - Tuesday, 24. January 2023 AETOSWire  

Bringing causal understanding to improve decisions across the enterprise

(BUSINESS WIRE)--causaLens, the London deep tech company and pioneer of Causal AI, today announced the launch of decisionOS, the first operating system using cause-and-effect reasoning for all aspects of an enterprise’s decision-making.

Causal AI is the technology that identifies the underlying web of causes, to provide critical decision-making insights that current machine learning fails to deliver. The technology is gaining momentum rapidly, with ‘big tech’ companies such as Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Meta, Spotify, Netflix and Uber who are investing heavily in the development of Causal AI, and it was recently featured in various Gartner hype cycles.

decisionOS optimises business decisions by embedding Causal AI models into decision workflows at any level of an organisation. Now enterprise users in all indust ... Read more »

Improved its brand ranking by four positions this year to rank 11, bigger jump in ranking than any other brand in global top 25 listing
Increased brand value by approximately 66% over the last three years
(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Tech Mahindra, a leading provider of digital transformation, consulting, and business re-engineering services and solutions, has been recognized as the fastest growing brand in ‘brand value rank’ amongst the top 25 IT services brands by Brand Finance, the world’s leading brand evaluation firm. The organization’s brand value ranking improved by four positions since last year. This is the highest rank achieved by Tech Mahindra in the Brand Finance ranking till date. The jump in ranking by Tech Mahindra is also bigger than any other brand.

The organization’s brand value registered a robust growth of 66% since the beginning of the pandemic, with its value rising by 15% to USD 3.5 billion in 2022. Listed among the Top 7 ... Read more »

New tower will greatly enhance Toranomon Hills, transportation node connecting the world and central Tokyo and its evolution as a new international hub and global business center

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Mori Building Co., Ltd., Japan’s leading urban landscape developer, announced today that the 49-story Toranomon Hills Station Tower will open this coming autumn. This project is being led by the Toranomon 1 & 2-chome District Urban Redevelopment Association, in which Mori Building is a leading participant. With the birth of Toranomon Hills Station Tower, which currently is being thoroughly integrated with Toranomon Hills Station, the entire Toranomon Hills area, which has been expanding and evolving at an unprecedented speed toward the realization of a new international hub and global business center, will be completed as a “city” boasting a scale and impact comparable to that of Roppongi Hills.

Toranomon Hills Station Tower is a multi-purpose 266-met ... Read more »

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Tuesday, 24. January 2023 AETOSWire 

The Interactive Advertising Bureau MENA (IAB MENA) – The trade association exclusively dedicated to the development and promotion of the digital marketing and advertising sector in the region - recently announced a succession in its board leadership.

Rayan Karaky, the current IAB MENA Chair and Google’s representative on the board has resigned his chairmanship due to a new corporate engagement that sees him leave his role at Google. The board appointed Michel Malkoun representing Choueiri Group as the new Chair of Board and elected Mohamad Itani representing Amazon Ads as the new Vice-Chair until the end of the current board term in the first quarter of 2024.

Speaking on his new appointment Michel Malkoun stated that “After building a fantastic base for a truly collective and positive environment for our industry’s advancement, ... Read more »

The new release delivers AI-driven innovations and centralized ZTNA, helping customers reign in operational complexity and advanced cyberattacks.

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hillstone Networks, a leading provider of innovative and accessible cybersecurity solutions, has announced a major upgrade to its operating system, Hillstone StoneOS 5.5R10. The latest upgrade delivers AI-based high performance threat protection, centralized Zero Trust control and management, and further simplification of security operations and system optimization, among over 300 new features. The new functionality enhances the security posture of customer environments and further streamlines security operations with an easy upgrade path.

Threat protection enhancements with AI technology

The new StoneOS leverages AI technology to provide ML-based threat detection for encrypted traffic without the need for decryption. It also features intelligent DDoS protection and DGA detection. In addition ... Read more »

Simultaneous Use of Masimo O3® Regional Oximetry, NomoLine® Capnography, SedLine® Brain Function Monitoring, and rainbow® Pulse CO-Oximetry Helped Clinicians Determine that Maintaining Higher End-tidal Carbon Dioxide (EtCO2) Improved Cerebral Oxygenation, Leading to Improved Outcomes

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) today announced the findings of a prospective, single-blinded, randomized controlled study published in the Journal of Anesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine in which Dr. Mona Mohamed Mogahed and colleagues at Tanta University in Tanta, Egypt and The King Fahd General Hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, sought to evaluate the impact of varying ventilation strategies on the cerebral oxygenation of patients undergoing video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). To monitor the variety of physiological parameters needed to undertake such an evaluation, they turned to the multi-modal Masimo Root® patient monitoring and connectivity platform, ... Read more »