Unexpected foes: weak links in innovation roadmaps
By Dimis Michaelides Imagine you are implementing a transformation programme in your organisation. You have it all spelt out with the fashionable jargon of our...
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E-signatures on the way, innovation minister says
After years of dragging its feet and now forced by the coronavirus crisis to implement e-government as soon as possible, the government will soon be...
Finance minister presents bill to establish deputy innovation ministry
Finance Minister Harris Georgiades on Monday presented a bill to establish a Deputy Ministry of Innovation and Digital Policy. Addressing the House finance committee Georgiades...
Environmental innovation and commercial success don’t have to clash, shipping delegates told
Sustainable and alternative energy were on the agenda Tuesday at the Maritime Cyprus conference in Limassol, which began on Monday and will go on until...
Sun and innovation to make Nicosia ‘The Brightest Capital in Europe’
Moves to rebrand Nicosia as ‘The Brightest Capital in Europe’ continue apace, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Friday. Views on Nicosia’s new logo and...
EC announces €3m innovation project for TC community
The European Commission announced Friday the start of the EU funded Innovative Entrepreneurship and Dialogue, a €3m project that is part of the economic development...
€120 million to be spent on centres of excellence
A total of €120 million will be used to create new centres of excellence in Cyprus, after the country secured €30 million under the ‘Teaming’...
Innovation – what kind and how fast?
Direction and speed are crucial By Dimis Michaelides What kind of innovation? Imagine a horizontal line which I shall call the innovation continuum. On the...
Chamber of Commerce says economy must focus on innovation
Cyprus needs a new economic model which utilises both the traditional sectors and strengthens the role of young people if it wants to get ahead,...
Cabinet underlines importance of research and development
The appointment of a national research and innovation council was approved by the cabinet on Tuesday to promote research and entrepreneurship, Finance Minister Harris Georgiades...
Can elephants innovate? Possible, not easy
Innovation pulses by Dimis Michaelides Who are the most innovative companies? Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook, Google, Facebook, Alibaba, Tesla spring to mind. They created a...
Innovative research in the heart of Nicosia’s old city
The launch of the new research centre on interactive media, smart systems and emerging technologies (Rise) took place on Wednesday morning in the old part...
Undersecretary Petrides says reunification to offer another reform chance
Undersecretary to the President Constantinos Petrides said that a settlement of the Cyprus Problem could provide an opportunity to address shortcomings in Cyprus’s public administration....
Negotiations underway to prepare Cyprus for European Space Agency Convention
Negotiations between Cyprus and the European Space Agency (ESA) for the upcoming ECS Agreement that will promote innovation and research in the sector are under...
Nicosia pop-up festival ready to roll
Nicosia municipality has awarded shop space to 39 out of 70 applicants for this year’s pop-up festival, it said on Wednesday. The festival is being...
Time for the government to embrace innovation
By Dimis Michaelides THE WORLD has embraced innovation. More and more people are imagining and implementing new and valuable things at a relentlessly accelerating pace....
A New ‘Longitude Prize’
By Gwynne Dyer Voting began this week to choose the problem that the winner of the Longitude Prize 2014 will have to solve – and...
Common myths about innovation
By Theodore Panayotou While people have begun to accept that the new economic model of the country must incorporate innovation and entrepreneurship, very few see...
An entrepreneurial pilgrimage to Israel
By Theodore Panayotou Traditionally, the main reason for Cypriots to go to Israel was on a pilgrimage to the holy places. In recent years,...