The MENA Power Projects Forum starts today (September 07, 2022), at Conrad Abu Dhabi Etihad Tower, with more than 200 industry experts and government officials discussing on growing opportunities in the sector on the first day
Some $250 billion worth of power projects in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region will undergo a transitional shift from fossil-fuel to renewable energy sources as well as clean nuclear energy, said officials and experts.
Putting knowledge at the heart of our development strategy
Knowledge is power, but how people use knowledge is more important than mere knowledge itself. Photo: Collected
It is heartening to note that discussion is taking place after the release of the 4th edition of the Global Knowledge Index (GKI), jointly produced by the UNDP and Dubai-based Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation. Bangladesh ranked low in GKI among 138 countries. Dr. Saleemul Huq, Director of the ICCCAD at IUB, in an op-ed in
The Daily Star on December 30 rightly stressed the need for a national consensus to make the necessary paradigm shift to transform Bangladesh into a knowledge economy over the next decade.