UZBEKISTAN

Samarkand's First Private University Begins its Second Year

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Thursday, February 1, 2024

The university is expected to move into a campus designed for 1,200 students starting in September 2024.

Key Points: 
  • The university is expected to move into a campus designed for 1,200 students starting in September 2024.
  • Intended to equip students with an education of an international standard, all programs at SIUT are developed in cooperation with the world's leading scientific centers.
  • In order to train a new generation of process engineers in Uzbekistan, our university was founded two years ago."
  • Among them are the Chinese Northeast Electric Power University and Tianjin University of Science and Technology, the University of Donja Gorica (Montenegro), Arizona State University (USA) and others.

Uzum Market ranked as most downloaded local app in Uzbekistan

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Thursday, February 1, 2024

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, Feb. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Uzum Market ranked as the most popular local app in Uzbekistan in 2023, with over 13.5 million cumulative downloads registered over the last year.

Key Points: 
  • TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, Feb. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Uzum Market ranked as the most popular local app in Uzbekistan in 2023, with over 13.5 million cumulative downloads registered over the last year.
  • According to Uzum's internal data and confirmed by statistics from mobile analytics services and app stores, the Uzum Market app was the most popular locally-based mobile app and the most popular e-commerce app in the country in 2023.
  • The Uzum Market app serves as the key entry point into the Uzum ecosystem, which is transforming into a superapp.
  • We are implementing convenient payment methods through financial services embedded in the Uzum Market app, offering new services that are changing consumer habits, and working to transform banking and fintech in Uzbekistan."

Uzum Market ranked as most downloaded local app in Uzbekistan

Retrieved on: 
Thursday, February 1, 2024

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, Feb. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Uzum Market ranked as the most popular local app in Uzbekistan in 2023, with over 13.5 million cumulative downloads registered over the last year.

Key Points: 
  • TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, Feb. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Uzum Market ranked as the most popular local app in Uzbekistan in 2023, with over 13.5 million cumulative downloads registered over the last year.
  • According to Uzum's internal data and confirmed by statistics from mobile analytics services and app stores, the Uzum Market app was the most popular locally-based mobile app and the most popular e-commerce app in the country in 2023.
  • The Uzum Market app serves as the key entry point into the Uzum ecosystem, which is transforming into a superapp.
  • We are implementing convenient payment methods through financial services embedded in the Uzum Market app, offering new services that are changing consumer habits, and working to transform banking and fintech in Uzbekistan."

Silk Road Samarkand Projects Record-Breaking 2024

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Wednesday, January 31, 2024

SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan, Jan. 31, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Management Company Silk Road Samarkand (SRS), which operates Central Asia's largest tourist complex, announced an impressive list of statistics from its banner year of 2023, and projects even greater success in 2024, making the transition from tourist magnet to world-class destination for Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions (MICE).

Key Points: 
  • SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan, Jan. 31, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Management Company Silk Road Samarkand (SRS), which operates Central Asia's largest tourist complex, announced an impressive list of statistics from its banner year of 2023, and projects even greater success in 2024, making the transition from tourist magnet to world-class destination for Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions (MICE).
  • During 2023, Silk Road Samarkand burnished its MICE credentials by hosting more than 24 major international, business and government events, which were attended by more than 30,000 people, including the heads of state of Uzbekistan, Italy, France, and Qatar.
  • That's why SRS was the first location in Samarkand to offer world-class MICE facilities and services.
  • In 2024, SRS will continue surprising tourists and participants in high class events with our hospitality, making this year a breakthrough for the tourism sector of our country and one of its main centers - Samarkand."

Silk Road Samarkand Projects Record-Breaking 2024

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Wednesday, January 31, 2024

SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan, Jan. 31, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Management Company Silk Road Samarkand (SRS), which operates Central Asia's largest tourist complex, announced an impressive list of statistics from its banner year of 2023, and projects even greater success in 2024, making the transition from tourist magnet to world-class destination for Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions (MICE).

Key Points: 
  • SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan, Jan. 31, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Management Company Silk Road Samarkand (SRS), which operates Central Asia's largest tourist complex, announced an impressive list of statistics from its banner year of 2023, and projects even greater success in 2024, making the transition from tourist magnet to world-class destination for Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions (MICE).
  • During 2023, Silk Road Samarkand burnished its MICE credentials by hosting more than 24 major international, business and government events, which were attended by more than 30,000 people, including the heads of state of Uzbekistan, Italy, France, and Qatar.
  • That's why SRS was the first location in Samarkand to offer world-class MICE facilities and services.
  • In 2024, SRS will continue surprising tourists and participants in high class events with our hospitality, making this year a breakthrough for the tourism sector of our country and one of its main centers - Samarkand."

Uzbek Super-app Ecosystem Humans Achieved near $42 Million Revenue for 2023

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Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Uzbekistan, Jan. 31, 2024 The Humans Group of Companies has published its financial and operational results for 2023.

Key Points: 
  • Uzbekistan, Jan. 31, 2024 The Humans Group of Companies has published its financial and operational results for 2023.
  • The company's total revenue for the year amounted to $41.7 million, with the ecosystem earning a total of $114 million over three years.
  • The turnover of the Humans Group in 2023 reached $984.2 million, of which $124.5 million was achieved in December alone.
  • According to the report, almost 1.1 million customers already use at least two services in the Humans super-app at the same time.

Driven by responsibility and innovation, China’s Zhejiang University leverages academic prowess to promote SDGs

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Tuesday, January 30, 2024

HANGZHOU, CHINA - Media OutReach Newswire - 23 January 2024 - Every winter, Davos, a small Swiss town clad in snow and ice, awaits elite representatives from all walks of life worldwide. They gather in the well-known resort for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, where the latest economic trends and solutions to global challenges would be discussed. Zhejiang University released its first-ever SDG report during the annual meeting of the WEF As the center of knowledge production, the cradle of talent training and the source of innovation, the academia is an important force in the WEF. From Jan. 15 to 17, leaders from top universities and research institutions around the world met for the Global University Leaders Forum (GULF), a community to address educational, scientific and research agendas to support WEF's mission of improving the state of the world. How universities and the private sector can work together to address major global challenges in sustainable development is the theme at the GULF 2024, and for Prof. Jiangfeng DU, President of Zhejiang University and Chair of the Association of University Presidents of China (AUPC), this is an effort that the university he is leading has relentlessly committed to. According to The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2023 released last July by the United Nations, half of the SDGs were moderately or severely off target, and more than 30 percent of the goals have made no progress or even retreated. There is much to be done to further upgrade research and action to drive sustainable development policies and practices, and Zhejiang University in east China is one of the pioneers. During the annual meeting of the WEF, Zhejiang University released the Zhejiang University Sustainable Development Goals Report 2023, which is the first time for this renowned Chinese university with more than 120 years of history to introduce its sustainable development policies and practices in an open report. The report shows the efforts and contributions made by faculty members and students of Zhejiang University in 17 SDGs in 2023. In 2023, the University held an advanced seminar on anti-poverty issues in developing countries, sharing innovative and effective practices in absolute poverty eradication, rural revitalization and new-type urbanization with officials from 13 countries including Sri Lanka and Uzbekistan. Last year, Prof. Baojing GU from Zhejiang University won the inaugural Frontiers Planet Prize for his research contribution to mitigating PM2.5 air pollution. Gu is one of the prize's four recipients and the only Chinese scientist. Meanwhile, Xuehong ZHAO, deputy director of the Nursing Department at the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University's School of Medicine, won the Florence Nightingale Medal for the year. This is the honor that nursing staff in Zhejiang Province have received again after a gap of 14 years, and she is also the first nursing staff at Zhejiang University to claim this honor. Zhejiang University, together with Cambridge University, National University of Singapore, Kyoto University and other universities at home and abroad, has established a number of international alliances focusing on sustainable development, such as the International Digital Equality Alliance and the Sustainable Smart Livable Cities Alliance. On November 14, 2023, Zhejiang University played host to the third Sino-German Sustainable Development Forum in Berlin, Germany. Featuring in-depth discussions encompassing critical themes such as climate change and governance, technology and sustainability, global health and well-being, the forum sought to explore effective pathways for Sino-German cooperation in promoting sustainable development. Besides 2023, Zhejiang University have been making contributions to global sustainable development for a long time, with remarkable achievements made in fields like scientific research, talent training and open development. Sustainable development is a key field of scientific research in Zhejiang University. Over the past five years, Zhejiang University faculty published over 82,500 academic papers covering 17 SDG project areas, with specifically abundant output in SDG3 (Good Health and Well-being), SDG11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities), SDG7 (Affordable and Clean Energy). In order to cultivate more talents in the field of sustainable development for China and the world, Zhejiang University has strengthened its education in related disciplines, and also held the SDG Global Summer School for two consecutive years. Focusing on key modules such as carbon neutrality, inclusive development, smart city, data visualization and networked autonomous systems, the summer school attracted the participation of more than 2,000 outstanding young students from over 420 universities in 80-plus countries and regions. Zhejiang University has also become an active advocate for the sustainable development of university services. In 2021, Zhejiang University rolled out its sustainability action plan--A Global ZJU for Social Good, and launched the Joint Statement of Global University Leaders on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. So far, the initiative has received positive responses from over 60 universities from 31 countries and regions, including Harvard University, Yale University, University College London, University of Sydney, University of Toronto, Peking University and other universities from six continents, and many of them have also participated in the GULF. Among the plethora of sustainable development issues facing the world, global warming is one of the prominent challenges, which directly relates to whether Davos will still be such a snowy fairy-tale place in winter in the near future. In the past decade, Zhejiang University has generated more than 10,000 research papers related with net-zero emissions, ranking among the best in terms of global academic output. It has established the Institute for Carbon Neutrality, which seeks to build a high-level carbon neutrality sci-tech talent center and a high-tech innovation highland via interdisciplinary integration and collaborative innovation. "Higher education institutions, as the bank of talent and hub of scientific research, play an essential role in addressing the pressing challenges brought by climate change. Zhejiang University has actively answered the call of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Global Development Initiative, and will continue working with its global partners to address the urgent challenges facing the world," Du said. Hashtag: #ZhejiangUniversity

Key Points: 
  • The report shows the efforts and contributions made by faculty members and students of Zhejiang University in 17 SDGs in 2023.
  • Last year, Prof. Baojing GU from Zhejiang University won the inaugural Frontiers Planet Prize for his research contribution to mitigating PM2.5 air pollution.
  • On November 14, 2023, Zhejiang University played host to the third Sino-German Sustainable Development Forum in Berlin, Germany.
  • Zhejiang University has also become an active advocate for the sustainable development of university services.

Driven by Responsibility and Innovation, China's Zhejiang University Leverages Academic Prowess to Promote SDGs

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Tuesday, January 23, 2024

The report shows the efforts and contributions made by faculty members and students of Zhejiang University in 17 SDGs in 2023.

Key Points: 
  • The report shows the efforts and contributions made by faculty members and students of Zhejiang University in 17 SDGs in 2023.
  • Last year, Prof. Baojing GU from Zhejiang University won the inaugural Frontiers Planet Prize for his research contribution to mitigating PM2.5 air pollution.
  • On November 14, 2023, Zhejiang University played host to the third Sino-German Sustainable Development Forum in Berlin, Germany.
  • Zhejiang University has also become an active advocate for the sustainable development of university services.

BE OPEN Art launches the first regional competition of 2024 to support emerging artists of Central Asia

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Wednesday, January 24, 2024

LONDON, Jan. 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- In 2024, BE OPEN Art , an online gallery set up by Elena Baturina's humanitarian think-tank BE OPEN, continues to run BE OPEN Regional Art, the regional competition for emerging artists aimed to support those whose art best represents their regional, cultural and ethnic identities.

Key Points: 
  • LONDON, Jan. 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- In 2024, BE OPEN Art , an online gallery set up by Elena Baturina's humanitarian think-tank BE OPEN, continues to run BE OPEN Regional Art, the regional competition for emerging artists aimed to support those whose art best represents their regional, cultural and ethnic identities.
  • The stage will traditionally last three months, and the regional winner for Central Asia will be named and awarded 500 euros at the end of March 2024.
  • Later in 2024, BE OPEN Regional Art will travel to Central America, Southern Africa, and South Asia.
  • The first stage of BE OPEN Regional Art was dedicated to the art of the Eastern Mediterranean.

BE OPEN Art launches the first regional competition of 2024 to support emerging artists of Central Asia

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, January 24, 2024

LONDON, Jan. 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- In 2024, BE OPEN Art , an online gallery set up by Elena Baturina's humanitarian think-tank BE OPEN, continues to run BE OPEN Regional Art, the regional competition for emerging artists aimed to support those whose art best represents their regional, cultural and ethnic identities.

Key Points: 
  • LONDON, Jan. 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- In 2024, BE OPEN Art , an online gallery set up by Elena Baturina's humanitarian think-tank BE OPEN, continues to run BE OPEN Regional Art, the regional competition for emerging artists aimed to support those whose art best represents their regional, cultural and ethnic identities.
  • The stage will traditionally last three months, and the regional winner for Central Asia will be named and awarded 500 euros at the end of March 2024.
  • Later in 2024, BE OPEN Regional Art will travel to Central America, Southern Africa, and South Asia.
  • The first stage of BE OPEN Regional Art was dedicated to the art of the Eastern Mediterranean.