What does the future hold for Israel-China economic relations and which Israeli companies won a prestigious international award?
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Interview | “Technology can not substitute lousy teaching,” says Andreas Schleicher. Schleicher, the world's foremost educator, believes that closing the entire education system was a disaster and that technology should be used to foster new types of personalized education. Read more
Chinese Yuan. Photo: csmonitor.com Start-Up Nation Central teams up with Inter-American Development Bank to promote Latin American partnerships. New partnership with ConnectAmericas will include creation of more than 5,000 profiles for Israeli companies on the social network. Read more
ReWire and TytoCare among the winners of Extreme Tech Challenge 2020. The companies were chosen from out of 2,400 contestants from 87 countries. Read more
New York City Cyber Center in Soho reopened to lead Covid-19 recovery. Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP) founder and chairman Erel Margalit led a delegation of CEOs from JVP portfolio companies to make the announcement. Read more
Online supermarket sales jump 100% as Israeli public braces for lockdown. With infection rates climbing, Israelis are taking their shopping online, with dry goods dominating sales. Read more
Israeli government to hand out relief payments amidst record number of Covid-19 infections. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Wednesday that the state will be awarding a one-off payment for all Israeli adults to alleviate some of the financial pressures caused by the crisis. Read more
Israeli robotic bee hive startup Beewise raises $10 million in series A funding. The Israeli Beewise hopes to replace the old hives and make them smarter so that bees can be monitored remotely and treated without human contact. Read more
