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ABS Issues Certificate for the World’s Largest Classed Unmanned Surface Vehicle

eriinfo.com1 day ago03 mins

Saildrone Surveyor – Courtesy Saildrone Technologies ABS awarded Classification to the Saildrone Surveyor, a fully autonomous deepwater unmanned surface vehicle (USV). This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250826434666/en/ At 20 meters long and capable of unmanned operations across all of the world’s oceans, the Surveyor breaks new ground. The Surveyor is…

PubNub Powers Historic FIFA Club World Cup 2025™ Broadcast with DAZN, Creating the World’s Largest Virtual Fan Experience

eriinfo.com1 day ago03 mins

PubNub, the leading platform for real-time interactive applications, announced its collaboration with DAZN, the leading global sports entertainment platform, to power a groundbreaking broadcast of the FIFA Club World Cup 2025™. This was the first men’s international club football tournament streamed live and free to fans worldwide. Leveraging PubNub’s real-time infrastructure, DAZN delivered an interactive…

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Africa: Nigeria Set to Host Africa’s Largest Elevator, Escalator Exhibition

eriinfo.com2 weeks ago02 mins

The spotlight is set to shine on Nigeria this September as the country prepares to host the continent’s largest elevator and escalator industry exhibition –Lift Expo Nigeria 2025. Scheduled to take place from September 2nd to 4th at the prestigious Landmark Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos, the event is the first of its kind in the…

Africa: AfDB Signs Agreement to Mobilize b for Construction of Africa’s Largest Airport in Ethiopia

Africa: AfDB Signs Agreement to Mobilize $8b for Construction of Africa’s Largest Airport in Ethiopia

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago03 mins

Addis Abeba — The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has signed an agreement with Ethiopian Airlines Group to mobilize $8 billion for the construction of Bishoftu International Airport, which is set to become Africa’s largest airport upon completion. A ceremonial signing to formalize the arrangement was held in Addis Abeba today, attended by Lemma Yadecha,…

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Africa: Nigeria Ranks Africa’s Fourth Largest Economy Despite Rebasing

eriinfo.com1 month ago02 mins

Despite the rebasing of Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Production (GDP), the country still retains its position as the fourth largest economy in terms of Nominal terms. According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), the country’s economy was worth N372.82 trillion in 2024. Using the current N1,529.53 per dollar, this, the economy is $243,526,768,148.72 (billion) in…

Pentagon to become largest shareholder in rare earth magnet maker MP Materials

eriinfo.com2 months ago06 mins

The Defense Department will become the largest shareholder in rare earth miner MP Materials after agreeing to buy $400 million of its preferred stock, the company said Thursday. MP Materials owns the only operational rare earth mine in the U.S. at Mountain Pass, California, about 60 miles outside Las Vegas. Proceeds from the Pentagon investment…

Africa: Ethiopia Preparing to Inaugurate Largest Hydroelectric Power Plant in Africa

eriinfo.com2 months ago03 mins

Addis Ababa, — Preparations are underway for the official inauguration of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), the largest hydroelectric power plant in Africa, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said. Responding to questions by members of the parliament today, the prime minister said “the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is now complete, and we are preparing…

Foreign aid cuts hurt the most vulnerable in world’s largest refugee camp | Rohingya

eriinfo.com2 months ago017 mins

Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh – The sound of children at play echoes through the verdant lanes of one of the dozens of refugee camps on the outskirts of Cox’s Bazar, a densely populated coastal town in southeast Bangladesh. Just for a moment, the sounds manage to soften the harsh living conditions faced by the more than one…

Rubin Observatory unleashes world’s largest digital camera on the cosmos

eriinfo.com2 months ago04 mins

Made from more than 1 100 images captured by NSF-DOE Vera C Rubin Observatory, this image contains an immense variety of objects, demonstrating the broad range of science Rubin will transform with its 10-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time. The image includes about 10 million galaxies, roughly 0.05% of the approximately 20 billion galaxies Rubin…

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Africa: Pacific States, Territories Gift the World Its ‘Largest Conservation Project’

eriinfo.com3 months ago06 mins

Nice, France — While the island states in the Pacific may be modest, the ocean that surrounds them represents a huge oceanic state–an area equivalent to the entire European Continent. And for the first time, 22 Pacific Island countries and territories have pledged to manage 100 percent of the Blue Pacific Continent sustainably and protect…