The provision of safe water, sanitation and waste management, and hygienic conditions is essential for preventing and protecting human health every day and even more during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Ensuring communities, homes, schools, marketplaces, and healthcare facilities have a continuous supply of water as well as good water conservation management practices will ensure that the world has enough water for washing hands and clean water for drinking that will help in the management of the Covid 19. New innovative solutions are needed to help fight the novel coronavirus. Follow this link for some of Israel’s top water technologies: http://www.israeltrade.org.au/israel-water-technology-helping-in-the-fight-against-corona-virus/

Israel is well known these days as the “Nation of Innovation” and “StartUp nation”. With nearly 4,000 startups and more than 300 multinationals opening R&D centres in Israel and the highest investment in R&D per capita in the world, Israel is living up to its legend. However, it is often forgotten that up until the 1970s, Israel was considered a developing country, struggling to provide its citizens with the most basic needs. Israel was able to overcome many of its struggles and become the strong economy it is today. See how with some examples: http://www.israeltrade.org.au/devtech-harnessing-israeli-innovation-to-create-a-better-world-for-all/H/T to our Accra Office

Over 700 startups dealing with different aspects of fintech are estimated to be working in Israel today. They include payments solutions, business loans and credit, cybersecurity for payments, trading, and more. Israeli Fintech startups have raised more than $1.8B in total across 211 deals since 2014, excluding insuretech.  Israel’s dedication to R&D is unparalleled with payment innovations such as mobile wallets and digital-only banks break the borders financially and enable users to make global payments. Trends to look out for in the future of payments include mobile wallets; the rise of codes; biometric authentication; contactless payments and mobile point-of-sale. http://www.israeltrade.org.au/zoom-in-on-the-israeli-payment-industry/

That tweet, which framed an Australian soldier with an innocent child, doctored and shared by a Chinese Official, will remain historically controversial. The Israeli company Cyabra has expressed their expertise: Cyabra analyses and exposes online fakery for governments and corporations. They found 57.5% of accounts that engaged with the tweet in question were fake, and “evidence of a largely orchestrated disinformation campaign” to amplify its message. Cyabra said its analysis of the 1,344 accounts revealed a large number were created in November and used only once - to retweet that single item. We all probably knew as much, now proven.

Amidst the health crisis that overcame the world in 2020, new dawn arose in the middle of 2020. The first Arab–Israeli peace dea

TV streaming is in its golden age as the plethora of content overtakes movies through on-demand services. Mostly administrated through over-the-top services, viewers are ever-personalising their content, and now an Israeli startup enhances that experience even further. Texel.live is exporting their technology to Australia through partnering with OTT providers for sports events, music concerts, reality TV, &c. that can allow users to tune in together. Imagine watching the One-day cricket like you're on a Zoom call, without lag, celebrating the Mitchell Starc wicket. The best startups do things unimaginable, and when it's mainstream, you wonder why it wasn't around beforehand.