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LAGOS, Nigeria, Sept. 07, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Emirate Lithium & Geominerals Limited (”Emirate Lithium” or the “Company”), a subsidiary of Emirate Group focused on the exploration, mining, trading and exporting of solid mineral ores, including lithium spodumene, tin, columbite, zircon sand (brown), monazite and tantalite to Europe and Asia, announced today that it has signed contracts with AGVision Mining Limited (“AG Vision”) to carry out pre-feasibility studies for its licensed Iwajowa and Kaima lithium projects located within the known pegmatite belt in southwestern and north-central Nigeria. The Nigerian Geological Survey Agency, the Federal Nigerian agency charged with developing geo-science…
LAGOS, Nigeria, Aug. 23, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Emirate Lithium & Geominerals Limited (”Emirate Lithium” or the “Company”), a subsidiary of Emirate Group focused on the exploration, mining, trading and exporting of solid mineral ores, including lithium spodumene, tin, columbite, zircon sand (brown), monazite and tantalite to Europe and Asia, is preparing to file its S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission with the goal of listing of its shares via an IPO on the Nasdaq Global Market in the United States. The Company intends to raise approximately $15.0 million in the IPO of its ordinary common shares. The…
Lighthouse Labs will leverage the round to grow its team, broaden the ecosystem of worlds it partners with and targets summer 2022 launch MONTREAL, May 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Lighthouse, the company building the open metaverse navigation engine, today announces that it has raised a US$7 million seed round co-led by Accel, BlockTower and Animoca Brands. The round includes participation from White Star Capital, Sparkle Ventures, Gemini Frontier Fund, The Graph core developers StreamingFast, Tiny VC and angels including Patricio Worthalter (founder, POAP), Ryan Selkis (founder, Messari), Alex Svanevik (founder, Nansen), Thibault Launay (founder, Exclusible) and other high profile…
AN EXTRAORDINARY SUCCESS FOR THE TWO LUISS “GUIDO CARLI” PROJECTS AT EXPO DUBAI ROME, April 07, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Forums, workshops, exhibitions, and shows have characterized the participation of Luiss University in the Italian Pavilion at Expo Dubai, one of the most visited in the entire exhibition. In six months, 1.6 million visitors were welcomed in the Italian Pavilion, which received the “Best innovation that achieves sustainability award” at the UAE Innovates awards. Two technological applications with a highly immersive approach were included in the exhibition, with a program developed in collaboration with Intesa Sanpaolo. Luiss and Intesa Sanpaolo…
LAGOS, Nigeria and WALL, N.J., March 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BIO-key International, Inc. (NASDAQ: BKYI), an innovative provider of identity and access management (IAM) and Civil ID solutions featuring Identity-Bound Biometrics (IBB), today announced the start of its national enrollment program in partnership with Specta – an online lending platform owned and powered by Sterling Bank Nigeria Plc., for the supply of tens of thousands of biometric equipment and the requisite financing to drive the National Identity Management Commission’s (NIMC) mandated enrollment program for civilians. Through Sterling Bank’s Specta program and specialized support services, BIO-key’s Pocket10 for mobile biometric…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 19, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Nigeria’s “Creative Youth Boot Camp: Art for Social Transformation” of the Street Project Foundation was selected as one of ten global grassroots organizations to receive the prestigious Intercultural Innovation Award from the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and the BMW Group, during an Awards Ceremony held last night at the German Pavilion of the Dubai EXPO 2020, within the margins of the thematic week on Tolerance and Inclusivity. The selection process was highly competitive, with over 1,100 applications received from 120 countries. Creative Youth Boot Camp galvanizes young individuals…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 07, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Barrows, the provider of hotel investment and advisory services for hotels in the Middle East and Africa, advises West African developer in raising financing for a state-of-the-art shopping mall, business center and hotel tower. Barrows will raise the funding within its institutional and banking network focused on large-scale hotel and retail development. Both parties have signed into a long-term agreement for the realization of this project. The total asset value of the deal is 300 million USD. “In addition to advising and raising capital, Barrows will contract a 5 star…