Sunday Independent: Trade between Ireland and Africa is also on the rise, forecast to reach €24 billion by 2020. This year, as with every year since 2012, East Africa will be the continent’s fastest-growing region.
Data from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) released yesterday shows Irish-based multinationals were responsible for employing over 856,000 people abroad, just over a third of them in the US and the UK.
The Government has brought together a team of business leaders to examine and make recommendations on why there are so few women in senior executive positions and at board level in Irish companies.
Waterford-based Immersive VR Education has collaborated with the BBC for a new virtual reality-based short film that puts viewers in the shoes of a war correspondent during a bombing raid on Berlin during the Second World War.
Wicklow-based start-up Fleet is seeking to bring widespread disruption to the car rental market. The company has turned to a new Irish equity crowdfunding provider to raise €275,000 to expand its team and bring software development in-house.
The Cork-based start-up is trying to take on the problem of employee management versus employee engagement with its workplace software tool to help bridge the gap between the higher-ups and staff.
Innovation is a key element within any successful company, enabling creative vision and long-term strategic thinking. In this fast-moving technological age, companies need to respond quickly to advances in technology.
Dublin start-up 4Securitas has entered the cyber security space with an innovative solution which has been designed to alert its customers to the presence of hackers before they have had a chance to launch an attack.
The former ferry passenger terminal in Dun Laoghaire has been granted planning permission to transform the location into the Harbour Innovation Campus, a digital technology hub.
Phorest raised €700,000 from 12 HBAN angel investors in two funding rounds in 2011 and 2013. In June of this year, the company completed a third investment round of €20 million with US investment firm, Susquehanna Growth Equity (SGE).
Based in Kilbeggan, Co. Westmeath, Critical Healthcare was established 18 years ago with the aim of becoming the first choice for the emergency medical services in Ireland.
Founded by Shane Brett in 2014, GECKO Governance has developed a regtech fund management solution that allows users to schedule, manage and monitor investment fund portfolios’ regulatory and compliance requirements in real-time.
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