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Malaysia's 1997 Multimedia Super Corridor flagship has been relaunched under a masterplan targeting RM250 billion in GDP and 87,000 jobs by 2045; …
A Bangladeshi government programme training youth nationwide, to sub-district level, in graphic design, digital marketing and web development for the freelance economy …
Portugal's D8 remote-worker visa, requiring income of 4x minimum wage, issued over 2,600 visas in its first year (Oct 2022–2023) — mostly …
VTT, Finland's state research institute (est. 1942), runs the VTT LaunchPad deep-tech incubator from Espoo; in 2024 its spin-offs raised €207m — …
Founded in 2008 by returnee Hristo Boyadzhiev, Tuk-Tam networks Bulgarians abroad with employers and scholarships at home. It reports helping 14,000 people …
Ghana's 2019 Year of Return drew 200,000+ diaspora travelers and an est. $1.9bn in tourism spending, granting 126 diaspora members citizenship — …
Launched in December 2017 by Ignite (Pakistan's Ministry of IT) and LUMS, NIC Lahore has run nine investor-summit cohorts and reports 350+ …
Since 2003, Brno's public innovation agency JIC has linked four universities with industry and investors, incubating deep-tech startups such as Kiwi.com and …
Morocco's Casablanca Finance City grew to 200+ member companies since 2010 and topped the Global Financial Centres Index for Africa for years, …
Kenya's national digital-jobs programme has trained ~391,000 youth since 2016 via 101 empowerment centres and mentorship, linking them to online freelance/BPO work …
Malta's Nomad Residence Permit grew from 180 applications in its first six months (2021) to 1,031 applications in 2024 alone, with ~542 …
Costa Rica's 2021 nomad-visa law, in force since August 2022, requires $3,000/month income and grants a renewable one-year stay with tax exemptions; …
KAIST became the first Korean university to earn over 10 billion KRW in a single year of technology-licensing royalties (10.18bn KRW, 56 …
Japan's first university technology-licensing organisation: since 1998, TODAI TLO has signed contracts with 2,000+ companies and by FY2023 managed 5,725 licensed patents …
Founded in 1964, Yissum is one of the world's first university tech-transfer firms; it has spun off 80+ companies including Mobileye, and …
Toronto's MaRS Discovery District has turned University of Toronto and hospital research into 1,400+ ventures since 2000, backing CAD 2.4bn in capital …
Poland's main startup association, founded Warsaw 2013. Publishes the definitive annual ecosystem report. Polish startups raised €2.3B VC in 2024 (+30% YoY); …
Rwanda's first open tech innovation hub, inaugurated March 2012 by a six-organisation public-private consortium with JICA support. 150,000+ students trained in coding; …
Prague City Hall runs the Expat Centre Prague (since 2020): free consultations, monthly events, and 100-page relocation guides for workers, students and …
City-backed science park (2006): 80+ resident companies in 40,000 m² in Gdańsk, 97% occupied. Tech Incubator supports university spin-offs; 2024 Acceleration Zone: …
Work in Riga is Latvia city-led platform offering relocation guides, employer toolkits, and community integration events to attract tech and creative-industry talent …
Three-year Ministry-funded pilot (2019–2022) testing a participatory city-lab model in Gdynia and Rzeszów: residents co-design neighbourhood solutions validated in small-area tests. Gdynia …
Prague City Hall's free public information centre for international professionals: consultations on work permits, residency, business registration and tax; networking events; job-search …
Stockholm's investment-promotion agency markets the region to international tech talent and advises the city/national level on how to attract and retain highly …
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