British Government to help fund International Tech Research Centre in Lebanon

Alice Bonasio
Feb 23, 2017 · 4 min read

The UK Government are committing £2.5 million towards a new International Research Centre (IRC) based in Lebanon.

The British Ambassador to Lebanon HE Hugo Shorter, made the announcement this week while speaking at the ArabNet Beirut conference, saying that the IRC would act as a bridge between the thriving knowledge base in…

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