AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoEducation & STEAM: PwC Foundation says it expanded FY26 support for education, youth entrepreneurship and community programmes across Cyprus, awarding 14 scholarships at UCy and CUT and backing initiatives like Girls in STEAM and TechWeCan, while Global Money Week volunteers delivered financial education to 10 schools and nearly 300 students. Genetics in schools: Medicover Genetics Cyprus held the 2026 Pancyprian DNA Essay Awards for World DNA Day, with students (16–19) tackling how non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) matters in low- and high-risk pregnancies. Financial literacy push: The Cyprus-based Financial Wellbeing Institute (FWI) was named a founding member of FIN.e, a new European alliance aimed at strengthening financial literacy and wellbeing, including work tied to its Financial Wellbeing Index. Public e-payments change: VivaBank won a long-running tender to run Cyprus’s public sector electronic transactions after JCC lost its final appeal, ending JCC’s role since 2010. Diaspora awards go digital: The Cyprus Diaspora Forum launched a dedicated website for the CYDIA Awards ahead of the 2027 fourth edition, detailing categories, nominations and past winners. AI in classrooms (global): A US school district plans to introduce “Sally,” a humanoid AI robot, to support coding/robotics/AI learning for high school students.
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