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Minister Rashad Nabiyev Meets with World Bank Delegation

... Minister of Digital Development and TransPort Rashad Nabiyev met with a delegation led by Rolande Pryce, the World Bank’s Regional Director for the South Caucasus. During the meeting, the sides discussed the Light Rail Transit (LRT) project, ways to enhance the potential of the Middle Corridor, as well as opPortunities for cooperation in t ...

Nearly half of humanity may be affected by a global crisis in housing, according to a new UN report

... g crisis which entails unaffordable prices, housing shortages, poor-quality accommodation, and lack of access to adequate urban services like water and sanitation, according to a new United Nations rePort. Cities are expected to absorb 2 billion additional residents by 2050, intensifying pressure on housing systems already strained by rapid urba ...

Energy Minister: The cities of the future will create more value with less energy

... technological development and regional connections. According to him, connectivity holds special strategic significance in the evolving geopolitical and geoeconomic landscape, and energy lines, transPort corridors, fiber-optic cables, and electricity interconnectors are becoming the new “arteries” of the global system. In this context, ...

Bring your loan to Birbank and get up to 6% discount

... Birbank is introducing a new opPortunity for customers who want to manage their loan obligations from other banks on more favorable terms. As part of its new campaign, the country’s first digital bank is offering discounts of up to 6% to customers who transfer their loans from other banks to Birbank. The campaign, which will run until June ...

A Landmark Event in the History of the World Urban Forum: Leaders’ Statements Session Held at Azerbaijan’s Initiative

... government institutions. For the first time in the history of the World Urban Forum, a Leaders’ Statements Session was organized at the initiative of Azerbaijan. This initiative marked an imPortant step toward increasing the political significance of the global sustainable urban development agenda and once again demonstrated Azerbaijan&rs ...

Baku in the spotlight of the World: Azerbaijan is among the leaders of modern urban development

... As the head of state emphasized, more than 45,000 participants from 182 countries registered for the forum. This fact alone proves that Baku has already become an international platform of global imPortance. Following COP29, this forum became the second largest global event hosted by Azerbaijan, once again drawing the world’s attention to B ...

Within the WUF13, the Energy Minister met with Pakistan`s Federal Minister for Climate Affairs

... ation. The issues on the agenda for the development of cooperation with Pakistan in the field of energy were considered. In the context of growing electricity demand and the increasing strategic imPortance of energy resources and routes, the sides exchanged views on Azerbaijan’s electricity interconnector projects implemented with Europe, ...

Yelo Bank supports the "Sound of Land" cultural program at Baku Urban Week

... e grounds of the Jafar Jabbarly "Azerbaijanfilm" studio. Serving as a significant milestone ahead of the 13th session of the World Urban Forum (WUF13), this project was realized with the supPort of Yelo Bank alongside other partners, and organized by the "Sound of Land" and Ateshhub platforms. The event was centered around th ...

Minister Rashad Nabiyev Meets Slovak Minister of Investments, Regional Development and Informatization

... Minister of Digital Development and TransPort Rashad Nabiyev met with Samuel Migaľ, Minister of Investments, Regional Development and Informatization of the Slovak Republic. The meeting focused on cooperation in the fields of digitalization, innovation, and urban development. The Slovak side expressed interest in cooperation with Azerbaijan ...

From Climate Commitments to Local Delivery

... stubborn gap between ambitious commitments on paper and real delivery on the ground. The reality is that we do not lack solutions. Practical, scalable approaches already exist across energy, transPort, cities, food systems, industry and waste. The real challenge is financing and implementing them at the necessary scale and speed, especially in ...

Mastercard Named to TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2026 List

... zation, authentication, and real-time fraud prevention, Mastercard ensures that new forms of commerce are built on trust. Mastercard continues to work closely with partners across Azerbaijan to supPort the development of a modern digital economy — ensuring that new, more intelligent forms of commerce are accessible, secure and trusted for ...

Deputy Minister Rashad Hasanov Meets Representatives of Alwaleed Philanthropies

... Deputy Minister of Digital Development and TransPort Rashad Hasanov met with Princess Lamia Bint Majed Al Saud, Secretary General of Alwaleed Philanthropies and UN-Habitat Goodwill Ambassador for the Arab States. The parties exchanged views on the current landscape of digital development and artificial intelligence and explored prospects for fut ...

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