August 2013

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Main reports: Among other recent IT developments, Fast Forward, the West Bank’s first start-up accelerator, has completed a five week pre-acceleration summer bootcamp.

The Palestine Monetary Authority and an international banking technology firm signed an agreement to implement a ‘National Switch’ electronic payments system.

In Q2 2013 Palestinian companies registered the highest quarterly rate of improvements in overall performance in the past two years.

The Bulletin interviews David Khoury, CEO of Taybeh Brewing Company, the first micro-brewery in the Middle East.