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World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines.
The financing will support the implementation of COVID-19 testing at the country’s most advanced medical laboratory, at Megalab. It is also funded by the EBRD.
9.1.7 ​Agriculture sector news
Swiss chocolate producer Chocolats Camille Bloch plans to set up hazelnut plantations in Georgia to produce crops dedicated to the production of its leading Ragusa brand, according to Agenda.ge. Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia and CEO of Chocolats Camille Bloch, Daniel Bloch—the son of Camille Bloch who founded the company in 1926—reportedly discussed details of the project on January 23 at a meeting on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Hazelnuts represent Georgia’s largest agricultural export by value and support the livelihoods of more than 50,000 growers and processors.
Bloch already has a registered company in Georgia and has identified a 561-hectare land asset in Lagodekhi municipality, eastern Georgia.
The company aims to cultivate hazelnuts using new technology to raise productivity.
It is planning to employ around 40 people in its project.
Chocolats Camille Bloch produces 3,700 tonnes of chocolate per year. The annual revenue of the company stands at more than $45mn.
Gazelle Fund, an investment fund dedicated to high-growth, small and medium sized enterprises in the Eurasia Region, has invested $1.1mn in NUTSGE—the leading locally-owned processor and exporter of hazelnuts in Georgia.
The hazelnut industry is a strategically important agribusiness sector for Georgia. The country is the fourth largest producer of hazelnuts in the world.
9.1.8 ​TMT sector news
Personal data of more than 4.9mn Georgians, apparently outdated and previously exposed in 2011 and including mobile numbers in addition to typical details such as ID numbers and dated of birth, were published on a hacking forum over the weekend, on March 29, according to ​ZD Net​. However, “the databse did not appear to have been updated since the original leak in 2011,” according to Under The Breach, a data breach monitoring and prevention service that reported the data leakage.
The database contained 4.93mn records including details for over one million deceased citizens. Georgia's current population is estimated at 3.7mn, according to a 2019 census.
The source of the data remains unknown.
On March 29, ZDNet initially reported the leak as coming from Georgia's Central Election Commission (CEC), but in a statement one day later, the commission denied that the data originated from its servers as it contained information that it does not usually collect, such as ID numbers and phone numbers.
One of the individuals sharing the data on hacking forums confirmed that the data was not obtained from the CEC’s servers.
ZDNet has provided links to the leaked data to Georgian authorities who are now investigating the breach.
The central bank warned commercial banks to monitor the possible use of leaked data for fraudulent purposes, although the details shared by the
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