Uhuru and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s national research and development institute, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology(“KACST”) have entered into a comprehensive business alliance for technology and business development related to smart city and environmental technology

Uhuru Corporation (HQ: Minato-ku, Tokyo, President & CEO, Takashi Sonoda, hereinafter, “Uhuru”) is pleased to announce that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to enter into a comprehensive business alliance for technology and business development related to smart cities and environmental technologies for the realization of a sustainable society with King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (HQ: Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, President, H.E. Dr. Munir Eldesouki, (“KACST”)).

KACST is an independent scientific body responsible for promoting science and technology in Saudi Arabia. In the future, Uhuru and KACST will develop comprehensive technologies from the edge to the cloud related to data platforms for smart cities, technologies for solving environmental problems, and technologies related to tourism, health, and mobility necessary for smart cities. The goal of this collaboration is to promote business development to realize a sustainable society.

* The names of companies, products and services in this release are trademarks of Uhuru or the respective companies or organizations.

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Based on our corporate philosophy “Create a sustainable society with technology and outside the box thinking”, Uhuru supports and promotes digital transformation (DX) and data utilization by businesses and society. We offer one-stop access to services such as consulting and system development based on our in-house products and solutions for edge devices and the cloud. To go beyond the framework of corporate activities and make DX for localities and industries happen, we are working on R&D in the domain of IoT + blockchain while advocating ways to introduce and standardize a system for trusted data distribution, an essential factor for smart cities and supply chains.