Open for business but also open for hackers?
Protection against cyber attacks is crucial for any small business. A surprising report says that the average small business website is attacked by bots...
Digital Platforms and the Future of Tourism
Tourism is one of the fastest growing and most important economic sectors in the world providing benefits to both host communities and destination areas....
Enhanced and innovative global partnerships key to a successful African Continental Free Trade Area
Heads of States, high-level representatives of governments, development financing institutions and UN agencies together with representatives of the private sector, non-governmental organizations and academia...
A Digitalised, Decentralised Future is Around the Corner
“We need to identify, refine, implement, and scale up innovations that promise to become solutions for a renewables-powered future,” encouraged IRENA Director-General Adnan Z....
Governments need to honour their climate pledges as risks grow
Three years on from the commitments made at COP21 in Paris, the overwhelming majority of governments have not taken the necessary action to contain...
Digitisation and autonomous driving to halve costs by 2030
The digitization and automation of processes and delivery vehicles will reduce logistics costs for standardized transport by 47% by 2030, according to a new...
In Northern Nigeria, Online Skills Help Youth, Women Tap New Opportunities
Rashidat Sani lost her job when she was pregnant with her child. Now a nursing mother, she has been unable to find flexible employment...
Conflicts and extreme climate change threatens access to food in 39 countries
Unrelenting conflict and rapid climate change is continuing to reshape agriculture across the world, and contributing to major food shortages across 39 countries, which...
Building Sri Lanka’s Resilience To Climate Change
38-year-old Sivasidambaram Vasugi is the General Manager of one of the first cooperative-owned seed paddy processing centers in Killinochchi, Si Lanka. The Integrated Farmers...
Globally, youth are the largest poverty-stricken group
Half of all people living in poverty are younger than 18 years old, according to estimates from a new report released on Thursday by...