Science & Technology
How Nuclear Techniques Help Feed China
With 19% of the world’s population but only 7% of its
arable land, China is in a bind: how to feed its growing and increasingly
affluent...
Shared, automated… and electric?
Authors: George Kamiya and Jacob
Teter*
Automated driving and shared mobility could dramatically reshape road
transport over the coming decades, with major implications for vehicle electrification and...
What is the Copyright Directive about?
Digital technologies have transformed the way creative content is
produced, distributed and accessed. The new Directive brings the copyright
rules up to date with those changes...
Huawei case: The HiFi Geostrategic Gambit
In a
general, comprehensive, strategic outline of the global scenario we can see
that China is being harassed on several fronts by the US: commercial pressures,
diplomatic...
Youth in the Global South Must Join Forces for Their Future of Work
I believe that the developing world is full of opportunities for young people because many of us have the energy and eagerness to make...
Rebecca Enonchong: A Heavyweight in African Tech
Named in 2017 as one of the 100 Most Influential Africans
in SCIENCE, TECH & INNOVATION by
the New African Magazine and Jeune Afrique’s 50 Most...
CENTURY: An AI-powered teaching and learning platform
Priya Lakhani is the Founder CEO of CENTURY Tech
(link is external), an
award-winning teaching and learning platform for teachers and students, and
co-founder of the Institute...
Laying the Groundwork for Asia’s Technological Revolution
Technological advances and innovations are having a
profound impact on the way people live, interact, and do business. They bring
with them opportunities—not for only enhanced...
India and Industry 4.0: Smart Thinking and Smart Politics
The
neologism -Fourth Industrial Revolution or Industry 4.0 is not uncommon for
policymakers and technocrats. Klaus Schwab, founder and executive chairman of
the World Economic Forum (WEF),...
Seize the opportunities of digital technology to improve well-being but also address the risks
Digital technology can improve our lives but it
also poses a major risk of widening social inequality and blocking
opportunities for people without the skills to...