Technology

Shinya Yamanaka: Unlocking the Potential of Cells

Professor Shinya Yamanaka of Kyoto University is in the business of time travel. He discovered that fully mature cells can…

10 years ago

Dr Rachid Yazami: A Battery-Powered Future

Dr Rachid Yazami almost single-handedly invented a global business now worth some $15bn annually. But, he’s not in it for…

10 years ago

New Report Identifies Major Clean-Tech Market Opportunity for Small Businesses in Developing Countries

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in developing countries can generate significant growth and create jobs by seizing a potential $1.6…

10 years ago

What Does Carbon Pricing Success Look Like? Ask These Leaders

British Columbia, Sweden, California and China have been pioneering carbon pricing systems to lower emissions and help shift their economies…

10 years ago

The IT Scene in China: Alibaba’s New ‘Open Sesame’ Financing

Alibaba is China’s largest e-commerce company. It is a privately owned Hangzhou-based group of Internet-based e-commerce businesses which, amazingly enough,…

10 years ago

Strategy&: Meeting the Big Data Challenge

Recent research on Big Data should sound an alarm bell for companies. On the one hand, there is a link…

10 years ago

Elon Musk: A Man on a Mission

Philanthropist, self-made multibillionaire, technological genius and indeed a dreamer: The list goes on. These are some of the marks and…

10 years ago

World Bank Report: Digital Payments Vital To Economic Growth

Gates Foundation and Better Than Cash Alliance urge governments to embrace digital financial services, offers concrete action steps.  Integrating digital…

10 years ago

From Greece to Canada – George Delaportas: Big Dreams Need Big Country

George Delaportas is writing a new language and needs four years of research, and about EUR 80,000, to compile its…

10 years ago

World Bank Group Commits US$ 5 Billion to Boost Electricity Generation in Six African Countries

The World Bank Group has committed $5 billion in new technical and financial support for energy projects in six African countries…

10 years ago