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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 the money. Rather, this Morocco-born scientist is motivated by the thrill of discovery. Dr Yazami has some seventy patents to
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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 trillion market opportunity in clean technology. Latin America and Africa are among the largest markets for SMEs in clean technology
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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 onto cleaner, greener trajectories. Currently, nearly 40 countries and more than 20 cities, states, and provinces use a form of
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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, began in 1999 with only a website. Today, Alibaba is one of the twenty most-visited websites globally, featuring nearly a
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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 between usage of Big Data and the quality of corporate performance. On the other hand, very few companies are actually
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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 traits that best describe Elon Musk. According to Forbes Magazine, the 39-year Mr Musk has a net worth of $9.3bn.
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World Bank Report: Digital Payments Vital To Economic Growth
Gates Foundation and Better Than Cash Alliance urge governments to embrace digital financial services, offers concrete action steps. Integrating digital payments into the economies of emerging and developing nations addresses crucial issues of broad economic growth and individual financial empowerment,
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From Greece to Canada – George Delaportas: Big Dreams Need Big Country
George Delaportas is writing a new language and needs four years of research, and about EUR 80,000, to compile its dictionary and syntax. This young Greek entrepreneur, now at home in Vancouver, hopes that crowd-funding – and some chutzpa –
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World Bank Group Commits US$ 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 – Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, and Tanzania—which have partnered with President Obama’s Power Africa initiative. Making the announcement on
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World Bank Policies Include Screening for Climate Risks
The World Bank Group has made a priority of helping countries adapt to and mitigate the risks of climate change, and it is increasingly viewing its lending through a climate lens. Over the past few years, it has started implementing
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