These three companies show why Africa provides the most fertile ground in which to innovate. It is where problems are most deeply felt, and are also big enough to motivate investment and ...
It has been five years since virtual and augmented reality became embedded in our lives. Here's what have we learned in that time, and how these lessons can shape the future of this trans...
Cities from Beijing to Bangkok could find themselves submerged if climate change continues as predicted. The looming crisis is spurring them to feats of ingenuity.
Updating education, rethinking benefits and greater employee flexibility are just three of the ways we should rethink work for the 21st-century, says the founder of freelancer platform Up...
As the humanitarian, social and economic costs of mental illness soar, digital tools can improve mental health outcomes worldwide. They can enable early diagnosis, track disease progressi...
With another 202 years before women achieve pay parity at work, it's time for a fresh and re-energized approach to the gender gap.
While the world has never been more interdependent, it seems harder than ever to solve the most pressing global problems. Robert Muggah and Ian Goldin explain how to navigate our era's in...
Increasing adoption of cryptocurrencies will bring markets, institutions and infrastructure together in a multi-polar, complex and interconnected world, writes Axel Lehmann of UBS.
Transport contributes nearly a quarter of all energy-related greenhouse gas emissions, and 18% of all manmade emissions in the global economy.
Quito in Ecuador is tackling the childhood obesity crisis, one school dinner at a time
China, Russia and the West need to manage change together to tackle common challenges.
The fine line between what science could do and what it should do is thinner than ever. Here's what Hollywood can teach us.
Lisa Witter, founder of new ideas-sharing platform Apolitical, explains why technology can only provide half the solution for government initiatives of the future.
Presidents Xi and Trump should focus less on skirmishes to seek reciprocal concessions, but rather offer political support for a durable resolution of their differences.
When it comes to synthetic media that uses AI to recreate a voice or a face with life-like and threatening subtlety, we need to adopt a pragmatic approach.
