Freight-halting strikes are rare, and this would be the first in 3 decades
The prospect of a potentially devastating rail workers strike is looming again, prompting the Biden…
Four companies awarded and launch of matchmaking series
Earlier today, the European Commission awarded the Get Digital initiative ‘best digital solution’ prize to…
Satellites detect no real climate benefit from 10 years of forest carbon offsets in California
Many of the companies promising “net-zero” emissions to protect the climate are relying on vast…
Intelligent Cities Challenge conference, Barcelona 15-16 November 2022
The Intelligence Cities Challenge (ICC) Conference – an initiative under the COSME programme promoted by…
4 ways companies can strengthen their boards to make it through tough economic times
South Africa’s economy is struggling. A number of factors are behind the decline. These include…
Jiang Zemin propelled China’s economic rise in the world, leaving his successors to deal with the massive inequality that followed
By the summer of 1989, a series of problems were threatening China’s stability. Soaring inflation…
Nigeria’s 2023 budget is a plan of despair and won’t change the tempo of the economy
Nigeria’s 2023 budget, recently presented by President Muhammadu Buhari to the National Assembly, has generated…
Darknet markets generate millions in revenue selling stolen personal data, supply chain study finds
It is common to hear news reports about large data breaches, but what happens once…
Renovation Summit 2022 – Fast tracking innovation to mitigate the energy crisis
More than 40 speakers, including social housing providers, policymakers, tenants, cities and service providers, came…
Kenya’s big railway project makes life even harder for the poor by ignoring their reality
People’s responses to large infrastructure projects – railways, bridges, highways – are rarely neutral. To…