Innovation

UK: How a Nation Learns to Love the Union

UK Prime Minister David Cameron claims to have negotiated a deal to give Britain special status in the European Union. It would, he argued,...

Asia Pacific: Myanmar – The Many Virtues of Patience

Tears flowed as Htin Kyaw (70) was sworn in as the first president of Myanmar without ties to the military in over half a...
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Old news is good news for FibreCycle

Catch it at the pet expo in Surrey later this month... SCUNTHORPE eco-conscious innovator FibreCycle has for some time been making an example for/of the...
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Revolutionising the travel sector through use of innovative technology

eDreams ODIGEO offers a collaborative, fast-paced and dynamic place to work TRAVEL is about journeys, and the eDreams ODIGEO journey began 19 years ago as...

Clive Stafford Smith: A One-Man Army for Justice

Clive Stafford Smith is a British lawyer specialised in civil rights and fighting death penalty convictions. He has spent much of his working life...

Luke Alphey: Tinkering with Insect Genes

Mosquitoes are amongst the most pernicious and deadly creatures in the world. They are responsible for the spread of the dreaded dengue fever, a...

The King and III

As Johannesburg’s Stock Exchange awaits the next incarnation of its ground-breaking code of corporate governance, Business Vision’s NAOMI MAJID examines the legacy of the...

The Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility (LoCAL) of UNCDF: Climate Change...

“For women, the road was crucial. It was hard to deliver babies because of access: we had to go to the hospital by boat...

Ben Silbermann: Modest Creator of the First Global Noticeboard

Ben Silbermann tapped into the primal hunter-gatherer instinct when he first experimented with an online pinboard product. Together with Paul Sciarra and Evan Sharp,...

Margaret Hodge: The Scourge of Tax Dodgers

The pinnacle of Margaret Hodge’s four decades in public life has arguably been the five years spent as the very high profile scourge of...