Troy Wiseman: Bamboo – A Sustainable Source of Fibre
Over the last ten years, REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) and REDD+ developments have proved that the price attributed to, and...
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,...
Dorothy Hodgkin: From Chemistry Set to Nobel Prize
Dorothy Hodgkin (1910-1994), née Crowfoot, is one of only a handful of women to have won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. She pioneered and...
PwC: Oil & Gas in Africa – Planning a Response to...
Overall, activity in the oil and gas industry across the African continent has slowed in the wake of the declining prices in late 2014....
Slip into something ethical, like plastic-free workwear
ECO-FRIENDLY uniforms are the next step in the bid to cut plastic use.
The plastics issue is high on the global agenda. The UK introduced...
Of Two Minds in the Public Eye: Charlotte Church
At age of eleven, Welsh schoolgirl Charlotte Church’s fabulous voice and classical song repertoire catapulted her onto the global stage and into the headlines....
Construction industry shows evidence of a refined pallet
THE UK’s first pallet-reuse scheme aims to shake-up the movement of building materials.
The Pallet LOOP — claiming circular economy and carbon-zero benefits — is...
Steven Spielberg: Storyteller Extraordinaire
It takes a remarkable man to change the course of a whole industry with one mechanical shark. Steven Spielberg did just that with his...
Camel racing hits its stride as robot jockeys take the saddle
The sport is making a massive comeback in the UAE thanks to some new technology that’s proving to be big business
PEOPLE have been racing...
Nigeria: An Economic Upswing Foretold
Oil prices have rebounded from their recent lows and may yet provide temporary relief to Nigeria, allowing the incoming administration of President-elect Muhammadu Buhari...
