Innovation

Anna Jenkins, floral tributes, Tik Tok

TikTok now a dead cert for SME owners post-pandemic

MILLENNIAL entrepreneur Anna Jenkins creates bespoke flower tributes for funerals and sells them on TikTok. She also does weddings and baby showers, but funerals...
UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres

UN head backs new watchdog body for AI

UN SECRETARY-General Antonio Guterres is backing proposals for the creation of an international AI watchdog body. The rapid advance of generative AI like ChatGPT —...

Seriously Funny: Michael Lewis

Michael Lewis has been called “the funniest serious writer in America” – the sort of contradictory label that has been pinned to the 55-year-old...
Older businesswoman behind desk

Female and over 50? You’re getting to the good part, Forbes...

By HEATHER LEAH SMITH FORBES will release its first 50 Over 50 list in June, focusing on US-based women who have found their calling or...

Juliette Brindak: Girl Power

The information technology revolution opens the doors to a host of new businesses for tech-savvy young entrepreneurs with an eye for a market opportunity....
Mercedes Benz EQS

EV News Round-up Spring 2021

By RICHARD THOMAS GOVERNMENT action and consumer demand: these factors will determine when the world’s auto manufacturers stop making cars powered by fossil fuels. In recent...

Mo Ibrahim: Cleaning Up a Continent

Engineer, academic, expert, innovator, entrepreneur, and philanthropist: Mohammed Ibrahim is a rich and successful man who now applies his vast resources to fight corruption...
Camel racing with robot jockeys

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...

Case study: Jeff Bezos

Amazon boss gives peers a tactical lesson in how you can achieve growth while going for broke NESTLED on the outskirts of a former coal...
2019 Mercedes F1 car

Coronavirus co-operation across sectors comes up with promising equipment

THE MERCEDES F1 team is an unlikely player in the medical field, but it has had a major role in the development of a...