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EESHA KHARE (Student): Young inventor changing the mobile world

MOBILE phone batteries last for a few hours and then slowly die. We all sigh a little, put them on charge, and wait a...
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Johnson must deliver ‘transformative’ strategy to help disabled people in UK

BUSINESS leaders have called on UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to deliver on his promise of a transformative National Strategy for Disabled People. In an...
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Social Supermarket’s grand branding idea for social impact

THE UK's largest marketplace for social impact products has announced the launch of a Branded Merchandise offering for corporates. The B Corp-certified organisation’s business model...

Mary Robinson: A Lifetime Dedicated to Human Rights

Lawyer, legislator, social reformer, politician, and UN High Commissioner, Mary Robinson has been a powerful force for change in her native Ireland and across...
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SDG7: Light at the end of the tunnel — and it’s...

BV’s Jason Agnew has a closer look at one of the more attainable SDGs, No. 7: Affordable and clean energy SDG7: AFFORDABLE AND CLEAN ENERGY SDG7...
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Makeup break-up as Revlon files for bankruptcy

AFTER 90 years in business, cosmetics giant Revlon is filing for bankruptcy in the US. The company had been brought down by a combination of...
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Zambia Makes Steady Progress in Financial Inclusion but Many Women Still...

Mary Banda runs a small restaurant in Kamwala market, one of Lusaka’s oldest markets. She uses the proceeds from her business to feed her...

Playing to Win or Playing to Survive? Urbanisation and the Knowledge...

It is no surprise that cities around the world have been expanding over the last few decades. The pace of this trend is breath-taking....
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Scottish Salmon – What’s the catch?

It’s one of the biggest businesses in Scotland, but ask ten different experts about the state of the salmon industry and you’ll get ten...
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Workers becoming ‘paralysed’ by eco-anxiety

By MARK SAIT THERE are profound concern about the planet’s climate — so much so that some people feel unable to perform at work due...