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How the Digital Economy is Transforming Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union
While there's a lot of discussion of the thriving digital economy in countries like China, the potential for growth in one vast region remains woefully unrecognized — Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Aleksandr Gevorkyan and Norean Sharpe at St. John’s University discuss the region's emerging digital powerhouses, and argue that – despite some key remaining challenges – these post-socialist countries are very much open for business.
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- Technology
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Consortium Releases Technology-Enabled Sustainable Supply Chain Finance Model
The aim of the model is to drive more transparency in global supply chains and encourage sustainable production processes through supply chain finance.
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- Finance, Technology
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Viewpoint: Africa Should Not Be Too Quick to Embrace the Fourth Industrial Revolution
As a new age of technology dawns, cyber attacks in South Africa and beyond underline the need for caution.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- employment
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Gates Foundation Identifies a Tech ‘Trinity’ to Bolster Digital Inclusion Around the World
The Gates Foundation’s annual Goalkeepers Data Report takes stock of progress toward the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals, a set of objectives to curb poverty, climate change, inequality and injustice by 2030. The latest report, just released, calls for renewed efforts related to primary health care, digital inclusion and adaptation to climate change.
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- Technology
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Press Release: Impact Tech Venture OpenSC Raises $4 Million in Seed Funding
The venture, co-founded by WWF-Australia and BCG Digital Ventures, will use the funds to further develop its technology platform for driving sustainable and ethical supply chains.
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- Investing, Technology
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Bono Is Really Into Drones Now (But It’s Good)
The U2 frontman has just joined the board of Zipline, a medical delivery drone company that’s already saving lives in Ghana and Rwanda.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Widening Digital Divide Will Foster Inequality in Developing Economies, Says UNCTAD
Seven ‘super platforms’ - Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Google, Facebook, Tencent and Alibaba - account for two thirds of the total market value of the top 70 platforms.
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- Technology
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World’s First Blockchain Smartphone to Become Available in Bangladesh
Finney’s launch in Bangladesh comes amid a trend of growing smartphone ownership in the country.
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- Technology, Telecommunications
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- South Asia
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