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30 March 2019
Global e-commerce sales surged to $29 trillion (UNCTAD)
One quarter of the world's population purchased goods online in 2017, a 12% jump from the previous year. Global e-commerce sales grew 13% in 2017,...
27 March 2019
ECommerce At Center Of Global Summit
The lack of development aid earmarked to help poorer countries build the infrastructure and skills they need to adapt to the digital economy raises profound...
27 March 2019
‘AI for Good’ or scary AI?
By Neil Sahota and Michael Ashley, authors of ‘Own the A.I. Revolution’ Some futurists fear Artificial Intelligence (AI), perhaps understandably. After all, AI appears in...
27 March 2019
How the consolidation of tech providers is impacting innovation
When Facebook was hit with the Cambridge Analytica scandal in March of last year, the backlash was swift and brutal. The scandal was unlike anything...
26 March 2019
New initiative aims at transforming economic lives of women in Least Developed Countries
Across the world’s 47 Least Developed Countries (LDCs), women continue to face constraints that limit their participation in trade. A just-launched initiative is exclusively targeting...
25 March 2019
Sending money to the Burundian countryside made easier
Thanks to the improved equipment of the post offices, Burundian migrants can now easily send money to their families, even those living in remote areas....
22 March 2019
Can developing nations compete in a digital world (UNCTAD)?
People want in on e-commerce for simple reasons - choice, ease, speed, cost, convenience. Yet not everyone benefits equally, especially in least developed countries. Life...
19 March 2019
How will AI accelerate sustainable development? Find out at the AI for Good Global Summit.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has taken giant leaps forward in recent years, inspiring growing confidence in AI’s ability to assist in solving some of humanity’s greatest...
