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The World Economic Forum’s second annual search for Africa’s best women technology entrepreneurs discovers a wealth of female entrepreneurial talent in the region Six have been selected to participate at the World Economic Forum on Africa 2017 to join discussions on how to prepare the region for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Laureates have succeeded in …
Global leaders from the healthcare sector unite to appeal for a new model of healthcare delivery in response to rising costs and dissatisfactory patient outcomes. The value-based healthcare model would track and pay for healing, instead of treating, patients Signatories include the Chief Executives/Presidents of Kaiser Permanente, Medtronic, Novartis, Qualcomm Life and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, …
Nine of the World Economic Forum’s 17 global Social Entrepreneurs of the Year for 2017 are actively leading positive transformation in Africa, and achieving outcomes that have eluded governments and conventional businesses Success stories include tackling poaching, mobilizing health workers, reuniting refugees, using fingerprinting to give people an official ID for the first time, and …
Asia has most improved its tourism-friendliness of all regions, the 2017 World Economic Forum’s global Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index reveals today Japan, China and India are Asia’s exponents in the global index led by Spain, France and Germany; the United States (sixth, down two places) and Switzerland (10th, down four) fall back The travel …
The World Economic Forum today opens the doors of its Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution at the Presidio in San Francisco, with Mayor Lee of San Francisco and Governor Inslee of Washington in attendance The Center will convene start-ups, venture capitalists, the world’s leading companies, experts, academics, NGOs and governments to discuss how science …
The Global Shapers Community is a network of city-based Hubs developed and led by young people who are exceptional in their potential, achievements and drive to make a contribution to their communities Members are young people between 20 and 30 years of age The community is present in over 430 cities in 171 countries and …
Global growth is accelerating, with economic activity increasing in most regions of the world Signs of inflation are starting to emerge as business and consumer confidence grows Tail risks are substantial, however: political uncertainty, trade protectionism and the path of the US dollar could derail the reflation story For more information on the Annual Meeting, …
Partnership between the World Economic Forum and University of California Santa Barbara’s Marine Science Institute aims to boost multistakeholder cooperation to help achieve goal 14 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals: to conserve and sustainably use the oceans and marine resources Scientists warned six months ago of “unprecedented” marine extinction, with devastating consequences for ocean …
Business leaders and policy-makers are concerned about rising populism and protectionism Ultimately globalization will prevail, but there will be fits and starts China is taking the lead in extolling the virtues of free trade For more information on the Annual Meeting, see http://wef.ch/davos17 Follow the World Economic Forum on all digital platforms: wef.ch/follow 19 January …
The World Economic Forum, NITI Aayog, World Intellectual Property Organization and Cornell University have agreed to work together on an India innovation index The index will measure and rank the innovation performance of all Indian states with the aim of moving India towards an innovation-driven economy The first ranking is expected to be released at …