Aviation’s future is green …

Aviation’s future is green …

The future of aviation is bright … green. That was the environmentally-promising message delivered during the Green Aviation Technical Interchange Meeting (TIM), held recently at NASA Langley Research Centre. More than 100 attendees from government, industry and...
Technology to battle viruses

Technology to battle viruses

As one of medicine’s largest challenges, viral infections often escape vaccines due to their natural ability to mutate rapidly and develop drug resistance easily. Many viruses, such as Zika, Ebola and dengue fever, have grown into major global health epidemics with...
Africa can up competitiveness

Africa can up competitiveness

A new action agenda to help African economies improve their economic competitiveness has been published by the World Economic Forum, the African Development Bank, OECD and the World Bank. The agenda comes at a time when shocks such as low commodity prices and a strong...
Digitalisation is on Africa’s agenda

Digitalisation is on Africa’s agenda

In Africa’s boardrooms, growth is on the agenda – together with addressing stakeholders’ expectations and concerns and managing the pipeline of talent. Business strategies of companies include the growing of regional operations, investing in and...
Is blockchain really effective?

Is blockchain really effective?

While blockchain offers the potential to transform the financial services industry, fully achieving these benefits will require board level buy-in to a substantial commitment of time and resource, and active regulatory support for reform of business processes –...
Tropics chase clouds polewards

Tropics chase clouds polewards

A new NASA analysis of 30-years of satellite data suggests that a previously observed trend of high altitude clouds in the mid-latitudes shifting toward the poles is caused primarily by the expansion of the tropics. Clouds are among the most important mediators of...