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Occupation Can’t Stifle Innovation
Afnan Hamad (far right) and her colleagues demonstrate their invention to convert plastic waste into fuel. Credit: Jillian Kestler-D'Amours/IPSBy Jillian Kestler-D'AmoursRAMALLAH, Occupied West Bank,...
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Q&A: Innovation Key to Sustainable Development Goals
Néstor Osorio: “Young people are and always have been involved in the origins of the biggest innovations.” Credit: UN PhotoBy Gustavo CapdevilaGENEVA, Apr 15 2013 (IPS)Innovation, as the fruit of...
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Living Laboratory for Coping with Drought in Brazil
Abel Manto with a rainwater tank and the beans he is growing despite two years of continuous drought. Credit: Mario Osava/IPSBy Mario OsavaRIACHÃO DO JACUIPE, Brazil, Jul 4 2013 (IPS)The first surprise...
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New Policies Beyond Austerity and Stimulus
In this column, Hazel Henderson - author of Ethical Markets: Growing the Green Economy and other books, president of Ethical Markets Media (U.S.and Brazil), and creator of the Green Transition...
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DR Congo’s Red Light to Invention
Thérèse Izayi, a Congolese engineer, invented two very unusual traffic robots. This one is situated at an intersection on Triumphal boulevard, near parliament in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of...
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Zimbabwean Girls Venture into Technological Innovation
Moselyn Muchena, one of the girls being given a chance under the TechWomen initiative. Credit: Mary Kashumba/IPSBy Mary KashumbaHARARE, Jul 10 2014 (IPS)For 22-year-old Moselyn Muchena, a final year...
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Mongolia’s Poorest Turn Garbage into Gold
Products made from collected garbage provide a new source of livelihood for many in the “gur districts” (urban outskirts) of Mongolia’s capital city, Ulaanbaatar. Credit: Jonathan Rozen/IPSBy Jonathan...
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OPINION: Tackling the Proliferation of Patents to Avoid Limitations to...
In this column, Carlos Correa, the South Centre's special adviser on trade and intellectual property issues, argues that the global increase in number of patents does not indicate the strength of...
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Sustaining the Future Through Culture
Putting the spotlight on culture. Credit: A.D. McKenzie/IPSBy A. D. McKenzieFLORENCE, Oct 4 2014 (IPS)International experts working in the creative sector are calling for governments to recognise the...
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OPINION: Patent Examination and Legal Fictions: How Rights are Created on...
In this column*, Carlos Correa, the South Centre's special adviser on trade and intellectual property issues, argues that the rights conferred by patents are based on partial and often imperfect...
View ArticleAfrica Primed to Take Advantage of Internet Opportunity
By IPS CorrespondentTUNIS, Jun 2 2015 (IPS)There has been robust growth in Internet access and usage over the past few years and Africa is now primed to take advantage of the social and economic...
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Opinion: Ethical Challenges to Advertising
In this column, Hazel Henderson, president of Ethical Markets Media (USA and Brazil) and author of 'Mapping the Global Transition to the Solar Age' and other books, writes that advertising need not...
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German Development Cooperation Piggybacks Onto Africa’s E-Boom
During re:publica 2015, Juliet Wanyiri (centre), illustrates a practical workshop organised by Foondi*, of which she is founder and CEO. Credit: re:publica/Jan ZappnerBy Francesca DziadekBERLIN, Jun 26...
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Smart Technologies Key to Youth Involvement in Agriculture
A cow being milked by a milking robot. Photo courtesy of Cornelia Flatten.By Friday PhiriBONN, Germany, Aug 23 2016 (IPS)She is only 24 and already running her father’s farm with 110 milking cows....
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SMS for Healthy, AIDS-Free Babies
By Lyndal Rowlands and Mercedes SayaguesUNITED NATIONS, Dec 29 2014 (IPS)In rural Zambia and Malawi, new mums face long delays finding out if they have passed HIV on to their babies.A cool way for...
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APDA Young Leaders Devise Solutions for the Future
Representatives from the APDA Global Young Leaders' Course during their presentations to the Asian and Arab parliamentarians, with Dr Hanna Yoon, who led the first youth course. Credit: APDABy Erin...
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