‘Half of the world’s refugee children out of school due to COVID-19’
The risks to refugee education do not stop with COVID-19. Attacks on schools are a grim and growing reality. The report also elaborates on Africa’s Sahel region where violence has forced the closure of more than 2,500 schools affecting the education of 350,000 students.
Bboxx launches bPower20, aims to make solar energy more accessible in Africa
Bboxx, a next-generation utility that manufactures, distributes, and finances decentralized solar powered systems in developing countries, has launched the bPower20 product, to make solar energy more accessible at scale.
More than 300 tech tools could be used to combat human trafficking globally, a...
The study examines how technology is misused to facilitate human trafficking, how more than 300 hundreds of tech tools have approached the problem, and how governments, civil society, and the private sector can strategically use tech to combat trafficking.
Pandemic profits for companies soar by billions as poorest struggle to get by
Thirty-two of the world’s largest companies stand to see their profits jump by $109 billion more in 2020 as the Covid-19 pandemic lays bare an economic model that delivers profits for the wealthiest on the back of the poorest, according to a new Oxfam report released this week.
Philippines uses ‘drug war’ tactics to fight COVID-19
The Duterte administration has assigned former military generals to deal with Covid-19 and has sent police Special Forces to contain communities.
3 billion people in the world today can’t afford a healthy diet: UN Hunger...
The latest estimates are that a staggering 3 billion people or more cannot afford a healthy diet. In sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia, this is the case for 57 percent of the population – though no region, including North America and Europe, is spared.
These five countries top the 2020 e-government ranking
Despite the gains and major investments in e-government by many countries, the digital divide persists. Seven out of eight countries with low scores are in Africa and belong to the least developed countries group.
Smartphones empowering women worldwide, study finds
Access to mobile phones is associated with multiple indicators linked to global social development, such as good health, gender equality, and poverty reduction. The link between mobile phone access and female empowerment is stronger in less- and least-developed countries.
Big Pharma, tech companies and wealthy Americans bag dramatic profits during COVID-19
Pharmaceutical and tech companies and wealthy white Americans benefit from dramatic pandemic profits, further exacerbating inequality.
Aid workers accused of sexual abuse in DR Congo
More than 50 women have accused Ebola aid workers from the World Health Organization and leading NGOs of sexual exploitation and abuse in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a new investigation reveals.
