Powering Africa: Closing Africa’s energy gap could boost economic growth by 30% by 2040. What business and policy innovations hold the greatest potential for accelerating energy provision? Governing Globalization: Four out of five jobs lost due to globalization have been sacrificed to technological change rather than trade. What have we learned about globalization to improve …
As populism rises across the globe, is it playing on the politics of fear or is it an overdue rebellion of the forgotten? Watch the panel session at the 2017 World Economic Forum held in Davos, Switzerland. The World Economic Forum engages political, business, academic and other leaders of society in collaborative efforts to shape …
US Secretary of State – the Rt Hon John Kerry in between managing global trouble and flashpoints China, Syria, Iran, Israel, and Brexit, has met with 14-year-old Film Maker & Girls Education Advocate – Zuriel Oduwole in his office at the US State Department in Washington DC. He commended Zuriel for her ‘clarity of purpose’ …
Barbara Bush and Jenna Bush-Hager, daughters of the 43rd President George W. Bush, have penned an open letter, published on Time.com, advising them about life after the white house. Below is an excerpt of what they had to say: “Malia and Sasha, eight years ago on a cold November day, we greeted you on the …
Memory Banda’s life took a divergent path from her sister’s. When her sister reached puberty, she was sent to a traditional “initiation camp” that teaches girls “how to sexually please a man.” She got pregnant there — at age 11. Banda, however, refused to go. Instead, she organized others and asked her community’s leader to …
Ladybrille Magazine is proud to unveil its third installment of its ’20 Influential African Women Entrepreneurs and Leaders in America to Watch’ list. This edition, consistent with prior ones, features women from diverse backgrounds, ethnicities, and industry sectors. Nevertheless, what unites them are their powerful stories of pursuing the American dream and succeeding. Indeed, whether in …