A new fully digital service enables any entrepreneur in Benin to create and register a business on their mobile phone and receive official incorporation within two hours. The ease and…
Protoprint is a social enterprise that provides waste pickers in India with low-cost technology to produce 3D printer filament from the waste plastic they collect. It was founded by environmental engineer…
Students enrolled at Rangsit University in Bangkok’s northern suburbs can pay all or part of next semester’s costs with rice. The goal is to help farming families, and the university…
This year, in early November, the Indian government demonetized all 500 and 1000 rupee notes. The bills, worth $7.34 and $14.68 respectively, were rendered defunct and worthless. The policy was…
China has set out a policy for nationwide regulations for on-demand mobility (ODM) services, such as American Uber and its Chinese counterpart Didi Chuxing, giving them legal status. This is…
Nairobi’s ‘matatu’ system of privately owned minibuses is now available on Google Maps – a debut for informal transit systems. It builds upon the first map of a non-formal transit…
