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Tag: Digital

Digital transformation could grow EU economy by €2.8 trillion

24/06/2022 - Leave a Comment

The European Commission (EC) has proposed a bold vision for Europe’s digital transformation by 2030. According to a new study by Public First — Unlocking Europe’s Digital Potential — the EC’s Digital …

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Open source software boosted the EU economy by ‘between €65 to €95 bn’ – report

16/09/2021 - Leave a Comment

Open source software boosted the European Union’s GDP by between €65 to €95 bn in 2018, a new report published by the European Commission on Monday (6 September) has shown, …

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Ensuring fair working conditions in the online talent platform economy

03/03/202105/03/2021 - Leave a Comment

Online talent platform work has experienced rapid growth in recent years and been embraced by individuals and businesses alike. While working via an online platform does not constitute a new …

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A sky-high tariff on smartphones is keeping people offline in Zimbabwe

18/02/202119/02/2021 - Leave a Comment

Despite experiencing substantial growth in internet users in the last decade, Zimbabwe, a country of 14.7 million, still suffers from underutilized mobile internet capacity and low smartphone penetration, according to the latest annual …

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Côte d’Ivoire’s informal economy has come online and the government’s not happy

16/02/202119/02/2021 - Leave a Comment

Entrepreneurs in Côte d’Ivoire are circumventing high retail rents and government bureaucracy to start businesses online, resulting in a thriving informal digital economy. From baby clothes to handmade jewelry, small …

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The Future of Food

18/12/202002/10/2021 - 1 Comment

From the publisher: By the middle of this century, we will have nine billion mouths to feed and nobody who wants to be a farmer. Projections suggest we might not …

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Democratically digital

09/10/202009/01/2022 - Leave a Comment

Internet access has been a lifeline during the Covid pandemic.  Miriam Brett argues it is too important to remain in the hands of private sector interests. An invisible lifeform has …

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Digital division: pointing the finger

09/10/202002/01/2022 - 1 Comment

Kira Allmann counts the cost of exclusion from the web that is woven into lives worldwide. On a blustery, overcast afternoon eight years ago, volunteers for Broadband for the Rural …

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Taking Climate Action Via a Gaming App

12/06/201929/03/2022 - Leave a Comment

UN Climate Change News, 12 June 2019 – W-Foundation, a global relief and conservation organization, is working with the UN’s Climate Neutral Now initiative to promote sustainability and climate action through a …

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