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Mother Earth and her Careless Children
Written by Muhammad Bilal Khalid
Ever wondered what really sustains our existence? With all the hustle and bustle in our lives we tend to start taking some things for granted. Earth, the mother planet, the green planet or ‘dharti maa’ in Hindi has been sustaining life for billions of years now, and something that has […]
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The Silence of the Digital Sheep
Written by Rabab Khan
Pakistan is a country that has lagged behind the developed world in information and technology for as long as we Pakistanis can remember. Yes, we’ve even lagged behind the United States, which has some of the slowest internet connections in the entire ‘Western World’ and still sports Dial-Up internet – […]
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FutureChallenges wins German Award for Online Communication
Written by Mario Wiedemann
This year marks the second time that the German Award for Online Communication has been presented in Berlin. We are proud and deeply honored that the distinguished jury has given FutureChallenges.org the award in the “Internal Communication” category, putting us ahead of leading German corporations like Bayer, Daimler and Deutsche […]
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The Mobile and Banking System; A Solution for the Unbanked In Africa
Written by kachwanya
According to a new data released by World Bank about 75% of adults worldwide earning less than $2 a day don’t have a bank account. The data collected by Gallup Inc for the World Bank Global Financial Inclusion Database, showed that more than 2.5 billion people around the world don’t […]
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Future Day: 2 July in Berlin
Written by Anneliese Guess
On Monday 2 July at the Kalkscheune in Berlin our team will be gathering an international group of scholars, journalists, activists and bloggers for the first in a series of international Future Days. Organized with support from the Rockefeller Foundation, the series of Future Days will provide a platform for […]
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Rapid Urbanization: Lessons From the Hungarian Rust-Belt
Written by Kinga Szálkai
The rapid development of megacities is a characteristic feature of today’s world. Megacities bring many positive changes to people’s lives in developing countries; however, the negative implications of such unsustainable growth also weigh heavy in the balance. Given the changes and challenges that rapid urbanization produces, the recent past offers many useful lessons for […]
