Author Archive

  We’re proud to say that regional editor for Africa Mac-Jordan Degadjor is turning heads. When it comes to experts on Africa’s push into the age of the Internet and mobile technology, he’s an enthusiastic expert, and is being recognized as such. One.org interviewed Mac-Jordan recently about Ghana’s mobile future. […]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ce7JzmOswyQ Sitting on a Norwegian airlines plane from Oslo, Norway to Tromsø, I feel compelled to take a few minutes to explain why I believe the Arctic is relevant to futurechallenges.org. Our mandate is to explore the way in which the world’s major trends intersect, and how those intersections will […]

Below, a brief interview with Judi Wakhungu, current Executive Director of the African Center for Technology Studies. We discussed the ways in which Africa is leading the world in technological uptake, how the chief challenges facing Africa compare with those facing the rest of the world, and her own expansive […]

Is the ultimate technological solution just around the corner, or will further technological fixes take us farther from the flexible, diversified system we need to respond to our volatile world?

“This American Life” is a long-running radio series in the US, produced by a public radio station in Chicago. For the tenth anniversary of the 9?11 attacks, host Ira Glass recorded some powerful radio interviews with connected individuals all over the US. They’re captivating and compelling.