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An ecotourism paradise
Brazil has to be experienced to be believed. The world’s fifth-largest country boasts breathtaking natural wonders, such as the Amazon rainforest, the Pantanal wetlands and Iguaçu Falls.
Disrupting the financial playing field
Naguib Sawiris has always been a force to be reckoned with, in business, politics and even international relations. Charismatic and forthright, the Egyptian entrepreneur is a visible catalyst of change in the Middle East and North Africa.
Driving digital payments innovation
Alternative payment methods, like peer-to-peer providers PayPal and Square Cash, and smartphone digital wallets, are disrupting an industry which long offered just three options: cash, check, or card.
The coffee revolution
In May 2015, Samantha Cristoforetti, an astronaut on the International Space Station, drank a small cup of coffee and took a giant step for coffee-kind when she made the first zero-gravity espresso.
Sci Fi deep sea mining
Just as Jules Verne’s famous fictional submarine ventured 20,000 leagues under the sea, its modern-day namesake, deep-sea miner Nautilus Minerals, is carving out a new niche in the extraction business.
CNH Industrial trailblazes in innovation
While the high performance road vehicles of global brands such as Nissan, Renault and Toyota may be the most visible face of the fuels revolution, it is in the world of agricultural and industrial equipment that change is taking place…
Money makes the world go round
Long-established financial institutions are working hard to support financial inclusion and to increase their funding of socially and environmentally positive projects.
M-Pesa: mobile money in Africa
In many African countries, more people now use a mobile money account than a bank account. Many of them will be customers of Vodafone’s pioneering M-Pesa service.
Supporting sustainable trade
At Davos this year, politicians and policymakers are debating the next stage in the integration of international trade, with giant regional free trade agreements set to transform global flows of goods and services.
A safe bet in Europe
At the same time as it increases its global exports, Italy is also attracting ever higher levels of foreign investment, especially from companies in developing countries which are looking to secure a foothold in more stable economies.