by Abriel | Jun 24, 2017 | 2017, Impact Journalism Day
Thirteen-year-old Yusuf Warsame shows up for school in Frederiksburg, Denmark, every day, takes part in class and gets up to pranks like any of his classmates – but he is not actually there. At home, about 3km away, Yusuf accesses and controls a robot called...
by Abriel | Jun 24, 2017 | 2017, Impact Journalism Day
This is school at its best. Every Saturday, some 300 10- and 11-year-olds from disadvantaged neighbourhoods around Brussels get a taste of what the future could look like, through activities organised by Tada, or Toekomst -F Atelier de l’Avenir (Studio of the...
by Abriel | Jun 24, 2017 | 2017, Impact Journalism Day
There have been few rays of hope to cling to during Greece’s long crisis. One of them has been the steady emergence of the Greek start-up eco-system. Since four European Union-backed venture capital funds started operating in early 2013, there have been notable...
by Abriel | Jun 24, 2017 | 2017, Impact Journalism Day
The meteoric rise in crowdfunding projects, which allow an entrepreneur to raise funds from the donations of private individuals, has taken many countries by storm. Two young Moroccans finishing their Master’s Degrees in Finance have set up their own such...
by Abriel | Jun 24, 2017 | 2017, Impact Journalism Day
For small-scale farmers in Nigeria, especially in the northern parts of the country, getting tractors to use on their farmlands to boost their yield has always been difficult. Many farmers cannot afford to buy one due to the high cost, while the country’s...
