With a month and a half under its belt, 2021 has already brought along some monumental events. The USA inaugurated its first woman vice president, Elon Musk became the richest man in the world, Facebook and Twitter banned Donald Trump, and Covid vaccines began rolling out. But the most surprising…

France, known for its exquisite baguettes and cheeses, the beautiful Eiffel, and romantic Paris, has a population of over 65 million people, adding up to 0.84 percent of the global population. …

Mukande, a 31-year-old woman from a remote village in Gisagara District is sweeping the ground outside her home while talking to one of Ignite’s on-field agents. Her husband is out in the field, working on their maize crops. Her 11-year-old son is standing close by, next to one of the…

Several years ago, during a business trip to one of the African countries, I noticed the large number of houses under construction, which seemed to be untouched for a long time. At that moment I was sure that this was a negative indication of the state of the local economy…

In the past decade, as companies like Amazon, Facebook, and Google grew to be global roaming giants, new divisions and operations were added to their core activities, aiming to leverage their vast funds for innovative discoveries and new business models. Uber and Tesla invested billions of dollars in autonomous vehicles…

This week Joe Biden will be inaugurated as the 46th president of the United States, after what was probably one of the most controversial elections in history. …

2020 will forever be written in history books as the year of the Covid-19 pandemic. What began as a mysterious virus in Wuhan, China, in late 2019, quickly spread across the entire globe, leaving no continent, country, or community untouched, creating economical and humanitarian damage on a historic scale. “Conflicts…

In a few days, 2020 will come to its inevitable finish. Under the Covid cloud that reigned supreme, normal went out the window and instead, we got social distancing, months of lockdowns, economic downfalls, political disarray and vast uncertainty. But not all was bad. Throughout the year, I encouraged those…

Next week, on December 21, Tesla will be joining the S&P 500, debuting as one of the 5 largest components in the index with a market value of over $570 billion (!). Elon Musk’s cleantech giant is best known for its electric car, but is actually a global renewable energy…