The Future Laboratory

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Stat: Demographic shifts to transform global workforce by 2030

The global workforce is on the brink of transformation, driven by two significant demographic shifts identified in a new World Economic Forum (WEF) report.

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Technology

Switched on

Global – Facebook’s OpenCellular device will bring mobile connectivity to rural areas of the developing world.

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Technology

Mobile phones used to help people in Angola locate water supplies

Development agencies are using mobile phone technology to help communities in Angola to access clean water.

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Sub-Saharan Africa

Digitisation of payments in developing world is key to economic inclusion

The digitisation of payments in the developing world will transform the speed with which G20 goals can be reached, according to a major report by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in partnership with the Better Than Cash Alliance and the World Bank Development Research Group.

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Technology

Facebook makes a play for financial services

Facebook is seeking approval from regulators in Ireland to enable users to store digital cash and make money transfers on the site.

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Technology

Blood test: Fuseproject targets developing world

San Francisco – Fuseproject, the studio of noted designer Yves Béhar, has created a concept for a product that could revolutionise the treatment of chronic illness in the developing world.

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Design

Bright invention: Frugal innovation inspires lighting

New York – For Noho Next 2013, a showcase of work by 13 emerging American designers, Misha Kahn created lighting inspired by impromptu use of materials in the developing world.