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Jun 17, 2020 at 12:20 UTCUpdated Jun 17, 2020 at 13:26 UTCBogota, Colombia (Shutterstock)Colombian Government and WEF Weigh Public Ethereum in Bid to Fight CorruptionThe World Economic Forum (WEF) is working with the Colombian government to see if blockchain-based transparency can help prevent a hotspot for corruption, which happens in…

The World Economic Forum (WEF) is working with the Colombian government to see if blockchain-based transparency can help prevent a hotspot for corruption, which happens in the process of bidding for high-value contracts to provide public goods and services.WEF partnered with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Office of…

UKRAINE - 2020/05/04: In this photo illustration a World Economic Forum logo seen displayed on a ... smartphone. (Photo Illustration by Igor Golovniov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Countries have stock exchanges, commodities markets and various types of bourse systems to enable the formalized trading, pricing…

The World Economic Forum (WEF) today announced the 100 companies on its 2020 Technology Pioneers list. This marks the 20th annual Pioneers class for the WEF. Each year, the organization selects a number of early-stage companies it believes are developing cutting-edge technology in areas such as health care, climate change,…

These are the companies that think differently and stand out as potential game-changers.Two Indian firms — ZestMoney and Stellapps — figure in a new list of Tech Pioneers released on Tuesday by the World Economic Forum (WEF) which described these 100 entities as future headline-makers addressing global issues with cutting-edge…

EaLLm-cXgAAp-TC Dilignet There is great passion/interest and frankly confusion around Environmental Social Governance (E.S.G.). The movement was founded/pioneered by the World Economic Forum as an output of their work on the new emergence of stakeholder capitalism. The WEF led the change to grow from a shareholder-centric view to a stakeholder-centric…

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff believes that the recent round of coronavirus stimulus checks are a sign that a universal basic income is in America's future. However, Benioff also said he wishes that those checks came with a package of 10 N95 filtration masks to help American citizens guard against the coronavirus.Benioff's…

Today’s mobile devices may come in all shapes and sizes, but they share one crucial thing in common: they all need to charge. Yes, as powerful as they’ve become, most mobile devices still require charging every day. To help prevent this daily ritual from becoming a drain on the planet,…

Indian startups and small businesses are staring at a huge cybersecurity problem and as is the case with such an issue, often it’s too late before gaps can be plugged or fixed. Just this month, user data from two Indian startups — Zoomcar and Unacademy — was found leaked onto the…

TOPLINE The World Economic Forum meetings—more commonly known as “Davos," for the ski resort town in Switzerland where it’s held—are known for being an elite gathering of the world’s most powerful, but next year’s iteration of the annual event will have a virtual component that the WEF says can connect…