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| 25.06.2025 | Bridging the Gap: The Rise of Stablecoins in Africa | In the heart of Africa, a financial revolution is brewing. Stablecoins, the digital currency tethered to real-world assets, are poised to reshape the continent's economic landscape. This shift is not just a trend; it’s a movement. The recen... |
| 23.06.2025 | What Not to Miss: 2025 U.S. Africa Business Summit Opening Plenary & Featured Panels | As we gather in Luanda for the 2025 U.S.-Africa Business Summit #USAfricaBizSummit2025, we're excited to spotlight sessions that explore key sectors and initiatives driving U.S.-Africa trade, investment and commercial engagement.
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| 29.05.2025 | First ASEAN-Gulf bloc-China summit ‘ambitious', but competing interests pose partnership challenge | Listen
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KUALA LUMPUR: The historic summit this week between ASEAN, China and a Gulf bloc marks a "symbolically significant and ambitious" hedge agai... |
| 25.05.2025 | Nigeria: Jihadists in Nigeria Using Tiktok to Spread Ideology and Recruit Fighters | Jihadist groups including Boko Haram are increasing in numbers and strength in northeastern Nigeria, and using social media to publicise their campaigns and find new recruits.
Jihadists in Nigeria and their supporters are increasingly turni... |
| 30.04.2025 | London’s AI surge at risk from skills crunch, Amazon warns | London businesses are embracing artificial intelligence (AI) faster and more comprehensively than the rest of the UK, but the capital’s acute digital skills shortage risks limiting the broader economic gains from this progress.
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| 30.04.2025 | Tony Blair calls for Net Zero ‘reset’ in break with Miliband | Sir Tony Blair has called for a reset of “irrational” Net Zero plans, with an extended critique of the current state of the climate debate that has been seen as a direct rebuke to the energy secretary Ed Miliband.
Blair, the last Labour lea... |
| 30.04.2025 | Tony Blair is right to call for ‘reset’ of ludicrous Net Zero debate | If energy secretary Ed Miliband still believes that critics of his dash to Net Zero are peddlers of “nonsense and lies” he has a new name to add to his list of dangerous misinformation merchants: Tony Blair. I do appreciate that some people... |
| 25.03.2025 | Will the government’s £2bn affordable housing top-up make a difference? | The government has ploughed a ‘top-up’ investment of £2bn into the UK’s affordable housing sector as part of its pledge to revitalise residential construction.
Officials say it will get working people and families into secure homes, while d... |
| 11.02.2025 | Can the UK Catch Up in the Global Robotics Race? | Within ten years, intelligent, semi-autonomous systems will have revolutionised the UK economy, taking over mundane and hazardous jobs, improving the quality of life, and potentially adding as much as £150 billion to the country’s Gross Val... |
| 10.11.2024 | The AI Revolution: Jobs at Risk and Opportunities Ahead | The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) is like a double-edged sword. It promises efficiency and growth but also threatens to slice through the job market. Recent reports from the Tony Blair Institute reveal a stark reality: AI could displ... |
| 10.11.2024 | Развитие ИИ приведет к росту безработицы. Вот каких профессий это коснется | Полное и эффективное внедрение искусственного интеллекта британскими компаниями сэкономит почти четверть рабочего времени сотрудников частного сектора. Это также может привести к сокращению от 1 до 3 млн рабочих мест в Великобритании в ближ... |
| 08.11.2024 | AI May Displace 3M Jobs, But Only Modest Job Losses Expected | AI could displace up to three million jobs in the UK’s private sector, though actual job loss is predicted to be only in the hundreds, according to new research from the Tony Blair Institute.
The thinktank predicts that between 60,000 and 2... |
| 29.09.2024 | The Path to a Greener Future: COP28 and the Role of Carbon Accounting | The world stands at a crossroads. Climate change looms large, casting a shadow over our future. The recent COP28 summit in Dubai offered a glimmer of hope. The International Energy Agency (IEA) unveiled a roadmap that could cut global emiss... |
| 27.09.2024 | Transparent Carbon Accounting Key To Global Trust and Net-Zero Goals According to IEA, global energy-related CO2 emissions grew by 1.1 per cent in 2023, increasing 410 million tonnes (Mt) to reach a n... | As the need to address global warming becomes increasingly urgent, countries are looking to measure and report on their greenhouse gas emissions.
Greenhouse gas accounting or carbon accounting is the process of quantifying the number of GHG... |
| 21.09.2024 | NATO's Drone Dilemma: A New Era of Warfare | The battlefield is changing. Drones are no longer just toys or tools for surveillance. They are the new soldiers. NATO's recent anti-drone exercise in the Netherlands highlights this shift. For the first time, Ukraine joined the drills, a t... |
| 20.09.2024 | Path to peace in Middle East still possible, says former British prime minister Tony Blair | Listen to this article
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| 15.08.2024 | Can the IOTA Foundation solve blockchain’s credibility crisis? | In the 2010s, IOTA was one of the most exciting European startups in blockchain tech — especially for anyone interested in industrial IoT like myself.
However, today, its co-founder is embarrassed by blockchain's reputation, there's a grave... |
| 02.07.2024 | Tony Blair Institute and SandboxAQ Release First Guide for Governments on Implementing AI Strategy | Strategic deployment of AI drives innovation in public services and economic growth
Today the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI) and SandboxAQ are combining their expertise and announcing the first part of a new guide designed to ... |
| 21.05.2024 | The AI Summit Singapore Set To Ignite The Next Generation Of Tech In Asia This 29 - 31 May | Industry leaders convene in Singapore and take the stage to delve into actionable AI strategies shaping the future of businesses in Asia
SINGAPORE, May 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Part of the globally renowned AI Summit Series, The AI Summit S... |
| 26.04.2024 | Driving Impact with AI: Brian Impact Foundation Joins AVPN Global Conference 2024 | Brian Impact attends Asian Venture Philanthropy Network Global Conference 2024 to discuss foundation's AI-powered assistance system, 'BEES (Benevolence Enhancing Expert System)'
Incorporating large language models, BEES enables effective da... |
| 25.04.2024 | AWEWE 2024 Conference - Exabytes Leads the Charge for Female Empowerment in Southeast Asia's Digital Realm | UOB BizSmart has proudly joined as the official sponsor of the campaign, catalysing economic inclusion through cybersecurity and technological advancements.
SINGAPORE, April 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Exabytes, Southeast Asia's leading All-in... |
| 22.03.2024 | Italian watchdog's AI staff struggle spotlights global challenge | World at WorkItalian watchdog's AI staff struggle spotlights global challenge
By Elvira Pollina and Martin CoulterMarch 22, 20246:04 AM UTCUpdated ago
A slogan related to Artificial Intelligence (AI) is displayed on a screen in Intel pavili... |
| 20.12.2023 | Ghana: The final destination for unwanted clothes | Pile of clothes. Image by publicdomainpictures.net/Petr Kratochvil
Weekly, about 15-million items of used clothes end up in Accra, Ghana’s capital, shipped in bales from Europe, North America and Asia, according to Business Day.
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| 07.09.2023 | More fintechs secure UK banking licences as Revolut struggles to get approval | Two new challengers succeeded in securing banking licences from regulators today, raising more question marks for Revolut as it struggles to get approval from the City watchdogs. |
| 07.07.2023 | UK Gov Establishing “Wider Group of Expertise” In Lieu of AI Council | Since its inception in 2019, the UK Government’s AI Council has provided guidance on AI policy and how it intersects with national security, defence, data ethics, skills, and regulation.
However, the AI Council’s Terms of Reference establis... |
| 22.06.2023 | Only 6% of MPs Confident in Existing UK Regulators to Govern AI | These findings come from a survey conducted in May by YouGov on behalf of Appraise. A representative sample of over 100 MPs was asked to answer a series of questions relating to AI and governance.
When it comes to those who are confident, t... |
| 16.05.2023 | Technology Will Change The World - Will The World Change With It? | The only constant in life is change – and the US is a country with change built into its DNA. |
| 07.03.2023 | Africa: How to Get More African Women Leaders in Business and Tech | While there are increasingly more African women in leadership roles, they are still significantly under-represented but there are a number of things businesses can do to change this ...
This International Women’s Day, the UN’s theme ‘DigitA... |
| 25.02.2023 | Salafi-Jihadi Movement Weekly Update, February 22, 2023 | AFGHANISTAN, February 24 -
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| 12.01.2023 | Iranian Diaspora Collective Stands With Iranians For A Democratic Iran | Women. Life. Freedom Billboard by theIranian Diaspora Collective in Times Square.Iranian Diaspora Collective |
| 23.12.2022 | Questions linger over Facebook, Twitter, TikTok’s commitment to uphold election integrity in Africa, as countries head to polls | A dozen countries in Africa, including Nigeria, the continent’s biggest economy and democracy, are expected to hold their presidential elections next year, and questions linger on how well social media platforms are prepared to curb misinfo... |
| 15.10.2022 | What you need to know about China’s 20th Communist Party Congress | The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is holding the most important event of its political calendar.
Some 2,300 delegates from across China are gathering at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People on Sunday for a week-long congress to appoint the CC... |
| 28.06.2022 | Some insights into digital economy challenges and alternatives | Some insights into digital economy challenges and alternatives; Image: Adobe stock
The World Bank is warning of the real danger of a massive economic downturn across the world. In a recent analysis it warned that many countries – including ... |
| 27.06.2022 | South Africa: Kenya and South Africa Offer Insights into Digital Economy Challenges and Alternatives | The World Bank is warning of the real danger of a massive economic downturn across the world. In a recent analysis it warned that many countries - including those in sub-Saharan Africa - will be facing economic challenges due to rising food... |
| 24.02.2022 | “A real moment of opportunity” shares Tony Blair at Africa Tech Summit | Share this:
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| 04.01.2022 | Opportunity not fear: Reframing cybersecurity to build a safer net for all | Dr. Melanie Garson Contributor
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Dr. Melanie Garson is the policy lead for Europe, Israel and the Middle East in the Internet Policy Unit at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change. She is also a lecturer in International ... |
| 22.12.2021 | To protect the future of the internet, US-led tech diplomacy must change tack | Andrew Bennett Contributor
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Andrew Bennett is a senior policy analyst at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, focused on internet policy and geopolitics. He recently co-authored "The Open Internet on the Brink: A... |
| 04.11.2021 | The Future of government: How officials can do better at delivering services to citizens | The third Disruptive Debate in the Future of Government series featured four participants from East, South, and West Africa, who discussed the challenges of service delivery. The conversation focused on how governments get things done. Whil... |
| 27.08.2021 | A viral discussion on bin collections proves the case for digital democracy | Around midnight on Wednesday night, British Twitter erupted, united over a single issue: bin collections. |
| 22.02.2021 | If the PM wants to make mass testing work – there must be national health passes | Two things can be true at once: the roll out of vaccinations is by far the most promising development in the pandemic, and the future is still very uncertain. The Prime Minister’s new roadmap announcement this evening will likely leave many... |
| 24.01.2021 | The Islamic State in Mozambique | Editor’s Note: The Islamic State has suffered significant losses in recent years, but Mozambique—far from the heartland of its former self-proclaimed caliphate in Iraq and Syria—is a rare bright spot for the group. Tore Hamming, of the Inte... |
| 06.11.2019 | Exclusive: Tony Blair on regulating Big Tech, Facebook, Russia, China and Brexit | As history tells us, the break-up of “Big Oil” and “Big Telco” in the past led to more competition and innovation. What to do in the era of “Big Tech?” Living in 2019, we know more than ever before about how Big Tech, particularly in the sh... |
| 24.08.2019 | How to Protect Elections—From the President | In July, as the country rounded out Donald Trump’s 30th month as president, sirens blared about the integrity of the 2020 presidential elections. The Senate Intelligence Committee issued a new report on “Russian efforts against election inf... |
| 10.03.2019 | The next great debate will be about the role of tech in society and government | Tony Blair Contributor
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| 11.04.2018 | Don’t break big tech, fix it | Chris Yiu Contributor
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Chris is the Senior Policy Fellow for Technology at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change and previously served as a General Manager at Uber. Yiu has also held senior roles in a number of public, ... |
| - | Interoperability and basic data are key to future of Smart Hospitals | In June 2021, the UK government announced a plan to transform how data is used across the health and care sectors. The goal is to give patients control of their health data and enable staff to save more lives through improved care and treat... |
| - | Africa’s open internet is at risk – its leaders must act to save it | As one digital divide in Africa closes, another one risks opening up. Work is underway to improve the continent’s digital infrastructure, but beyond access lies a more fundamental question: as more people come online, will they experience t... |
| - | What’s needed to defeat Long Covid? | On Tuesday, February 7 at 19:30 GMT:
Muscle weakness. Shortness of breath. “Brain fog”. Just some of the myriad symptoms that millions of people worldwide have withstood in the days, weeks and months after recovering from acute coronavirus ... |
| - | How Africa’s middle-income countries could be the next South Korea | Most people think of South Korea as the Asian tech hub, home to Samsung and one of the richest countries in the world, so you may find it hard to believe that in the early 1960s, South Korea had the same level of GDP per capita as Kenya and... |
| - | Made in Africa: The role of localisation in African tech governance | Africa’s technology sector is exciting, multifaceted, and brimming with contradictions. Almost half a billion Africans are online, with another 300m projected to join their ranks by 2025. That same year, the internet economy will likely con... |
| - | Singapore pushes for green data centers as growing AI demand strains energy resources | The city-state launched a green data center roadmap on Thursday to support its ambitions for the digital economy as demand for AI and computing grows.
The roadmap aims to provide at least 300 megawatts of additional capacity in the near ter... |
