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Global Perspectives on Innovation

The Edmonton Equation: How a City's Radical Repositioning is Driving Billions in Investment
Competing on the global stage--where hundreds of communities worldwide are after the same things--requires radical repositioning and relentless pursuit…
10:25
Let's Talk: Tariffs, Trade Wars and Local Innovation Countermeasures.
Economic uncertainty is the enemy of prosperity. Let's talk about how to manage it.
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No, You Can't Tariff Your Way to the Promised Land.
Tariffs erode American economic and innovation leadership while helping adversaries. || Two reasons the Trump tariffs are vastly worse than imagined. …
Made In Malawi (audio version)
Podcast: Malawi University of Science and Technology is emerging as an innovation wellspring, vaulting a nation of determined, talented people into the…
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Made In Malawi
Malawi University of Science and Technology is emerging as an innovation wellspring, vaulting a nation of determined, talented people into the knowledge…
Flipping the Script: Nigeria the Startup State
Nigeria faces next-level challenges building culture and infrastructure to support innovation. But innovation ecosystems promise an extraordinary level…
What Nation Builders Know: Four Foundational Concepts and the Critical Link to Innovation
Building a country from scratch turns out to be among the most complex of human endeavours.
Innovation Ecosystems: Turning Creative Destruction Into Economic Gold
Creative destruction is happening worldwide and no one is unaffected, from university to city to country.
The Destination is the Improvement of Our Society. (P2)
Nigeria remains one of the world's most fragile nations. Local innovation ecosystem leaders are working hard to help researchers and entrepreneurs…
The Destination Is The Improvement Of Our Society (P1)
Nigeria's University of Lagos is home to an emerging culture of innovation, propelled by impressive research output.
Humanity's Indomitable Ingenuity Versus the Fragility of Progress
Disasters forever linked.
Kenya: “Hustler Nation” and Startup State
An outside observer might be forgiven for thinking that this time Kenya has gotten it right, despite August’s general election taking a predictably…
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