Alec Hogg’s final Davos Diary instalment from WEF 2015 leaves us with insights on gender equality, income inequality and geopolitical tensions, making relevant to our daily lives, the knowledge he has gained.
A touching initiative that has got the world’s most elite Davos delegates navigating the Alpine village on foot this year. Ruth-Anne Renaud explains the Davos Challenge that is looking to raise 2,500 bicycles for rural South African school children who can walk up to six kilometres a day to get to school.
Founder of Education for Employment Ronald Bruder is all about social change and empowerment of youth from the bottom up.
Ben Magara, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Lonmin PLC is officially no longer a ‘D.V’, and has taken some time out to have a quick catch up with Alec about platinum in the global context at Davos.
South African Minister of Economic Development, Ebrahim Patel talks frankly about the need for true public/private partnership and the necessity for action-based implementation above lip-service.
In this altogether endearing interview with Tony F. Chan the President of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Alec Hogg gained insights into the world of Chinese technology, business and its entrepreneurial leaders of tomorrow.
Global direct real estate investment returned to pre-recession levels in 2014 and should reach about $1 trillion annually within five years.
To get an understanding of why inequality is such an important area of focus on the global agenda at the World Economic Forum this year, Alec Hogg spoke with Stewart Wallis from the New Economics Foundation, unpacking the magnitude of the issue and what it means for the world from a practical perspective.
Technology has enabled unequivocal social gains in recent years, technology leaders told participants in the 45th World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, from 21 to 24 January 2015.
Bertrand Piccard can be be described by many lofty adjectives, most pertinent however must be that he is an inspiring visionary.