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No matter how busy you are, if you prioritize work over wellness, you’re body will eventually let you down. Here are a few tips for taking better care of yourself from 6 a.m. until bedtime that won’t get in the way of your Read More...
As Africa’s tech startups and their founders go about creating disrupting industries or, in some cases, building new ones, they’ve typically tended to mushroom across three major ecosystems: Nairobi, Cape Town and Lagos. But over the past year, Read More...
Two recent graduates have created a platform that pairs older homeowners with young renters. The idea is simple: You match younger people who need affordable housing with older adults who charge affordable prices—including help around the house—for the extra rooms of their house. For empty Read More...
Young people in southern Germany don’t really have to worry about the future as the story of this town shows. With the unemployment rate hovering a little above 1 percent, finding work is the least of their worries. The only ones doing any worrying are the business owners themselves who are Read More...
Investor projections claim Lyft’s market share has surged in the last year, with the ride-hailing company on track to grab about one-third of the Read More...
In just a quarter of a century, China’s GDP grew thirtyfold, and 750 million people were lifted out of poverty—the most ever achieved in a single period in the history of the world. China went from being poorer than Kenya, Lesotho, and Nigeria to rivaling the United States for the title of Read More...
During the inaugural Obama Foundation Summit in Chicago this week, the former president gave a speech in which he presented a set of four rules he encouraged everyone to follow. Rules that, he believes, can help elevate civic culture and bring change into our everyday Read More...
Not long ago, I moved apartments, and beneath the weight of work and lethargy a number of small, nagging tasks remained undone. Some art work had to be hung from wall moldings, using Read More...
Uber has added a new feature that will solve a challenge almost every rider, at some point, has faced: the difficulty with picking up friends along the route to your destination. That’s because, until now, Uber has only allowed you to request a ride from point A to point B. That now changes with Read More...
In 2012, Airbnb hosted around 22,700 guests in Africa. That number has swelled since then, with the room rental giant reporting that 1.2 million people stayed in Airbnb listings across Africa in the past year. That translates into $139 million generated for local hosts in just a year’s time, Read More...