Miscellaneous
7 African entrepreneurs who are blazing trails and changing lives
In Africa today there is an entrepreneurial boom taking place—a steadily rising number of young businessmen and women who are building successful, fast growing companies in the fields of engineering, technology, health, education, and more. (Forbes recently put together a list of 30 of them!) Read More...
UN Committee on world food security on track to lead the global effort toward achieving zero hunger by 2030
On the 15th of October the UN Committee on World Food Security adopted the report of its 2015 plenary session. It includes the outcomes of a very intense and fruitful week where all Member States took important commitments that will be critical to ensure that the CFS can deliver on its role and Read More...
UK Government Highlights Benefits of Blockchain Tech
The economic secretary to the UK government's economic and finance ministry – HM Treasury – has spoken about the benefits of digital currencies and blockchain technology. During her speech in London yesterday about the government's technology drive, Harriet Baldwin MP said the Read More...
Wall Street Should Be Scared of the Blockchain
Featuring fresh takes and real-time analysis from HuffPost's signature lineup of contributors In Singapore this week, the incredible response to the discussion on the "blockchain" at SIBOS Innotribe is indicative of a massive shift taking place globally in banking. FinTech, or Financial Technology, Read More...
This is how a new crop of companies are trying to reinvent banking
Financial technology, better known as fintech, has exploded over the last 5 years. The rate of investment is growing by 45% annually and $13.7 billion was ploughed into startups in the space in the last year alone, according to CB Insights. As investment booms, finance and banking are being Read More...
Obama turns to crowdfunding to aid fleeing Syrians
As Syrian refugees continue to flee the violence at home, President Obama is turning to the modern tools of Silicon Valley entrepreneurship as a supplement to the more traditional means of humanitarian relief. At the request of officials from the White House Office of Digital Strategy, the Read More...
5 tips for homeschooling through chaos
Job loss. Moving. New babies. High risk pregnancy. Hospitalization. Injury. Chronic pain disability. These are a few of the things that we, at the Non Stepford house, have dealt with during our almost (gasp!) eight years of homeschooling. That’s one of the many things nobody warns you about Read More...
The critical step to gentle parenting that we often overlook
Marianne Williamson said it best when she stated, “There is no single effort more radical in its potential for saving the world than a transformation of the way we raise our children.” Many of us who practice Attachment Parenting and gentle discipline do so because we understand the Read More...
How Wall Street is embracing bitcoin
Clearing houses, also known as central clearing counterparties (CCP), have been seen as the answer by policymakers. However, Robert Sams, the CEO of Clearmatics, believes the distributed ledger could be a real solution for the industry. "The CCPs are now the largest counterpart to most of the Read More...
The benefits of being an introverted parent
I wasn’t always cool with being an introverted parent. I wanted to be one of those moms who thrived among children—the mom who’s always on, always available emotionally;the mom who invites all the neighborhood kids over for snacks every day. But that’s just not me. I love my Read More...