📈 Human Progress
In the last decades humanity has made great progress with less extreme poverty, increased health, wealth and democracy. We follow in the tradition of professor Hans Rosling.
📅 The best decade in human history
Poverty declined, wealth increased, new science breakthroughs and bigger opportunities for more people than ever before. 2010 to 2020 has been the best decade in human history.
7 Big achievements of 2019
2019 has seen some major strides forward for humanity. Lets take a look at some of the most noteworthy breakthroughs we have made over the last 12 months. 1. Renewable energy overtook fossil fuels In 2019, the UK hit a major energy milestone: between July and September, renewable power sources
🚰 A solar farm is producing clean drinking water to 35,000 people in Kenya
The NGO GivePower created and installed the Solar Water Farm, bringing potable water to Kiunga's residents.
🏘️ Mexico is constructing an entire community of 3D printed homes.
We are now entering a new era of human housing. The technology of 3D printing has accelerated at an incredible pace over the past 30 years. Today, we are printing entire houses.
⛓️ Volvo will use blockchain to make sure its cobalt wasn’t mined by children
The data in the blockchain will include the cobalt's origin, attributes like weight and size, as well as the chain of custody.
🐠 A community of women in Kenya has restored a dying coral reef
A group of women on Wasini Island in Kenya, have banded together to restore the coral reef along their coastline. Their successful efforts have played a key role in restoring large swaths of coral reefs, on which 80% of their community rely upon for an income.
📭 Drones delivering prescription medicine to residential doorsteps for the first time
Last month UPS announced that it was the first to receive approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to operate its full drone airline. It allowed them to expand upon their small drone delivery pilot programs into a nation wide network.
🔬 After more than two decades of research, the world finally has an approved Ebola vaccine
Ebola vaccine approved in Europe in landmark moment in fight against a deadly disease.
🌍 Africa is the world’s fastest-growing continent for software developers
As tech ecosystems and hubs continue to sprout across Africa, an accompanying effect has been an a big increase in local software engineering talent. So big in fact, that Microsoft is investing over $100 million [https://qz.com/africa/1618874/microsoft-opens-africa-development-centre-in-kenya-and-nigeria/] to open its first development centers on the continent