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In 2024, innovators around the world filed 3.7 million patent applications, marking a 4.9% increase over 2023 and the fastest year-on-year growth since 2018 (figure 1.1). This robust growth is particularly notable given the challenging economic conditions of the past year. Following a 3% decline in 2019 – at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic…

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In 2024, innovators around the world filed 3.7 million patent applications, marking a 4.9% increase over 2023 and the fastest year-on-year growth since 2018 (figure 1.1). This robust growth is particularly notable given the challenging economic conditions of the past year. Following a 3% decline in 2019 – at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic…

For the past seven decades, the United States’ extended deterrence commitment to the Republic of Korea (ROK) has been critical to advancing two central aims of the alliance: (1) deterring North Korean aggression and (2) preventing nuclear proliferation by giving South Korea a credible alternative to developing its own nuclear arsenal. Today, however, a shifting…

The FIFA World Cup 2026, the 23rd edition of the tournament, is being held from Thursday (June 11, 2026) to Sunday (July 19, 2026), with three major North American nations, the United States, Canada and Mexico, jointly hosting the event

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According to the International Monetary Fund(IMF), artificial intelligence will affect nearly 40 percent of jobs worldwide. Yet across Africa, many young people are unprepared for this shift. Education systems in Africa expand access but fail to equip students with practical skills in data analysis, machine learning, and digital tools. This gap restricts young people’s ability…

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Revisiting FESTAC ‘77, the largest pan-African festival in World history A new exhibition takes a photographic look at the event which was envisioned as a restoration of power, solidarity and genius after 500 years of subjugation. A new exhibition takes a photographic look at the event which was envisioned as a restoration of power, solidarity…

Published 3 April 2011Updated 12 July 2024 1884 Otto von Bismarck chairs the Berlin Conference to stem the scramble for Africa. Only Morocco, Ethiopia, and Liberia are recognized as independent entities. Partition of West Africa and East Africa 1896 Ethiopia, under Emperor Menelik II, defeats invading Italian army in the Battle of Adwa. Lumière brothers’…

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