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“Ebola crisis: World ‘dangerously unprepared’ for future pandemics” – BBC News – January 27, 2015

On January 27, 2015 BBC News reported on a speech delivered by the President of the World Bank in Washington, DC. “The Ebola outbreak has been devastating in terms of lives lost and the loss of economic growth,” Mr Kim told an audience at Georgetown University. “We need to make sure that we get to […]

“Africa’s new breed of solar energy entrepreneurs” – BBC News – January 26, 2015

An article published on BBC News on January 26, 2015 reports that “(a) new breed of entrepreneur is bringing solar power to millions of Africans who don’t have access to mains electricity.” This is a welcome development, because “African economies may be booming, but continued growth and quality of life are being jeopardised by lack […]