How the UN’s ‘Sex Agency’ Uses Tech to Save Mothers’ Lives
[ad_1] Toward the end of 2020, on a work trip to Chocó, Colombia, Jaime Aguirre came across a girl—perhaps 11 or 12 years old—holding a newborn. “Is this your baby?”…
Scientists Reexamine Why Zebra Stripes Mysteriously Repel Flies
[ad_1] For the current study, Tombak, then a PhD candidate at Princeton, and her team wanted to test stripe width to see if narrower ones might be even more repulsive…
Fintech in Latin America and Africa Is Breaking the Mold
[ad_1] This rings true for a country like Brazil. In 2019 the Central Bank of Brazil created Pix, an instant payment ecosystem that allows people, companies, and government entities to…
A Lawsuit Against Meta Shows the Emptiness of Social Enterprises
[ad_1] Earlier this year, Meta and its largest content moderation partner in Africa, Sama, were accused of union busting, forced labor, and human trafficking. The lawsuit claims that “misleading job…