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South-east Asia’s edtech sector will mature unevenly

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SOUTH-EAST ASIA

This has stretched -- but also stimulated -- the emerging edtech sector in the region, and uncovered the many challenges the sector faces in the long term.

Israel will balance new COVID-19 rules against growth

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ISRAEL

Although the number of new cases has exceeded previous peaks, serious cases have not grown proportionately. Despite earlier warnings, the capacity of the country’s hospitals has…

Athens braces for battle on school reform

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GREECE

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Education Minister Niki Kerameus announced the reform on June 28. It includes hiring 11,700 elementary and high-school teachers on tenured…

Argentina's education woes will worsen competitiveness

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ARGENTINA

Education shortcomings in Argentina.

Women’s labour participation is rising but unevenly

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INT

Beneath this short-term decline, however, lies a different long-term trend. Especially in developed economies, women’s workforce participation has steadily increased, partly due…

Technology delivers mixed development gains in Africa

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AFRICA

However, early hopes that digital technology would rapidly overcome the continent’s infrastructural weaknesses and enable governments to achieve 2030 UN Sustainable Development…

Demographic dividend has been wasted in Brazil

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BRAZIL

In much of the world, COVID-19 has exacted a heavy toll on young people, who saw their education disrupted and were frequently the first victims of the impact on labour markets…

Indian edtech sector faces full shake-out

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INDIA

Flagging that uncertainty is the difficulty facing market leader Byju’s. The firm’s problems seem endless: inability to meet debt service commitments, legal battles over…

Coal will not save Botswana beleaguered mining sector

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BOTSWANA

Depressed commodity prices have caused a raft of mine closures in recent months, resulting in thousands of jobs lost across the minerals industry. Gaborone hopes to offset this…

Cloud services face new scrutiny as industry matures

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INT

Its two key attributes -- flexible scale and access from anywhere -- make it a perfect fit for governments, non-profits and commercial firms needing to launch new services, and…