ByReve FisherNovember 12, 2020 The “Bionic Gloves” Helping a Renowned Pianist to Play Again João Carlos Martins was Brazil’s most acclaimed pianist for decades. The 2017 movie “João, o Maestro” follows his…
ByChristy RomerAugust 21, 2020 This Engineer From Brazil Just Created The Fastest Internet Ever Recorded Every day, 640,000 people go onto the internet for the first time. That’s 27,000 new people every hour.…
ByChristy RomerJune 12, 2020 Saving 40 Million Sea Turtles In Brazil In 1980, a group of oceanography students in Brazil, concerned about levels of fishing and pollution, decided to…
ByChristy RomerMarch 8, 2020 immi: A Watch To Tackle Period Poverty A lack of support for good menstrual health is decimating girls’ quality of life all around the world. …
ByChristy RomerNovember 4, 2019 Felipe Rossi, The Dentist Bringing Smiles to the World’s Poorest For all the news about the Amazon Rainforest burning and a far-right, homophobic Commander-in-Chief, you could be forgiven…
ByChristy RomerAugust 28, 2019 Could This Pink Seaweed Stop Cows Heating Up the Planet? After a five-year study, CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, has concluded something fascinating: a small amount of Asparagopsis…
ByReve FisherAugust 20, 2019 REBEL: Transforming Financial Services in Brazil with AI and Big Data REBEL is not merely offering loans to Brazil’s middle class—the company wants to lead the transformation of financial…
ByReve FisherAugust 6, 2019 Alinha Institute: Using Blockchain to Combat Forced Labour in Brazil Forced labour has been a pervasive problem throughout Brazil over the years. In 2018, over 81,000 people were…
ByChristy RomerJuly 23, 2019 Ecosia: The Search Engine Planting Trees While You Surf the Web While we’d love for challenges as wide-ranging as climate change and habitat destruction to be solved with the…
ByReve FisherJuly 8, 2019 Airfox, the Startup with a Mission to Reach the Unbanked Airfox, a blockchain-based FinTech startup in Boston, Massachusetts, is on a mission to increase access to financial services…