With schools and daycare closed during significant periods of the pandemic, a lot of parents were faced with the daunting task of performing adequately for their employers while at the sa...
Homes around the world are getting smarter. Data from the Statista Technology Market Outlook estimates that over 130 million households are home to at least one smart speaker, for example...
With the passing of Japan's Kane Tanaka at the age of 119 this week, the title of 'oldest living human' has been bequeathed to the French born Lucile Randon. At the ripe old age of 118, s...
On average globally, a small car emits 2,040 kilograms less CO2 per year than a pickup truck. Large SUVs and sports cars also emit particularly high levels of CO2 of course. SUVs are enjo...
The battle in the minds of people in the U.S. between prioritizing the environment (even at the risk of curbing economic growth) or the economy (even if the environment suffers), has been...
African Union Development Agency projections show that, while the share of people in Africa living in extreme poverty has not seen a great deal of downward movement over the last few deca...
A lot of progress has been made in Africa over the last few decades, but there can be few examples more crucial to the continent than this. In 1955, infant mortality was at 183 – that’s 1...
In 2020, 9 percent of all energy generated in Africa came from renewable sources, with a strong reliance (6.8 percent) on hydropower. The report by PricewaterhouseCoopers does however ind...
While there are, especially in industries like manufacturing, legitimate fears that robots and artificial intelligence could cost people their jobs, a lot of workers in the United States ...
During the pandemic, several African governments encouraged their populations to use mobile payments in order to limit the spread of the virus, notably by waiving fees for this type of tr...
While many of us have been forced to at least try to understand what an NFT is over the last year or so, the latest figures from Google Trends suggest that this research has not led to a ...
The Statista Global Business Cities has identified and ranked the top business cities in Africa, with Egypt's Cairo coming out on top of the cities selected for analysis. The reports eval...
今年你能指望加薪吗？根据Willis Towers Watson（WTW）的最新预测，这在很大程度上取决于你在世界上的所处位置。对于那些在北美工作的受薪雇员来说，他们的前景是最乐观的。在这里，100%的国家预计将在2022年实现工资的整体提升。
Can you expect a raise in salary this year? According to the latest forecasts by Willis Towers Watson (WTW), that very much depends on your location in the world. Their outlook for salari...
A genetically modified pig's heart has been successfully transplanted into a human for the first time. The operation, performed in Baltimore in the United States on Friday, offers a poten...
