Berlin is experiencing a steady influx of businesses and people. The demand for offices in Berlin has therefore grown rapidly in recent years. The office rental market is tense, but real estate providers have responded. In 2021, the number of office sp…
In the digital economy, blockchain technology is often described as one of the next big innovations. The World Economic Forum, for example, assumes that it will be one of six megatrends for the future. As shown in this infographic made in collaboration…
While the world’s overall preparedness score in the 2021 Global Health Security Index isn’t particularly good, it is markedly worse in the Prevention category. The global average score for the prevention of the emergence or release of pathogens is just…
As the world continues to battle the Covid-19 pandemic, it remains underprepared for future epidemics and pandemics, according to new research. No country reached the highest category of preparedness for future health emergencies on the 2021 Global Hea…
With a total GDP of $432.3 billion, Nigeria has become the biggest economy on the African continent over the last 30 years. While the five highest spots on this ranking have been more or less constant over the last three decades, the rest of the top 8 …
Worry, stress, anger and sadness among employees worldwide have been on the rise over the past decade, reaching record levels in 2020. This is according to a survey for the ‘State of the Global Workplace 2021 Report’ conducted by Gallup in 116 countrie…
While the origin of the novel coronavirus that has been dominating our lives for the past two years is still unclear, latest research suggests that a Wuhan market worker was the first known case of Covid-19. She fell ill on December 11, 2019, three mon…
The rise of democracy has been one of the greatest collective human achievements of the last century, allowing large shares of the world’s population to live in relative freedom and have the ability to alter the politics and society of their country. H…
On December 8, 2020, Margaret Keenan made history. The 90-year-old woman from Coventry, England became the first person to receive an approved Covid-19 vaccine. Twelve months later, more than eight billion doses have been administered worldwide, making…
Only 31 out of 112 countries appearing on the Education First English Proficiency Index (EF EPI) achieved a score Very High or High in 2021, even though English is widely considered the most widespread world language or lingua franca following in the f…