On March 23 of this year, the first-ever published tweet, shared back in 2006 by Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, was sold for $2.9 million. The tweet was sold as an NFT, a non-fungible token. In the same month, Christie’s auction house sold its first-ever NFT artwork — a collage of images by digital artist Beeple...
On the 11th day of March 1702, Elizabeth Mallet published the first edition of the daily Courant, the world’s first daily newspaper and from then on, news reporting has never been the same. The Courant was a single sheet with two columns, and adverts on the back. It carried digests of news from foreign papers,...
When we talk about next generation technology, we often think of flying cars, human robots and such. The fashion industry doesn’t really come to mind and I suspect that this is because this is one industry that draws enormous strength from its history. Fashion complements a traditional sense of culture and is an industry that...
In April 2021, the world was rocked by the death of Sarah Everard. Sarah Everard, a 33-year-old marketing executive, left a friend’s home in the Clapham neighborhood of London at 9 p.m. on March 3 to make her way back to her apartment in nearby Brixton. The walk should have taken her 50 minutes. She...
According to the CDC, obesity is one of the world’s most dangerous health conditions. As COVID-19 ravages the world, fat people are more likely to contract the virus and are also more likely to end up in the ICU. Weight and obesity-related ailments and diseases is second only to smoking as the most preventable cause...
According to the United Nations, by 2050, two-thirds of the world will not have access to water. One in three people still do not have access to clean water and it is estimated that about 842,000 deaths per year is attributable to unsafe water supply, sanitation and hygiene, with 361,000 deaths of them occurring in...
These past few years, we have borne witness to the devastating consequences of the ongoing climate change across the globe. These range from health risks due to heat waves to increased hunger and even water crises. Due to increased consumer awareness of social and environmental issues, more businesses are feeling the pressure to address these...
According to NASA, 70% of the world’s surface is covered in water. Even though this seems to be a lot, it turns out that it isn’t enough because of all that water, only 2.5% is freshwater and fit for human consumption. With the combined challenges of climate change and population growth, it is clear that...
Regenerative farming, also known as biological farming, describes a group of farming practices that focus on maintaining soil health and the amazing benefits that come from healthy soil. Generally, regeneration is usually associated with farming and as our environmental consciousness increases, more farmers worldwide have begun to turn their focus to regenerative farming methods. Now...
Abuja, Nigeria: The discovery of the coronavirus vaccine is without a doubt, one of the greatest biological feats of our time. Within one year of the coronavirus being declared a pandemic and halting normalcy as we knew it, its vaccines proving over 90% effective have been developed by some of the smartest minds in our...
Abuja, Nigeria: In December 2020, former US President Obama made a remark regarding activism. According to him, activism was supposed to be conciliatory and that “snappy” slogans like “Defund the Police” only served to alienate people. The comments sparked a backlash from activists across different causes. According to the activists, the ex-president was wrong. The...
Abuja, Nigeria: It’s official– President Trump has left the White House. The buildup to his exit was a huge rollercoaster of events, one of the most notable being his unceremonious exit from Twitter. Almost everyone is familiar with the circumstances surrounding Trump’s Twitter ban. In the aftermath of that, a lot has been said about...