BRICS Young Innovators Prize Competition 2025 for Entrepreneurs
The BRICS Young Innovator Prize, now in its 8th edition, will be integrated into the 10th BRICS Young Scientist Forum scheduled for September 15th – 17th, 2025, in Brasilia, Brazil. This event occurs during Brazil’s presidency of the BRICS alliance. Read more about Opportunities The competition’s designated focus area is: Artificial Intelligence applied to […]
Nigeria Will Be 15th Largest Economy in the World by 2050 – Jim O’Neill
Nigeria is on track to becoming the 15th largest economy in the world by 2050, said Mr Jim O’Neill, a former Chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management. O’Neill said Nigeria could achieve this feat if its large population actively participates in economic development. O’Neill made the prediction at the ongoing 20th Nigerian Economic Summit in […]
Nigeria To Become a Global Economic Powerhouse in 2015 – Jim O’Neill
Renowned economist Jim O’Neill has tipped Nigeria as one of the four nations that would lead the global economy in 2015. In an interview with Al Jazeera, O’Neill, who coined the term BRICS (an acronym for Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) in 2001 to represent four of the fastest growing economies in the world, noted […]
The 3 Key Ingredients for Sustaining Africa’s Growth
Here is an article by renowned businessman Tony Elumelu, which appeared as a guest post on the Financial Times’ beyondBRICs website . In it, he outlines three main requirements for creating and sustaining economic growth in Africa. Enjoy this insightful piece. Africa’s growth continues to make headlines at home and abroad. But while the continent has made […]