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Circularity tales: From organic waste to alternative proteins

Impact Hub

billion tonnes of waste projected by 2050, as highlighted by the World Bank, a paradigm shift is imperative. As the conversation concludes, Constantine shares a valuable piece of advice for businesses venturing into circular practices – implement sharing models. To combat the looming 3.40

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Healthcare infra, foodtech among hot sectors in 2-3 years – Angel Low, Principal, The Hive Southeast Asia

AsiaTechDaily

She said 65% of Asia’s population will be elderly by 2050 and with that the cost of elderly healthcare is expected to grow by 5X from 2030. Low also noted that 60% of the world’s diabetics are living in Asia while cancer mortality rate in the region is 75%, compared to 65% globally.

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Circularity Tales: from organic waste to alternative proteins

Impact Hub

billion tonnes of waste lingering out there by 2050 (World Bank), our current system has to change: we need to re-learn how to manage resources, rethink how we make and use products, and reflect on what we do with the materials afterwards. To avoid some catastrophic 3.40 Impact Hub: That’s absolutely amazing, we’ll be rooting for you!

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Make accessibility part of your startup’s products and culture from day one

TechCrunch

Moreover, the world’s population of those who are 60 and older is expected to reach 2 billion by 2050, up from 900 million in 2015. Having accessibility experts on your team to provide advice and guidance is a great start. The World Health Organization says people aged 60 and older outnumber children under 5. Here’s what it reveals.

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Nia Richards

Forward Cities

The 2019 Institute for Policy Study on the national racial wealth gap reported if the trajectory of the past three decades continues, by 2050 the median White family will have $174,000 of wealth, while Latino median wealth will be $8,600 and Black median wealth will be $600. We all play a role in these stats.

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Source.ag raises $23M to raise the bar on raising crops with AI

TechCrunch

Food production is both energy and water-intensive (“fun” fact: agricultural irrigation uses 70% of water worldwide ) and with the global population expected to reach 10 billion by 2050 , it strikes me that it wouldn’t be a bad idea to use a bit less water to grow our food.

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Daily Crunch: Stripe acquires Nigeria’s Paystack

TechCrunch

In an interview with TechCrunch, Stripe CEO Patrick Collison said that expanding into Africa presents the company with “an enormous opportunity,” adding that Stripe is planning for “a longer time horizon” than most other companies: “We are thinking of what the world will look like in 2040-2050.”

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