Despite some progress toward reducing inequality in certain dimensions, inequality still persists. The COVID-19 pandemic has also deepened these existing inequalities, exposing key problems that affect the most vulnerable communities. In the tenth infographic of our Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) series, we explain the challenges behind SDG #10 – the goal to reduce inequality within and among countries.
Nobody forgets the helping hand that gave them their start. For these startups that are solving problems for social good, two of our employees are paying it forward as their mentors at The Start, a new pre-accelerator programme.
In 2018, 5,636 public and internal hackathons were hosted worldwide, with millions of dollars in cash prizes given out and hundreds of thousands of participants coming together to brainstorm about and solve issues.
This is how we failed, and then realised it gave us what we needed to succeed.