Kari Alanko

The great reversal – Covid-19 is undoing years of progress in curbing global poverty economist.com/international/…

Suurlähettiläs ⁦⁦@karialanko⁩ kehottaa Etelä-Afrikassa vielä olevia palaamaan Suomeen mikäli vain mahdollista. #suomitoimii #korona #lockedinSA ⁦@Ulkoministerio⁩

Professor Petri Pellikka, University of Helsinki, talks on research co-operation at #europeforum in Turku. These are the megatrends in Africa.

Attending Future with Africa seminar in Turku, part of #europeforum. Reflects rising importance of the continent, also for Finland.

Finland is ranked as world's happiest nation for a second consecutive year, nice article on cnn cnn.it/2TgC9eZ. Story also gives a brief description of the method used in the ranking. lnkd.in/e9aTx2p

Finland is number 1 in January 23 Good Country Index bit.ly/2AXFx8c. Index measures what each country on earth contributes to the common good of humanity, and what it takes away, relative to its size. See TED talk by Simon Anholt (from 2014) bit.ly/TQII9m.

Launching a project of Waste Transformers, with its CEO Lara van Druten, funded by #EEP_Africa program, at N1 City Mall in Cape Town. Introduces small-scale waste-to-energy technology. Thank you Growth Point for hosting the demonstration unit. Hope it inspires others as well.

World Economic Forum article on why Finland's education system is the best in the World. #education #finnish We must be doing something right... bit.ly/2NHyhF9

Future scenarios for South Africa - this is a must read for anyone interested in challenges and opportunities for South Africa. lnkd.in/g4GeAtk bit.ly/2yPvzan

Current projections are that the world will miss the 1st Sustainable Development Goal of ending extreme poverty by 2030; Africa is especially off-track for this goal nature.com/articles/s4159…

Safe, happy and free: does Finland have all the answers? #img-2" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">theguardian.com/world/2018/feb…

Technology, globalisation and the squeeze on good jobs Interesting article in FT. I wonder whether there is any research on how all of this, including AI, will affect South Africa. ft.com/content/e66b2f…

Finland funds technology #startups in SA, Botswana, Namibia, Tanzania and Zambia with €8.7m through II phase of Southern Africa Innovation Support @SAISProgramme bit.ly/2D0vGl3

Call for papers - 17th Nordic conference on development economics 2018 wider.unu.edu/opportunity/ca…

"Africa is heading in different directions both politically and economically" - new piece by @burke_jason that fits with much of my own analysis. We are seeing greater economic and political divergence over time ... theguardian.com/world/2018/jan…

Interesting talk by Bill Easterly on how ill-informed stereotypes about poor people in poor countries can breed xenophobia in the rich world, jeopardizing a major route out of poverty for many. Yes, they do know its Christmas! twitter.com/bill_easterly/…

The new world disorder and the fracturing of the west Interesting column by Martin Wolf of FT ft.com/content/54104d…

"Move fast and break things!" 💥 @htaneja giving some bold advice on transforming industries on #founderstage #slush17

18 reasons why Finland is the greatest country on Earth @TelegraphTravel bit.ly/2BxZG3v

Presented my credentials to President of Mauritius yesterday. Warm ceremony. We talked about possible areas of co-operation between Finland and Mauritius: Education, ICT/Innovation, Renewable energy. Met also with Minister of Education and Minister of Technology.