Hans Rosling - debunking third-world myths with data (2007)

Hans Rosling (1948 - 2017), a Swedish physician, researcher and academic (Wikipedia), ignited a debate surrounding preconceptions about the state of the world, between what was once thought of as the third-world, developing and western economies.

(illustration image from Rosling's TED Talk of 2007)

In this TED Talk (2007) Rosling seeks to reveal the relationships between investment in public services, in Aid, GDP, human development factors, trends and linkages over time.  Rosling presents using a set of startling animated data-driven visualisations generated with the then new suite of design tools and data indices gathered under the banner of gapminder.org.

Martin Fowler's ThoughtWorks Technology Radar

For an opinionated guide to technology frontiers, and a deep dive into the technology igniting discussion. Thoughts on market impact and leadership, by technologists for technologists, on the business of software itself, pure and simple.

https://www.thoughtworks.com/radar

"Software@" Sonalake - How we build software

Our next industry guests are from Sonalake: Ciaran Treanor (CTO) and Cormac Ó Foghlú (VP Operations)

They will be talking about how a software services business works, their client engagement models and software development and services as a team sport.

The software@ seminar series provides an insider's perspective on one or more of the following taking place in high-tech firms: software engineering approaches, methods, technology stacks, evolution of architecture, design process, dynamics of deployment, test culture, peer processes etc.

For more on this year's seminar series see http://mis.ucd.ie/news/software-speaker-series-2020

Africapitalism: a conference event, Feb 27, 2020

After a successful workshop last year on 'Place, Belongingness, and International Entrepreneurship in Africa: Impact on Sustainable Development', we are delighted to continue the discussion by hosting a conference on:

Africapitalism

While this conference is mainly targeting students, we would like to invite you to take part, as there will be a mixture of researchers, practitioners and policy-makers who will be engaging with the theme from multiple perspectives, with the aim to better locate Africa within the global business education curricula. For further information and registration please click the link below:

https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/ucd-africa-business-conference-2020-tickets-92706923905

Best wishes,

David Nyaluke, PhD (Proudly Made in Africa Fellow in Business and Development)
Penelope Muzanenhamo, PhD (Assistant Professor in Business and Society)
Killian Stokes, Entrepreneur, Lecturer in Business and Development (Moyee Coffee, Ireland)

W:proudlymadeinafrica.org