The future of houses, stop forests from burning and other top stories of the week

$86 trillion in one chart. The world economy, country by country.
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Your next house may be carbon neutral—and built in a factory.
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Africa’s century and jobs for youth. What the world learned in Cape Town.

Seals live in London. An urban river has came back from the dead.

Stop the world’s forests from burning: Indonesia shows how.

You can’t learn soft skills by watching videos. Time for digital learning 2.0.

A start-up ecosystem and a privatization plan. Why Ethiopia could be an African growth engine.

The world’s best teacher on how to make a continent 4IR ready.

Rome’s fall wasn’t so bad. What about a possible end of the American era?

This would be just as long in Vietnamese. Information rates are constant across languages.

Can a drug stop aging? We may know within a year.

Why most people avoid the news: data-driven journalism isn’t working.

What an African free trade deal means for the world. Reporting and analysis from the recent World Economic Forum on Africa (Washington Post).

The best country to visit. Coverage of the Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report (CNN).

Violence against African women must stop now. An op-ed by a Forum lead. (News24)

Why companies are forming cyber security alliances. Authored by Forum lead. (Harvard Business Review)

Seychelles aims to grow while protecting environment. Quotes Forum executive chairman Klaus Schwab. (allafrica.com)