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Saurabh Sinha, Professor and Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Research and Internationalisation, University of Johannesburg

Technology and sustainable development: a hamlet in rural South Africa shows how one can power the other

A family cooking with firewood in Qunu, the rural village where former South African President Nelson Mandela grew up. Carl De Souza/AFP via Getty Images

It’s hard to imagine that the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and the fourth industrial revolution can be part of the same conversation.

But, as a briefing paper by the World Economic Forum in collaboration with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) points out:

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