Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Brazil startup dares to deliver to favelas

Brazil

SAO PAULO: Clapping their hands, ringing bells and yelling at the top of their lungs to find the right recipient, delivery workers for Brazilian startup Favela Xpress dare to go where traditional companies won’t: the slums. The firm launched in April in Paraisopolis, Sao Paulo’s second-biggest ‘favela’, a sprawling shantytown of 100,000 people with a maze … Read more

Education takes biggest chunk of Saudi public spending in 2022

Saudi education

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Finance Ministry has announced the kingdom’s budget allocation for next year, and the education sector took the biggest share of the pie, Arab News reported. The ministry announced SR955 billion ($254.6 billion), 19.37 per cent, or SR185 billion, of which will go to education. General items sector takes the second biggest share with an … Read more