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Building a Space Station & Africa’s Digital Exclusion | WEF | Top Stories of the Week

This week's top stories of the week include: 00:14 - How AI is getting new medicines to market: New #medicines are critical to fight disease, but there is a bottleneck in getting them to market. Benjamine Liu, CEO of Formation Bio, says a pinch point lies in knowledge work, patient recruitment and data handling - all areas where #AI can help, let companies run trials more efficiently, reducing the risk of a costly failure, and making savings that will eventually reach the patient. Here, he explains how. 03:37 - Building a space station from scratch: US company Vast aims to launch the world’s first commercial space station in early 2027. Its first crew will dock a few weeks later. The new space station is being designed with the crew’s needs in mind throughout, explains CEO Max Haot - from next-generation sleeping facilities to fast internet access. 06:09 - Africa’s digital exclusion: Kate Kallot, CEO of Amini, which builds data infrastructure in the Global South, explains why #Africa must defend its data sovereignty in the new global digital economy, and gives some practical steps governments can take. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The World Economic Forum is the International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation. It provides a global, impartial and not-for-profit platform for meaningful connection between stakeholders to establish trust, and build initiatives for cooperation and progress. Find out more below: World Economic Forum Website ► http://www.weforum.org/ YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/wef LinkedIn ► https://www.linkedin.com/company/world-economic-forum Facebook ► https://www.facebook.com/worldeconomicforum/ Instagram ► https://www.instagram.com/worldeconomicforum/  X ► https://twitter.com/wef TikTok ► https://www.tiktok.com/@worldeconomicforum WhatsApp ► https://www.whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaDcHBKGZNCihKxwiD0L Threads ► https://www.threads.com/@worldeconomicforum Flipboard ► https://flipboard.com/@WEF #WorldEconomicForum #wef