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Special Report: Tech Pioneers, the Class of 2008
The World Economic Forum's 2008 picks for the hottest startups in health care, biotech, IT, Internet, and energy

Slide Show: Future Leaders of Tech, 2008 Edition
Could these tech companies become the Googles of tomorrow?

Europe's Hot Growth Companies 2008
This year's winners come from a broad range of industries. While traditional fields such as manufacturing, industrial equipment, and mining make a strong showing, so do a number of high-tech firms and a gaggle of companies from Europe's thriving green energy sector.

BusinessWeek 50 Europe 2008
Eco tech outfits are among the up-and-comers thriving with help from their governments

Special Report: The State of European Innovation
Only 10 European outfits made a recent BusinessWeek ranking of innovative companies from around the globe. Still, Europe is going strong in several segments

Other European Innovation Coverage
More coverage of innovative companies throughout EMEA

Tech Leaders of Tomorrow

Some former winners such as Google helped give a leg up to the crop of 2009 Technology Pioneers chosen by the World Economic Forum

2009 Tech Pioneers

The World Economic Forum honors "Tech Pioneers"—companies offering new technologies or business models that could advance the global economy and have a positive impact on people's lives

TraceTracker Tracks Food Safety on the Net

To pinpoint trouble with tainted food, Norway's TraceTracker has a global system that tracks products' ingredients from farm to supermarket

Intelligent Medicine: Proteus' Very Smart Pills

The Raisin system from Proteus Biomedical uses tiny computing devices inside pills to transmit data to doctors

MPedigree's Rx for Counterfeit Drugs

A Ghana startup allows consumers to instantly verify the source of pharmaceuticals for free using mobile phones

Qifang: College Loans for the Chinese Masses

Qifang hooks up students who can't afford tuition with benefactors who can, even between far-flung regions

Cows to Kilowatts: A Bounty from Waste

The Nigerian startup lowers slaughterhouse pollution, eliminates greenhouse gas emissions, and produces clean, cheap energy

E-Commerce for Indians, on Their Cell Phones

With ngpay, JiGrahak's mobile-commerce service, Indians are using their handsets to bank, buy movie tickets, and order food and flowers