Jonathan Ledgard is a novelist and a leading thinker on the subjects of opportunity, advanced technology and nature in emerging economies. He was previously a longtime foreign correspondent for The Economist, which he joined after university. In his time there, he wrote leading stories covering over fifty countries and several wars, and served as an Africa correspondent for ten years. At the EPFL he collaborated with global leaders in robotics and artificial intelligence, and led the Redline group which seeks to pioneer the world’s first Droneports in Africa and receives back backing from Lord Foster. A Hollywood adaption by Wim Wenders of his novel Submergence (2011) has been released.