Brazil is offering thousands of potential students vocational training in the tourism sector – for free. As unemployment rises in a country riddled with crime, the country’s education ministry is looking for ways to keep citizens engaged and contributing to society.

Education in Brazil is lacking – many people are unable to comprehend a written sentence or solve a simple maths problem. QEdu is looking to tackle this by using tech to provide action-oriented, data-driven insight into students’ academic strengths and weaknesses.

Half a million visitors will descend on Rio for the 2016 Olympics. But while Brazilians are a sociable bunch, only 5% of the population speaks English. In a bid to minimise language barriers, Google has launched the Eu Falo Tradutor scheme to help locals make the most of Google Translate.

In the past five years, 210,000 people in São Paulo swapped their houses for flats. The idea of buying into an estate is increasingly appealing to people across backgrounds, ages and classes, but why are they choosing to make their homes in condos rather than traditional houses?