At 25 Mipim celebrates past and looks to the future

Think back to 1990. The World Wide Web became operational. West Germany won soccer's 1990 Fifa World Cup, the last time West Germany would compete before the country was reunified later in the year. Nelson Mandela was released from jail. The general public discovered the Ozone Layer had a worrying hole above the North Pole. France and Britain were joined for the first time as Channel Tunnel workers completed the initial phase of the undersea rail link. And British Prime Minister Margaret …