Nigeria: An Economic Upswing Foretold
Oil prices have rebounded from their recent lows and may yet provide temporary relief to Nigeria, allowing the incoming administration of President-elect Muhammadu Buhari...
EIB Investment Plan for Europe: Revolution in Use of Public Resources
The Marshall Plan did much to inject life into the post-war recovery of Europe. Initially comprising $13 billion, mostly in direct aid, the plan...
Can digital nomad visas enable us to work from anywhere…?
Businesses need to prepare for international remote working, argues KRISTIAN TORODE
THE CONCEPT of digital nomads isn’t exactly new — but a recent visa trend...
ICC Court to establish MENA Representative Office in UAE
The International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has announced it is to open a representative office for the Middle...
Kimberley Motley: Front Line Lawyer
Grit and glamour rarely go hand in hand, but in Afghanistan – known mostly for being poor, full of poppies, and home to the...
World Bank Group: Development Finance Frontline – Strategic Investment Funds
This is the first of a series of occasional interviews with senior strategic investment fund (SIF) professionals. Tasked with attracting private investors to priority...
Ilan Kapoor: Not Easily Impressed by Do-Gooders
Professor Ilan Kapoor doesn’t believe in participatory development. He considers the concept little more than a misleading slogan – harsher words have been used...
Frontier Markets: Mongolia’s Great Leap Forward
An eleventh-hour deal to plough $4.4 billion into a gargantuan mine in Mongolia may have dragged the country’s hand away from the self-destruct button...
Jeremy Corbyn: A Political Oddity
Jeremy Corbyn is not easily whipped into toeing the party line. In the 2005-2010 Parliament, he defied his government whip no less than on...
Booming in Botswana: Absa has taken inclusive banking to its heart
ABSA BANK Botswana — formerly Barclays Bank of Botswana Ltd — has been through some exciting times just lately. The adoption of the new...





































