Analytics key to African countries’ ability to share in services trade
UNCTAD-UNECA projects’ experts pool wisdom to grow regional economies and increase benefit from value chains
AFRICA needs to step-up its analytics game to play a...
Zambia Makes Steady Progress in Financial Inclusion but Many Women Still...
Mary Banda runs a small restaurant in Kamwala market, one of Lusaka’s oldest markets. She uses the proceeds from her business to feed her...
The Big Fail: South Sudan
Where did it all go wrong?
Designed as place where new business could survive and prosper, South Sudan’s devastating collapse into corruption has driven away...
The big win
Business Vision’s Naomi Majid takes a look at successful corporate governance in South Africa to determine why it’s working, and if it can be...
The King and III
As Johannesburg’s Stock Exchange awaits the next incarnation of its ground-breaking code of corporate governance, Business Vision’s NAOMI MAJID examines the legacy of the...
Book review — Vance reveals essence of Musk
Elon Musk (Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future) - by Ashlee Vance
CREDIT where it’s due. When someone puts together a biography...
SANGU DELLE (CEO Golden Palm Investments): Entrepreneurial capitalism with a conscience
LIKE many successful businessmen, Sangu Delle’s career as a relentless money spinner began in the school playground. Unlike his contemporaries, for whom a pop-up...
Électricité de France (EDF): Thinking Big and Outside the Box
Determined to become the world’s largest supplier of renewable energy, Électricité de France (EDF) in July took an 80% stake in Hong Kong-based wind...
OECD: 21st Century Trade Agreements & Regulatory Coherence
In the past, services markets were largely local and countries mostly worked out their regulation without consideration for how other countries regulate. As a...
Strategy&: Gaining a Competitive Edge in Africa
Worldwide, companies have begun to make expansion across Africa a priority, recognising that – despite many problems – the continent is amongst the fastest-growing...
